Name: Moon Touched
Rating: 4.120689655172414 (58 reviews)
ISBN: 9781948456135

Elizabeth Briggs

Moon Touched

The ending!!! I can not wait to move onto the next one!! 

Jodie Reads

Chiara Vitale Zelaia

MOON TOUCHED is one of my favorite shifter romances to date! With its unique world-building, kick-ass protagonist and sexy storytelling, I was swept away from the very first pages. But let me tell you a little bit more about it. 

The story follows Ayla, a young shifter of the Cancer wolf pack. Ayla’s life sucks. She is the alpha’s daughter, but because her mother was human, Ayla suffers not only the scorn and diffidence of her pack members, but also her father’s. Her only chance at a better life rests in finding her fated mate and starting anew. Unfortunately for her, her mate is revealed to be a member of the Leo pack—one of their worst enemies—and he rejects her. In running away from the bloodshed that ensues, Ayla runs into even more trouble when she taken by the Lost Pack and their handsome and mysterious alpha, who offers her the one thing she can’t turn away from: revenge. What will happen next? Well, you’ll have to read the book to find out!

The rejected mate trope was a novelty for me. I know it’s common in shifter romances, but I’m just getting started with this genre so be patient with me! I found it to be quite interesting, and it gave me the right amount of curiosity and frustration…mostly because my BS senses are tingling and I have theories. As I mentioned before, I was a big fan of the world-building. As a lover of all things celestial, I adored the idea of star signs being incorporated into the pack lore. Each pack has their own unique set of gifts based on their sign that sets them apart from others. Also in this, however, Ayla is different from her pack members as she doesn’t possess the Cancer abilities, which leaves room to a whole lot of speculation on my part. I absolutely adored this character! Despite the beatings and humiliations she faces, she remains a headstrong woman who doesn’t cow before difficulties or abuses, and that made me love her from the get go! I couldn’t help feeling protective of her and wishing all the best for her.

All the best being Kaden, who is not her mate...*insert narrowing eyes here* He’s not her mate. 

I still feel like we don’t know a lot about Kaden, but I’m very much intrigued to know more. I love him as an alpha for the Lost Pack. You could definitely see how much he cared for the well-being and safety of his pack members, and that obviously extended to Alya as the story progresses. Their scenes together were full of banter and spicy sexual tension! I do wish we had gotten a tad bit more on the romance department because I felt some changes were coming a bit too quickly…but we’ll see. Again, I have theories!

If you’re a fan of paranormal romance and sexy werewolves, check out this book! I cannot wait for the sequel to fall into my hands soon because the cliffhanger has me screaming!

Thank you to the author for gifting me a copy to review. All opinions are my own.

Manda

Different

This was different from what I read read right now is t was fast paced but to be honest I just want to know what is going on

Deanna Bell

I'll have to post more later. Right now, I need to go find book 2.

Maria Elena Vitale Zelaia

I inhaled this book.

Is that what people say when they sit down and suddenly they’re done with the book? Well, it isn’t exactly what happened to me but I finished it in four days. FOUR! It usually takes me ten, but forcing myself to concentrate on other reads or to sleep was difficult, especially once I got to the point where the main character and the love interest were drawing closer.

Moon Touched follows Ayla, a half-human-half werewolf young woman of the Cancer pack. She’s always lived her life as an outcast within her own pack, too much of a human to be a true wolf. Her own father treats her like a waste of space. Unwanted by nearly anyone in her pack, she dreams of the Convergence, where all the Zodiac packs reunite to bless the newborns, to have those who come of age turn for the first time, and for the wolves to find their mates. Once she gets her wolf and finds her mate, she can hope for a better life. But her mate rejects her, and bloodshed ensues, bringing the end of the Cancer pack. Ayla runs for her life and is found by the Ophiuchus pack, and strikes a deal with its alpha, Kaden, to get revenge on the Leo pack.

So I have a theory, and I would love it if this theory is confirmed because when Ayla and Kaden breathe the same air, my heart does a little whoop. I’m relatively new to shifter romances, but I’ve read several already and this is the first time I read the rejected mate trope, which by speaking to a friend and a quick Google research, seems to be a pretty big trope in the genre. The concept was very intriguing, though I hope with all my heart that this bond definitely breaks between Ayla and her mate Jordan, not only because my shipper heart was sold on Kaden, but also because Jordan is a villain, and I’ll call him like that to keep this clean.

I loved the Ophiuchus pack and how they gradually embraced Ayla as one of their own. One of my favorite characters was Stella, Kaden’s sister, who immediately shows Ayla kindness. It seems such a small thing to be kind and hospitable, but when you see how Ayla was treated by the Cancer pack and the other Zodiac wolves in general, it’s a huge deal. It was beautiful. And I loved how Kaden, even with his sometimes aloof ways, believed in her potential from the start.

I’m very much looking forward to the sequel because that ending…ahhh, I can’t say anything. But this book was so good! Fans of paranormal romance, especially werewolves, will definitely love this one!

Moon Touched

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