Book: An Arrow To The Moon by Emily X. R. Pan
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Retelling
Published Date: April 12, 2022
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐.5
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.
My Review:
This book was so haunting and beautiful. I don't know what to write but that I must.
➳ An Arrow To The Moon is a retelling of Houyi and Chang'e with a bit of Romeo and Juliet.
This book follows two high school students, Hunter and Luna navigating their life through destruction and chaos. Hunter wants to be free of his abusive parents but his brother, Cody, keeps him grounded and the mysterious Luna at his new high school. Luna has everything her parents have dreamed for her but she's not happy until she meets Hunter and so the story begins.
➳ What I absolutely loved in this book was the amazing and strong prologue that immensely aroused my interest. I also adored the very unique magic the two MCs had. Many people do not like multiple POVs but I enjoyed them a lot and loved getting to read about almost every character.
➳ I loved reading about all the characters and the depth to them was great! I really really loved Hunter, no surprise😂 Also, I loved Cody the most, he was so sweet and cute! And of course his rabbit as well🥺 I was in a way prepared for the ending but still felt so sad😭
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About The Author:
Emily X.R. Pan is the New York Times and National Indie bestselling author of THE ASTONISHING COLOR OF AFTER, which won the APALA Honor Award and the Walter Honor Award, and received six starred reviews. It was also an L.A. Times Book Prize finalist, longlisted for the Carnegie Medal, and named by TIME Magazine as one of the 100 Best YA Books of All Time. Emily co-created the FORESHADOW anthology and teaches creative writing at New York University and other institutions. She lives on Lenape land (in Brooklyn, New York), but was originally born in the Midwestern United States to immigrant parents from Taiwan. She received her MFA in fiction from the NYU Creative Writing Program, where she was a Goldwater Fellow as well as the editor-in-chief of Washington Square Review. She was the founding editor-in-chief of Bodega Magazine and has been awarded residencies at Djerassi (2017) and Caldera (2019). She spends her free time playing the mandolin, making art, and training her furry dog-beast to balance on strange objects. Her next novel, AN ARROW TO THE MOON, will be published by Little, Brown in April 2022. Visit Emily online at exrpan.com, and find her on Twitter and Instagram: @exrpan.