The Girl Who Drank The Moon | Kelly Barnhill | Book Review | Magical Books | Fantasy

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If you love magical vibes, enchanted lands, witches, dragons, monsters and enjoy the setting and atmosphere more than the action and pace, then The Girl Who Drank The Moon is the book for you.

The plot is this – Every year, the youngest member of the Protectorate is sacrificed to the Witch in the woods, leaving it’s family clouded with sorrow. But actually the witch Xan transports the babies to the Free Cities, on the other end of the Forest, and gives them to loving families who nurture them throughout their lives. On the way, Xan feeds the babies starlight (because starlight is magical, nourishing and a blessing). But on one such quest, she accidentally feeds a girl child moonlight. Moonlight is way more powerful than starlight, and has it’s consequences. Xan decides to bring up the child herself and names her Luna.



I loved the book for the most part of it. The starting scene where the Elders march with the child to the Forest on the Day of Sacrifice, the introduction of Antain’s character, everything was so good. Actually, Antain is reason I stuck to this book till the last page. He is such a charming personality, you cannot not fall in love with him. I liked the scenes in the Protectorate more than the scenes in the forest, where Luna was growing up because for the most part of it, the latter scenes were totally uneventful. Everyone was worried what would happen when Luna’s magic surfaced, it could be dangerous. And that was mostly it. There were a lot of repetitive lines, describing Luna's extreme suppressed powers, how sorrow can cloud over hope among other things. But as the story drifted towards it climax, it picked up pace, and the ending was absolutely beautiful. Luna, Xan, Adara, Ethyne were all strong and bold characters, each shaping and complimenting the story beautifully.

The essence of the story, to its core was victory of love over greed, kindness over selfishness and that real magic lies in accepting the universal nature of love, hope, sorrow and everything living and breathing (everything is born out of the Bog). Magic can have meaning to different people, but there will always be magic. Even if you can’t see it.

Just because you don't see something doesn't mean it isn't there. Some of the most wonderful things in the world are invisible. Trusting in invisible things makes them more powerful and wondrous.

It's an adorable story and would definitely make for a lovely cottage read!🌲🏡

P.S. – Isn’t Fyrian the most adorable little dragon?😍

My Rating – 3.5/5


Happy Reading!😇


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