The Mayfair Moon

In J.A. Redmerski'sThe Mayfair Mooni both Adria and her older sister Alex Dawson are attacked one night but what is unmistakably a werewolf. However, fortunately for Adria she survives the night with nothing more than a few scrapes and bruises, unlucky for Alex she doesn't. After that night, the girls' injuries were blamed on their known-for-his-bad-temper stepfather and the girls are quickly shipped up north to live with their uncle and his aunt Beverlee, but just because the sisters have moved across country don't mean their troubles are over, in fact, their troubles have increased tenfold. Not only has Adria's once loving and outgoing sister become secretive but Adria is receiving unwanted attention from a local group everyone is telling her are bad news. What's worse is that Alex seems be the groups newest member.

As far as werewolf books go The Mayfair Mooni is an interesting and potential addition to the genre. J.A. Redmerski doesn't gloss over the violence and sexuality you would expect from this kind of read and her spin on the werewolf lore though not entirely original was unique enough to be my favourite part of the book. However, although I found The Mayfair Mooni to be a quick and fast pace read neither the storyline nor the characters have left me with a lasting impression.

Adria was a likeable enough character, I loved that she could stand up for herself and that she was a good friend and loyal sister but there was nothing very intriguing or compelling about her. I didn't really care about Adria and if I couldn't care about her I really didn't care about her sister Alex. The first chapter of The Mayfair Mooni shows and tells how great a sister Alex is but soon after due to circumstances beyond her control Alex changes and it was hard for me to sympathize with her because there was never enough time to get to know who she was before her change. Because of this I couldn't understand why Adria was trying so hard to “save” Alex when she clearly didn't want to be saved. This, unfortunately, kept me from becoming too invested in the story as well as the romance.

I am not saying the romance was bad, I enjoyed the beginning stages of it, the build-up and I like Isaac as a character but I am not a big romance fan as a main factor of a story. This probably makes me not the intended audience of this book because it's obvious from the cover and the description that romance plays a big part in this novel and I just didn't care too much for it. I can also tell its going to be an even greater factor in the next book, Kindred, and think its best I do not continue with the series.

If you are a fan of werewolf novels, books with fast pace storylines and dynamic action sequences, tense and dramatic scenes and romance than I recommend you give The Mayfair Moon a try, but if you are looking for a story to completely blow your mind with intriguing characters and a refreshing plot then you might want to look for a different read.