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    Serious Moonlight
    Serious Moonlight
    Serious Moonlight
    Audiobook12 hours

    Serious Moonlight

    Written by Jenn Bennett

    Narrated by Devon Sorvari

    3.5/5

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    Mystery-book aficionado Birdie Lindberg has an overactive imagination. Raised in isolation and homeschooled by strict grandparents, she's cultivated a whimsical fantasy life in which she plays the heroic detective and every stranger is a suspect. But her solitary world expands when she takes a job the summer before college, working the graveyard shift at a historic Seattle hotel.

    In her new job, Birdie hopes to blossom from introverted dreamer to brave pioneer, and gregarious Daniel Aoki volunteers to be her guide. The hotel's charismatic young van driver shares the same nocturnal shift and patronizes the waterfront Moonlight Diner where she waits for the early morning ferry after work. Daniel also shares her appetite for intrigue, and he's stumbled upon a real-life mystery: a famous reclusive writer-never before seen in public-might be secretly meeting someone at the hotel.

    To uncover the writer's puzzling identity, Birdie must come out of her shell . . . discovering that most confounding mystery of all may be her growing feelings for the elusive riddle that is Daniel.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateJun 25, 2019
    ISBN9781630157449
    Author

    Jenn Bennett

    Jenn Bennett is the author of over a dozen books, including the young adult titles Alex, Approximately; Serious Moonlight; Starry Eyes; and The Lady Rogue. She also writes romance and fantasy for adults. Her books have earned multiple starred reviews, been Goodreads Choice Award Nominees, and have been included on annual Best Books lists from Kirkus Reviews and Publishers Weekly. In addition to being a writer, she’s also an artist with a BFA in painting. She was born in Germany, has lived all over the US, and has traveled extensively throughout Europe, China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. She currently lives near Atlanta with one husband and two dogs.

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    • 2/5
      Unfortunately slow paced and a bit predictable. It was hard to stay invested
    • 3/5
      While working in a downtown Seattle hotel, Birdie meets Daniel with whom she had a one-afternoon-stand in the back of his car. After she gets over her embarrassment of running away afterwards, Daniel provides her with an opportunity to solve a mystery, which is her passion. As they work to find out why reclusive author Raymond Darke has been coming to their hotel on the same night and at the same time each week, Birdie and Daniel begin a tentative friendship. However, both have lots of physical and emotional baggage that make their new relationship a challenge.

      The title, Serious Moonlight, comes from Daniel's love of David Bowie. The first half of this book is a bit slow because so much time is taken introducing the characters and their personalities without really moving the plot forward. The pace of the story picks up, though, about midway through the book when Birdie and Daniel finally realize that their relationship is more than just friendship. The mystery that Birdie and Daniel have been trying to solve comes to a very abrupt end with a whale of a twist as the issues that they have been avoiding come to a head. Overall, this is a good romance with a unique mystery for the characters to solve.
    • 3/5
      Too bad about that mystery element and case files detracting from the central romance. It was hard to get to know the characters or fully develop secondary characters with the case files style and the mystery interrupting. Just wasn't successful...

      Still worth a read for those that enjoy Jenn Bennett or YA, but I wouldn't be pushing it up any lists.
    • 2/5
      Sadly, I was never invested in "Serious Moonlight." It was recommended as a great YA romance on "Epic Reads", but I struggled with it from the start. Midway it was really starting to drag and continued to do so as I struggled towards the end. Even Birdie being such a big reader didn't win me over and the fact that Daniel had a man-bun really annoyed me for some reason. I also didn't feel the chemistry between Birdie and Daniel and I found the mystery aspect lacking.This book is getting some very positive reviews but it just wasn't for me. I don't think I was in the right headspace as I was grappling with my first week of remote teaching using video conferencing and found it hard to concentrate on anything else.
    • 4/5
      Birdie Lindberg and Daniel Aoki unknowingly meet at the Moonlight Diner, Birdie's home away from home. The endless hashbrowns and cutely named pies are something that would be worth checking out if it were a real place in Seattle. A bit embarrassed, Birdie is later stunned to discover Daniel also works overnight at the hotel where she has found a job for the summer. Birdie loves mysteries, and one of the best parts of the book were all the great epigraphs at the beginning of each chapters. Many favorite detectives and books are represented, including some (talking about you, Amelia Peabody) that I still want to read. This was fun, but serious fun, as it touched on several very sobering issues for both the main characters. It was nice to see them grow and learn to trust one another, all while channeling Nick and Nora around the hotel.