Hunter's Moon, The [Hardcover]

O. R. Melling (Author), Jacobsen/Fernandez (jacket by) (Illustrator)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Harper Collins; First Edition edition (1993)
• ISBN-10: 0002240084
• ISBN-13: 978-0002240086
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,475,405 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A well-written, entertaining, novel, August 31, 2005

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Dena Landon "writer girl" (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chronicles of Faerie: The Hunter's Moon (Paperback)

I really enjoyed O.R. Melling's novel. It's a fun coming-of-age adventure in which the main character, Gwen, develops her own strength and learns how to outwit the fairies. At first she is overshadowed by her beautiful cousin Findabhair. But when her cousin is kidnapped, Gwen must go on a quest throughout Ireland to recue her. Melling does an excellent job weaving in traditional fairy myth with beautiful descriptions of modern-day Ireland. Though the plot is thin in places I found the novel as a whole to be entertaining and enjoyable.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent At Any Age, November 6, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Hunter's Moon, The (Paperback)

I first read this book reluctantly for a novel study in grade 7. After finishing it I immediately went out and bought my own copy, as well as other titles by O. R. Melling. Gwen's quest in search of her cousin is a fascinating read as Melling sweeps the reader across Ireland giving a tale nothing short of epic in the eyes of a 13 year old. Now in university and studying the classics, this book is still incredible to me. I have recommended it to friends not of Irish descent who have loved it just as much as I have. It is a universal story of struggle and the right of passage for young girls in the modern world. I absolutely loved this book, and anyone who feels it is beneath them because of its target audience is robbing themselves of an excellent read. I have re-read this book countless times and still find it a joy, using it and others as a bridge between the books I have to study. Anyone looking to get teenagers interested in reading or in need of a good book to escape into should definitely give this a try.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable... for a Tween or Young Teenager, July 27, 2007

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Liberty A. Frederick (Cobb, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chronicles of Faerie: The Hunter's Moon (Paperback)

While I enjoyed some of the moments of the book, the flow seemed awkward and there were times when I felt the characters were a little too one dimensional and contrived.

Once I was finished reading the book, I gifted it to a girl who attends the same ballet school as my daughter. She later said she absolutely loved the book. Perhaps the teenage girls in the book were more "realistic" to a twelve-year-old than a thirty-something-year-old. Or maybe free books just read better than $8 books do.

Overall, good brain candy for a quicky read and an interesting and fun look into the world of the fae, but nothing that drove me to wanting to read more of the Chronicles of Faerie books.