An Arrow to the Moon by X.R. Pan

Book Review #746

Title: An Arrow to the Moon

Author: X.R. Pan

Publisher: Little Brown Books

Genres: YA, Fantasy, Romance

Format: Paperback

Source: Times Reads

Publication Date: April 12, 2022

Pages: 400

My Rating: 3 STARS

SYNOPSIS

Romeo and Juliet meets Chinese mythology in this magical novel by the New York Times  bestselling author of  The Astonishing Color of After!

Hunter Yee has perfect aim with a bow and arrow, but all else in his life veers wrong. He’s sick of being haunted by his family’s past mistakes. The only things keeping him from running away are his little brother, a supernatural wind, and the bewitching girl at his new high school.

Luna Chang dreads the future. Graduation looms ahead, and her parents’ expectations are stifling. When she begins to break the rules, she finds her life upended by the strange new boy in her class, the arrival of unearthly fireflies, and an ominous crack spreading across the town of Fairbridge.

As Hunter and Luna navigate their families’ enmity and secrets, everything around them begins to fall apart. All they can depend on is their love…but time is running out, and fate will have its way.

An Arrow to the Moon , Emily X.R. Pan’s brilliant and ethereal follow-up to The Astonishing Color of After, is a story about family, love, and the magic and mystery of the moon that connects us all.

BOOK REVIEW

An Arrow to the Moon by X.R. Pan is a story about the past and the present where two families that hate each other keep crossing paths. This is also a love story against all odds, family drama and the power of the moon.

This story is honestly not that interesting and nothing new. But I do like that stories of Chinese mythology are included along the way. The romance however is just okay.

Honestly, I’m fine with a dual POV and it’s fitting since this is a YA book but why do we also need povs of their parents? Theirs are honestly so unnecessary and annoying. It’s just so full of drama that sometimes it’s hard to distinguish between the teens and adults considering the latter seem to be acting more immature.

All in all, I didn’t quite enjoy reading this book and I already knew I wouldn’t even before I picked this book up. So, I cannot recommend you to read this book.