Serious Moonlight

I really enjoy Jenn Bennett's books. They're super light and sweet reads to get you through reading slumps and help you escape reality for a little bit. Unfortunately though, I felt like this book specifically dragged.There were certain things about this book that I found were just bizarre and unnecessary. Like...Birdie being cooped up and protected her whole life and suddenly on her first night out she loses her virginity to a complete stranger? I don't know, maybe I'm the one who's weird for not realizing this stuff happens...but I couldn't get behind this plot point 100%.Then there's this strange mystery that dragged and turned into some sort of mob thing and it became so convoluted and I don't know...I wish it didn't take so much time out of Daniel and Birdie's story.Then there's Daniel, sweet, funny Daniel, who is such a great love interest and protagonist, and then Bennett throws a wrench in it and makes him so complicated with an illness and it just gets really depressing towards the end.It's still cute, and I liked the quirkiness of both characters, but I think the issue was that there was just too much happening all at the same time.Oh and the whole Aunt Mona thing and her drama. Please. That was soooo unnecessary. I couldn't stand her, she was annoying.Alright, now I'm done.

This was such a fun read and another great story from Jenn Bennett! She has such a way of making her characters into real people and I absolutely adore the families included in each book as well. I feel like each of her books contains a different family dynamic and it’s so great to read. I also want to take the time to appreciate the cover and how the characters are actually portrayed as they’re described in the book! Daniel even has a ponytail (something I don’t even think I noticed until I read the book) and I always love to see the cover actually match the character descriptions.SERIOUS MOONLIGHT was just a really great book. I really enjoyed getting to know Birdie and her love of mysteries as well as getting to know what it’s like to live with narcolepsy. That was another great addition to the story to bring narcolepsy into the minds of Jenn Bennett’s readers which probably isn’t something that a lot of people consider. I really appreciated getting to know more about it and I also liked how the characters handled what Birdie was going through. Even if they weren’t the “right” decisions, they all felt really realistic. It’s hard to address a medical issue sometimes and you don’t want to admit something is wrong if you don’t have to, and I’m sure many of us have gone through that mindset of thinking in our own ways, so I could totally relate to that.The romance was also very cute and something you don’t see a lot of in young adult! I kind of liked that Birdie and Daniel started off with a physical relationship (or I guess encounter, since they then had to decide if they wanted a relationship) and that for once a YA book that started with sex wasn’t about being pregnant. I liked that she had a supportive maternal figure (Mona, friend of the family who was like an aunt and helped raise her) that she could talk to about it and she had some really positive support. I also kind of liked the absence of a best friend in this book and that Mona was kind of like Birdie’s best friend. It made for a more interesting relationship between the two of them and I like eliminating the possibility of that friend fight that almost always happens in YA novels (because it almost always happens in real life). It was just a great way to sort of break that mold that so many books repeat, just because it is so relatable, but Jenn Bennett brought a new relationship to the pages of this book and a different sort of friendship.Jenn Bennett is definitely an auto-buy author for me and I really enjoyed SERIOUS MOONLIGHT! I’ve enjoyed every one of her books that I’ve read so far and each one really has a unique story with a great variety of characters and situations.

I love Jenn Bennett’s stories. They are always so good and rich and have the best characters. All her characters have such personalities and back stories. None of them are perfect and they are all so unique. Serious Moonlight is just another great addition to her young adult contemporary romance books. I absolutely adored Birdie and Daniel. Birdie loves mysteries and when Daniel presents her one at her new job she can’t resist. The only problem? Daniel and her already met and she left things pretty awkward between them. But, like Daniel says, “fate finds a way.” They take a leap of faith and pursue the mystery while they find themselves becoming friends and then falling in love. Their romance is sweet and awkward and adorable. But what I love about both of them most are their pasts and who they are. Neither are perfect. They have their secrets and fears and we get to see them lower their defenses and open up to one another as they try to move forward. Really loved this book. If you loved her other books, then this one will not disappoint. Jenn Bennett’s writing is fantastic and I always find myself picking the book up and not putting it back down until I’m finished.I received an ARC for an honest review.

This was my 3rd Jenn Bennett novel and this did not disappoint in the slightest. As with all her the authors book this was sweet and adorable romance. Jenn’s writing is beautiful and always writes compelling characters. Birdie is great main character I loved reading her journey though love and life.

I really enjoyed this book. Great situations, great characters. Believable feelings. I would 100% recommend this book and the author.

I love Jenn Bennett's writing, and adored her other books. This was no different! I highly recommend if you're looking for a mystery-romance book!