When the Moon Hatched

A Novel

By: Sarah A. Parker

Narrated by: Sarah Mollo-Christensen, Fajer Al-Kaisi

Length: 20 hrs and 12 mins

Publisher's summary

THE OVERNIGHT VIRAL SENSATION AND NATIONAL BESTSELLER

The bestselling phenomenon, When the Moon Hatched, is a fast-paced fantasy romance featuring an immersive, vibrant world with mysterious creatures, a unique magic system, and a love that blazes through the ages.

The Creators did not expect their beloved dragons to sail skyward upon their end. To curl into balls just beyond gravity’s grip, littering the sky with tombstones. With moons. They certainly did not expect them to FALL.

As an assassin for the rebellion group Fíur du Ath, Raeve’s job is to complete orders and never get caught. When a rival bounty hunter turns her world upside down, blood spills, hearts break, and Raeve finds herself imprisoned by the Guild of Nobles—a group of powerful fae who turn her into a political statement.

Crushed by the loss of his great love, Kaan Vaegor took the head of a king and donned his melted crown. Now on a tireless quest to quell the never-ebbing ache in his chest, he is lured by a clue into the capitol’s high-security prison where he stumbles upon the imprisoned Raeve....

Echoes of the past race between them.

There’s more to their story than meets the eye, but some truths are too poisonous to swallow.

""A wild ride that thrills as much as it enchants . . . This remarkable book is an instant classic.” — Thea Guanzon, New York Times bestselling author of The Hurricane Wars

“When The Moon Hatched breathes new, beautiful life into the genre, as Sarah A. Parker weaves lyrical prose with undeniable chemistry. I laughed, I cried, I got everything out of this. It’s an absolutely stunning fantasy world that everyone should sink their teeth into.” — Raven Kennedy, internationally bestselling author of The Plated Prisoner series

Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2024 Sarah A. Parker (P)2024 HarperCollins Publishers

Understanding the hype

4.5⭐️ for each is more accurate, but it was worth rounding up rather than down.

This was a refreshing piece in terms of being a unique story line with lots of twists and turns. some of the recent hypes have felt like let downs but this certainly was not. Once I was into I loved it, but it did take a touch longer to get into than I’m used to. Looking forward to book 2.

Soul gripping

Sarah blew my mind with this story of hers let alone the performance on the audio omg! I’m determined to own this book in every version/format I’m in love with it! Thank you so much to everyone for doing a phenomenal job bringing this story to life for me. I thought my soul was played with enough just from reading the book but after listening… holy cow!!

Favorite read this year

This story was a wild exciting ride from start to finish! Sarah A. Parker’s writing is amazing and never disappoints. I was left guessing until the very end. The narration was phenomenal, and really brought the story to life!

New and different world

I was surprised by this book. I bought by mistake, but I am glad I did. When is the next one?

Soooo good

It took me a little bit to get everything down, there's a LOT of substance to this book and I'll definitely be doing a re read but WOW so good! Not like every fantasy book out there, so different and worth the read!

Amazing!!

Unique story that hits all the right tropes. Assassins, dragons, romance, heartache, vengeance. Also the narrators are great, especially Sarah. I think I like her male voice better than the male narrators. Can’t wait until the next one!!

Good for Book 1 of a Series

Good Book 1 of the series. Interested to see how this develops for the long term story. Very lengthy. Felt like it could’ve been condensed.

Regarding characters: Loved Kaan. The downfall was that he was an unattainable person. Flawless in essentially every way (Smart and fair King. Hot and muscled warrior. Generous and passionate lover. AND has a heart of gold?!?!?!) Frustrated with Raeve. Reminded me somewhat of Nesta from ACOTAR with her lashing out and lack of acceptance of help or love. It’ll be a long character development road for her, which was setup nicely for the series. I hope she gets peace and answers.

Regarding Plot: Liked the multiple POV. Liked the Romance subplot, great spice toward the end. Personally - the motivations and reasons were split and hard to invest in what we need to root for the most. Its vengeance, its revenge, its stopping war, its memory recovery - very good but also I want an identified goal.

Reader (listener) note: this author has a specific writing style. Very wordy sentences and lots of adjectives!