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Blue Moon Rising

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So if you need something to do while waiting for book 72 of the Wheel of Time to come out, it would be hard to do better than Blue Moon Rising. Jun 27, K. It's easily my favourite epic fantasy book. And I think I love it as much as I do because the world building is trickled out throughout the course of the story, rather than dumped in right at the beginning. You get a bit about the Castle as Julia wanders about exploring. You get the history of the High Warlock as Rupert goes off in search of him. Add in the fact that the characters all have great arcs and great development, the fact that everyone at some point operates in a bit of a moral grey zone, the fact that the writing is equal parts creepy and wonderful, and the fact that the dialogue is hilariously sassy, and you've got yourself one hell of a good time.

In the past I would have rated it four stars, but I've bumped it up to five stars on this reread because it's just so fabulous. I just love everything about this book. The world building is great, the story has less gore than your usual Simon R. Green book but can still be pretty gruesome at times they're at war with demons, for crying out loud , the writing is fabulous, and the dialogue is spectacularly sassy. I love every single character, even the ones that you love to hate. They're all flawed - Julia has a tendency to lash out with her fists first and ask questions later, Rupert jumps to conclusions, the unicorn is a sassy little shit who's not afraid to hide when things look a bit bleak, and the dragon farts at inopportune moments.

Despite how bleak it can be at times, it's an incredibly funny book and I love every single second of it. Oct 11, Elspeth rated it liked it. How long have MLE and I been friends…oh like forever. I got this book to read on the flight to Paris, our French class school trip back in Well I finished it, then handed off to Emily then she finished it.

We were just that awesome. Dec 03, Joey rated it it was amazing. This book is one of my favorites and why I give Simon R Green a go at least until his ongoing series get plagued with repetition. But this was before all that. It's a near perfect Dark Fantasy, full of gallows humor, I'd say it would fit a near perfect "Dungeon Punk" mentality with the characters being snarky with each other and Green playing with old fantasy tropes. And when I say it's dark It's not quite say as nasty as some books, but with a near pe This book is one of my favorites and why I give Simon R Green a go at least until his ongoing series get plagued with repetition.

It's not quite say as nasty as some books, but with a near perfect blend of humor to horror in a fantasy setting. Jun 18, Alina rated it it was amazing. I read this when I was in my early teens, and again in high school, and again in college, and again you get the point. Kitchy fantasy cliches aside and there are plenty in this book it's a really well-written and compelling story. I always miss it when I'm finished. Even if you're not a huge I read this when I was in my early teens, and again in high school, and again in college, and again you get the point.

Even if you're not a huge fantasy fan, I doubt you would regret giving this book a chance. Jul 01, Dawn marked it as dnf Shelves: I don't care for the writing style at all. There is no stream of consciousness.. No seeing what's inside the charcters heads. Too fantastical To me this reads like a childrens story.

Everything told and not shown. It appears the author was going for comedy and I found it cute but not funny. Would make a good cartoon. Dec 29, Evelyn rated it really liked it. I picked up this book at random and was very pleasantly surprised. It's a very complex story where the good guys aren't always good adn the bad guys have a lot of good reasons for being bad.

I found it a lot more realistic and therefore dark than the traditional fantasy fiction, and a lot more witty and fun to read, too. Joss Whedon meets Peter Beagle. Very fun to read. My biggest problem was that it was too long and the POV sometimes changed within paragraphs.

View all 4 comments. May 17, Travis rated it liked it Shelves: Blue Moon Rising by Simon R. Green- This is the first book of a series of stand-alone novels under the title of Forest Kingdom. However, each book is an entirely new story with different characters. The two main protagonists are also the main characters in Simon R. His is currently starting a new series called Ghostfinders that has its first book due out in August He's written two stand-alone novels, Shadows Fall and Drinking Midnight Wine, and has written a number of short stories.

Blue Moon Rising was originally released in and published by Roc. Prince Rupert knows he was sent on an impossible mission to slay a dragon. He knows his father, King John, sent him to die so that his older brother, Prince Harald, can become the next king. With his unicorn, Rupert journeys deep into the forest and into a place called the Tanglewood, a 'buffer zone' to the evil and corrupt land called the Darkwood.

In order to find the dragon, Rupert has to seek the aid of a Night Witch, who tells him that the dragon is found beyond the Darkwood. Rupert and his unicorn travel in and beyond the oppressive darkness and barely make it out alive. After finding the dragon, he learns that the dragon is a peaceful creature who has a princess under his care. A princess who has been tormenting the dragon for a while. After 'saving' Princess Julia from the dragon, and finding out he can't kill so noble a creature, the group travel back to the Forest Kingdom and his father. During the trip back through the Darkwood, things don't go well for the group and they barely makes it out alive.

Upon returning to his home, Rupert learns that the demons from the Darkwood are attacking the Forest Lands and the kingdoms only hope lies with an exiled Warlock. To make things worse, Julia finds out that Rupert's brother, Harald, is who she was to marry. As war looms over the land, Rupert is sent out to bring back the Warlock and travel, once again, through the Darkwood.

When he returns, things are not looking good. There barely seemed to be anything that was unique or new. What should I start with? How about the story.

I know it's hard to write a new and fresh story, but this was just too basic. How bad is it when a story is just basically about good vs.

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Sure, there were a few 'twists' but that's the whole premise. This wasn't very horrible, but it grated on my nerves.

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Speaking of twists, this story had them and guess what? The biggest twist comes after we find out who the Demon Prince is talking to in a scene around the middle of the book. We don't know who they are but it soon becomes obvious, and that's pathetic. I don't want to give it away, but I will say this. Harald would have made a lot more sense and would have felt justified. I will give the story this though, it was hard to believe it wasn't Harald. Even when we do find out who it was, it didn't come as a shock at all. The twists were way to obvious. Finally we have the characters. Almost all the characters we meet are just basic and stock.

There is really nothing unique about them. Rupert is as boring as they come. He does have his moments though, but for the most part, he has to be one of the blandest and annoying main characters I've ever read about. He just isn't likable. The Warlock is the stock old man who has great power but can go a minute without drinking.

While this character wasn't totally awful, I just found him annoying. He's every stories impossibly strong warrior who is stoic and unmoving. There just wasn't enough to make me actually care about these people. They were just two-dimensional and unrealistic that I could barely stand them.

That being said, I loathed Julia. When we first met her, she seemed okay and great. As the story wore on, my opinion barely changed. She was decent and somewhat likable. But all that changed in a blink of an eye.

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After Rupert leaves to find the Warlock, Julia is left alone at the castle. The whole time we see her there she's thinking about Rupert and missing him. It seems like she might love him. Ever since she found out who Harald was, she would always try to hurt or avoid him. Yet, what happens when Rupert returns? It seems like she totally forgot about him. Going so far as trying to make Rupert jealous with Harald. She turns into this petty person and that the worst thing.

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She basically becomes a high schooler in how she acts. Sure seven months is a long time, but it seems like she just started to realize that Rupert wouldn't be coming back at about month four or five. Then after a few pages, she's suddenly back with Rupert. Did she suddenly realize that she loves Rupert, well yes she does. But it just seemed so wishy-washy and was just plain poor character development that I can't help but hate her. I think the biggest problem with the story is character relationships. They just don't ever seem to form.

In the case of Rupert and Julia, we are told that they love each other by page one hundred. There was no building up the relationship, there barely was anything. All we were told is that a few months pass and Julia and Rupert seemed to like each other. Then we have Rupert and the dragon. It's the same case as Julia, but for friendship. We're just told that they are friends. Yet for about three-quarters of the story, the dragon isn't in it.

So when he finally returns, it's suddenly like Rupert and the dragon are buddies. Seriously there doesn't seem to be any friendship that developed other than being told that they were. The story was really funny. It reads more like a parody than a serious fantasy novel, and it actually works. The jokes and situations that the characters get into are really humorous. However, it felt like only half the story was a parody while the other half was serious. It didn't help that the humor and seriousness meshed together in the same paragraph.

I just felt wrong. But I can forgive that because I really did enjoy most of the humor. These were the only characters that seemed to have some depth to them. King John was by far the best. He was the most complex and interesting. From his friendship with the court Astrologer we see a deep and insightful character. There were times when he came off as swallow and unlikable, but these were times when the story actually needed him to be. As for Harald, he was just plain interesting.

The way that Harald teased Rupert was great and the fact that he hides his loyalty to his father and land so well just made him memorable.

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I really enjoyed the last quarter. It did have its problems Julia, obvious twists, and poor showing of relationships , but it was exciting and fun. The action scenes were confusing, but it felt right. The desperation that the characters felt, I felt. I couldn't keep the book down for too long during this time. It was a fun ride to the finish. Why was it that we would have three paragraphs with one persons view-point and suddenly switch to another? It was kind of jarring at first, but easily adaptable. I know that there are a few different versions, but the one I'm going to be talking about is the one above.

It's pathetic and boring. Sure the unicorn and dragon look great. Rupert and Julia are laughably bad. But what bothers me is the white. It's just too lazy and boring. Blue Moon Rising should have stayed being a parody. The characters were pathetic. They were so underdeveloped and unlikable that the only people I enjoyed were the king and Harald. At least they had some substance. The other major problem was that I never believed the relationships between these characters were there. I don't like being told they are friends, I want to see it unfold. It's just lazy otherwise. All in all, I have to say that Blue Moon Rising is a decent read.

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