Review: Moon Spell by Christina Lee
SYNOPSIS:
Werewolves only exist in fairy tales…at least, that’s what most townspeople in Lunar’s Reach believe. Unless you’re a powerful healer who concocts a potion to help a fledgling shifter remain human during the full moon.
It works to Bellamy’s benefit since he’s been in hiding at Moon Flower from Ashwood, his beloved, who betrayed him two years before. But now that violet fever is sweeping through Etria and Bellamy has fallen deathly ill, not even the madam from the apothecary can heal him.
Ashwood believes only he—his fated mate—can save Bellamy from the sickness. Unfortunately, he’s right. But Bellamy cannot bear being in his presence nor suppress the longing he still feels for the man. Despite their history, Ashwood still owns his heart, and soon it becomes clear that someone from their past presents a danger to them both.
Perhaps Bellamy could use Ashwood to exact his own revenge before dooming him to eternal loneliness without his mate. Except, that plan would require allowing Ashwood to touch him again, and Bellamy isn’t certain he can resist being cast under his spell. Not when Ashwood feels so perfect—and so right.
REVIEW:
I enjoyed this addition to the Fated Series, but I didn’t love it as much as Moon Flower. I really enjoyed getting to learn bits about Bellamy in Moon Flower, so I was excited when I saw he was getting his own story. With sickness sweeping the land, I envisioned another gritty struggle for survival.
And while Bellamy was definitely struggling to survive, the man was mainly struggling due to his own stubborn-ness. The first 40-some percent of the book is spent with Bellamy on the verge of death and refusing to let Ashwood help him heal. It was frustrating that Bellamy, while even on death’s door, refused to hear Ashwood out. And after everything was eventually revealed, I thought the ‘betrayal’ from Ashwood didn’t justify Bellamy’s over the top reaction. Bellamy acted as if Ashwood was responsible for his mother’s death when in fact, all this misunderstanding was due to a miscommunication.
Ashwood spends most of the book being a martyr. At times their emotional baggage felt like too much and deterred any progress they were making in their relationship. Then a past danger shows up and threatens everything. And at this point Bellamy finally decides to pull his head out of his *rse and embrace who he is and his undying love for Ashwood; but it all felt like too little too late. Their second-chance didn’t seem to have any emotional depth or connection and I feel like I still don’t have a good grasp on who Ashwood is as a person.
I will say that after the tense drama plays out, I liked how the story wrapped up. The endless cameos from some of our favorite characters had me smiling. I felt like there was closure all around for these characters. But most importantly, I really liked how meddlesome the Madams are, they are not here to take sh*t from anyone. Which had me smiling, even as this romance dragged out.
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