The Night and Its Moon

2 ⭐️
I enjoyed this book, but wish it had been edited more thoroughly. Typos and errors took me out of the story more often than I expect.
I found Nox's arc to be under-explored, and I want to know more about her! It left me feeling like her character was less fulsome or fleshed-out than Amaris's, making the last third of the book fly by without enough resolution for my preference. The pacing was definitely hard to follow at times.
I am looking forward to the next book, in the hopes that it gets better! I like this story overall despite some other criticisms that I had, especially related to the over-simplification and stereotypical descriptions of racialized characters + extensive descriptions of traumatic experiences.

Edit: I had no idea about this book being self-published, the actions of the author and former editor, or any of the online interest as I don't have tiktok. Though I want to see where the story goes, I'm not sure whether to pick up the next book at this point!