What if Bella was Black and in college and instead of Twilight and New Moon being separate stories, it happened together.

Mirabella was just trying to get over the loss of her mother. Well loss might not be a fair word, since her mother ran away. But she was still just trying to live with that fact in a part of that adjustment was going to a local college she didn’t even apply for but somehow got an acceptance letter with scholarships. How could she say no?

If that wasn’t already unexpected she runs into Seven a cute football player she knew from childhood who’s now a class mate. She also meets Julian an aloof handsome boy who’s looks at her with disdain but something more.

But how could she focus on them when the killings on campus are putting a real damper into her first year of college. Especially since those killings seem to be related to the stories and legends her mother told her as a child those many years ago.

Lewis takes the stories we know and love and scrap books Bloodmoon to be a story for a whole new generation of Black girls.

#TeamJulianAllDay
Now I did have a mixed experience with the book as I just didn’t hold my attention as much! I love for my books to hold me captivate lol and found myself having to come back to it. On the positive side, first let me say, I really appreciated the diversity of characters, which added depth and made the story more relatable for me. It's always refreshing to see representation in literature, and it was great that this aspect resonated with me and made the characters more engaging. Also the whole mystery with her mom and why was just randomly accepted to this college did have me on my toes. I’m team Julian aka black cat all day can’t trust an overly happy golden retriever aka Seven lol. I loved the tension that built between the two. I think what made it hard for me was some of the parallels between some of the shows mentioned by other reviewers so it was like oh I’ve read or seen this before? If that make sense. It wasn’t like a OOOH CHILLEE! What’s this?! But def an author I will keep on my radar!

Yes. Just yes. Omg, I'm still processing this, but I already know I want to reread it at some point this year. Also, yessss to poc representation in fantasy.

I'm just gonna put my "review" as bullets because so many thoughts are coming to me right now.
- it's YA but lateeeee YA kinda like Twilight (Minor Spoilers)
- I'm a Conrad girly & Julian girly for this book
- It's verrry frankly the Twilight/Mortal Instruments/Beautiful Creatures for teens today but like soooo much better (IMO).
- Even though it's fantasy (and the lore is *chef's kiss*, the MCs' background and conflict are very "human", like relatable.
- Y'all remember how pissed we were with Bella? YUPPPP Mari will 99.9% piss u off when it comes to the romance, (especially 3/4 through).
- The lore feels like actual lore/myths, not just common knowledge about vamps & werewolves
- Love triangle & cliff hanger, but more of the ones that drive the NEED for a second book, not leaving huge plot points unresolved.
- PERSONAL OPINION: STAWP pushing Seven, I don't like this mannn (I'm probably gonna pick the black cat over golden retriever character every time). MY MAN MY MAN MY MAN JULIAN

My twilight/ TVD / Teen Wolf heart is so happy! I honestly loved this, it feels like twilight for this century!

LOVED! I absolutely DEVOURED this book! The story captures your attention from the first chapter and I could not put it down. Although I’ve never read or watched Twilight (I know, I know), I absolutely adored this story with werewolves, vampires, and witches. The FMC and her friends were extremely relatable, and makes you want to root for their happiness and success. I am so excited to see where the author goes next in the story!

Blood Moon is for the werewolf girlies, the vampire diaries fans and for anyone who loves the supernatural and full moons.

We follow 18 year old Mira who has been mysteriously accepted into a local university. The university is in a town where there are local tales of werewolves and vampires. Some people still believe in them and others shrug it off. But Mira finds herself drawn to a mysterious boy named Julian who is cold towards her and she doesn’t know why and animal attacks are happening again. Mira starts digging into what’s going on and finds herself in a middle of an ancient battle and is slowly figuring out why her mother left years ago.

I had so much fun reading this it was fast paced, has super diverse characters which I love and I thought the tension between Mira and Julian was done so well. The story definitely kept me glued to the book.
My 2 critiques is that I wish it was a little longer and the lore and magic system were a little bit more fleshed out. It’s VERY similar to Vampire diaries and at times predictable but it left me satisfied I will definitely be reading the next book in the series the ending left me intrigued.

I wanted to love this one. I was hooked and intrigued when I heard the synopsis and was looking forward to a diverse and upgraded version of Nee Moon if Bella would have chosen Jacob. While I liked aspects of the book, it felt extremely juvenile (even more than twilight) and the descriptions of characters literally copied some of the descriptions of twilight characters.