Moon Burning (A Children of the Moon, #3)

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Moon Burning (Children of the Moon #3)

by Lucy Monroe (Goodreads Author)

3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 · rating details · 342 ratings · 41 reviews

On a mission to save her people from extinction, Sabrine pretends she has no memory in order to gain access to her enemies: the Donegal clan. A raven shifter, she is determined to retrieve the sacred stone that rightfully belongs to her people. But soon she'll be engulfed in her burning desire and growing love for the Donegal laird who believes he saved her-and the dangero...more

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Published February 1st 2011 by Berkley (first published December 10th 2010)

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Mar 06, 2012 new_user rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal-romance

After complaining that Lucy Monroe's Moon Awakening featured too much bickering, I sound nit-picky griping that Moon Burning suffers the opposite problem, but it's true. Barr and Sabrine, the wolf and raven shifter stars of Burning, get on famously, and unfortunately, the novel offers little external tension in place of the typical Romancelandia friction between hero and heroine and bland delivery.

Normally, Sabrine and Barr's strong, healthy relationship, despite an otherworldly push to form tha...more

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Mar 01, 2011 Catherine rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiction-vixen-reviews, first-reads-arcs-won-a-copy, boring, fantasy-paranormal-sci-fi, fated-mate, fluffy, historical, magic-mystical-ability, read-2011, romance, scotland, scottish-irish-celtic, series, were-shifter, sucked

I was excited to read this book after I read the back cover summary. Ever since reading Julie Garwood as a teenager I have had a love affair with Highlanders. I also like paranormal romances so combining the two seemed like a win-win for me. Unfortunately, it wasn’t.

There was a line on the back cover summary, “Could this woman be his true mate?” that I thought was just an expression. Wrong! I guess I should have paid more attention to the italics because this book was a ‘fated mate’ story. I am...more I was excited to read this book after I read the back cover summary. Ever since reading Julie Garwood as a teenager I have had a love affair with Highlanders. I also like paranormal romances so combining the two seemed like a win-win for me. Unfortunately, it wasn’t.

There was a line on the back cover summary, “Could this woman be his true mate?” that I thought was just an expression. Wrong! I guess I should have paid more attention to the italics because this book was a ‘fated mate’ story. I am not a fan of those, and this book just validated why exactly they tend to irritate me.

There was absolutely no connection set up to convince me that the heroine and hero had anything in common (other than being shifters) with each other than the fact they were “true mates.” Apparently true mates have this smell compulsion thing going on that makes them want to get it on with their mate as soon as possible. Mere hours after Barr rescues Sabrine they are having sex. This happens by page 80 and seems odd considering the fact that she’s recovering from an arrow wound and everyone believes she has some kind of head injury causing memory loss. Midway through the second day Sabrine thinks:

"In point of fact, she was well on her way to being irrevocably in love with him."

This is day two still!

Sabrine started out interesting for me. I was intrigued by the possibility of watching the hero and heroine navigate their attraction amidst the tensions between their clans and I liked that she was on a mission for her people and that she was her clan’s protector. Of course, the fact that she wouldn’t lie and practically drew the truth out in crayon for her “enemy” made me lose respect for her. With a protector that good at her job I’m surprised they haven’t died off already.

This book was frustrating, but very readable. The author has a simple style that makes the pages turn easily, even when you’re not really enjoying it. There were some amusing exchanges between characters here and there and although it didn’t feel very historical to me, that isn’t something that always bothers me.

I think I would have liked this book more if I could have gotten into the writing style more. I finished the book and I still don’t feel like I knew any of the characters very well. There was no depth to any of them which amazes me because they were completely unsubtle people. Everything they thought seemed to route to their mouth with very little filtering. And then they would talk and talk and talk about their actions and motivations. I like dialogue driven stories, but the author was killing me with it here.

I think this will garner its fair share of fans. It’s not a horrible book or anything and people who enjoy the fated mate trope will probably like this more than I did. I personally don’t enjoy this lighter, sillier book style, but if you do you might want to check it out.

Favorite Quote:

He bowed his head toward Sorcha. "It was not my intention to offend."

She stared between him and Verica with wide eyes very much like her daughter's. "I'm not offended."

He nodded and gave Verica his most patient look. "You see? I did not offend Sorcha."

"You offended me."

"I won't win this argument, will I?"

"No."

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Mar 16, 2011 Laura the Highland Hussy rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: highlander-books

I have mixed feelings on this book. I have really enjoyed this series, and this book had a ton of potential to be something fabulous, but it fell short. Here we have the raven/hawk/eagle shifters coming out of hiding to join the wolves, basically, and instead the book concentrated on the heroine's internal drama waaay too much.

I don't mind fated mates, or in this case, "true mates," and I've enjoyed this series, BUT there was just so much MORE that could have been done with this plot.

Sabrine is...more

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Oct 08, 2011 Kathy Davie rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: history, paranormal, romance

Third in the Children of the Moon historical paranormal-romance series set in 12th century Scotland.

The Story
War has existed between the Éan and the Faol for centuries even though they are both Chrechte and it's Sabrine's responsibility as a raven scout to watch for incursions against her people, the Éan, the bird shifters. Normally. This trip has been spurred by the loss of the Clach Gealach Gra. A holy stone that is essential for her people to continue on into the future. Stolen by Faol, wolf...more

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Jun 30, 2011 Sandy M rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal

I lovelovelovelove this series by Lucy Monroe. And Moon Burning is my favorite so far. I’m totally intrigued with Barr - a wolf - and Sabrine - a raven - and their totally opposite personalities and beliefs. Barr is the confident laird with the responsibility of an entire clan, Sabrine his enemy, a warrior and spy with the responsibility to locate her people’s lost magical artifact to prevent their extinction. So much conflict between them, but also so much heat, emotion, respect, and admiration...more I lovelovelovelove this series by Lucy Monroe. And Moon Burning is my favorite so far. I’m totally intrigued with Barr - a wolf - and Sabrine - a raven - and their totally opposite personalities and beliefs. Barr is the confident laird with the responsibility of an entire clan, Sabrine his enemy, a warrior and spy with the responsibility to locate her people’s lost magical artifact to prevent their extinction. So much conflict between them, but also so much heat, emotion, respect, and admiration. They’re a mesmerizing couple.

Barr has been sent by the Sinclair laird to lead the Donegal people and to train their young heir to be the future laird of their rundown, fearful clan. He’s learning their previous laird led with a brutal hand, but he himself is a fair leader and knows he’ll get to the bottom of the underhandedness to give these people their peaceful and happy lives back. On a hunt he’s stunned to come upon a naked woman in the woods. Carrying her to the castle, he feels a connection to her, something he’s never had happen before. He knows she’s keeping secrets, but he’s determined to find out everything he needs to know about this fascinating woman.

Her people have kept their lives separate and secret from others like them. Sabrina has sacrificed everything in her life to be the warrior she now is to keep their world safe from those who would destroy them - Faol. Wolf. She goes a step further, decides to infiltrate the Donegal clan, knowing someone there has to be the one who stole the legacy that keeps her people from dying out. Her brother’s coming of age celebration is imminent, and Sabrine vows to have done her job before that time so that her brother, her people’s future leader, will mature into the man, with all of his magical powers, he’s meant to be. The roadblock she runs into is Barr. He’s Faol, but he’s also much more and Sabrine finds herself wanting to be with him more and more, despite the man’s arrogance.

I love reading about these two characters. They’re perfect together. Sabrine is right, Barr is arrogant but he wears it humbly. He knows his mind, he speaks his mind, and he goes for what he wants, which isn’t much as laird. But when Sabrine comes into his life, he knows she’s meant for him and he’s going to keep her. In doing so he’s alpha to the core but also very romantic about it. Sabrine, little by little, has to let go of her prejudices against wolves and also let go of her warrior self just a tad to give herself permission to love, to have a life of her own. And she has to trust. Especially her new-found wolf. She almost waits too late to do that totally. The scene where Barr realizes he doesn’t have her trust as he thought he did is one of the best of the book. Ms. Monroe does a wonderful job of showing his emotion in that scene.

There is also a side story with Earc, Barr’s right-hand man, and Verica, the clan’s healer. They’ve been dancing around one another for a while, and when things heat up concerning the former laird, Earc steps up to the plate and claims Verica. Their banter and interaction is just as much fun as Barr’s and Sabrine’s. And speaking of the former laird, what a piece of evil work he is. He’s the reason the clan is voracious in giving trust to Barr. At least those who are worth their salt. The others who still fear for their lives have to be wooed, and Barr is very good at that. There are beautiful little nuggets like these throughout the book - the that pull everything together for such an emotional, humorous, magical, and romantic read.

Though I know better than to ask an author, “How much longer till your next book in this series?” or “Can’t you write faster??”, Lucy Monroe is one who I’d trip over my tongue for, because those questions would be asked one on top of the other. I lovelovelovelove her work!

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Apr 05, 2011 Nikki Brandyberry rated it 2 of 5 stars

This one just didn’t work for me. I never connected with either main character and the story line felt choppy and drawn out. I think had Moon Burning been released closer to the last book in the series, Moon Craving which came out Feb 2010, I might have been better able to carry over my warm and fuzzy feelings from it. Though from the start of this series there were long gaps. The first book, Moon Awakening, came out in 2007 and then nothing for 3 years.

Moon Burning had a lot of potential, I jus...more This one just didn’t work for me. I never connected with either main character and the story line felt choppy and drawn out. I think had Moon Burning been released closer to the last book in the series, Moon Craving which came out Feb 2010, I might have been better able to carry over my warm and fuzzy feelings from it. Though from the start of this series there were long gaps. The first book, Moon Awakening, came out in 2007 and then nothing for 3 years.

Moon Burning had a lot of potential, I just think that, for me, it wasn’t ever fully reached. I was confused from the beginning over all the terms coupled with the fact that it’s a historical and is wrote with an old time feel. I don’t remember having that issue in the past 2 installments. Those read with an easy fluidity that I didn’t feel with this one. It felt more forced.

I found Barr and Sabrine to be a couple of convenience and I never fully felt their connection to each other. I mean, sure there was the animalistic love, but as far as a deep emotional connection, I just didn’t see it. Barr, at times, seemed like an overbearing jerk..and not in the hot alpha way lol. Sabrine’s reasoning for not wanting to like Barr was justified but then the very same day (the day they met no less) she’s getting hot and heavy in his bed…huh? It was all just odd.

Then there was the nature of their shifters. I find some animals to be sexy and others….not. I think that was a problem I had with Sabrine. I just don’t like ravens. To close to a crow or something for me. I mean crows are dirty and they eat dead things and carry mites…Uggg. Give me an eagle or a hawk or some big bird of prey if we are gonna go the bird route, they seem majestic…but a raven just didn’t do it for me.

The side characters were plentiful and out of all of them I did like Verica and Earc. Their union, though fast, seemed more connected and emotional. There seemed to be more fundamental ground there. I enjoyed Verica’s spunky-ness and innate protectiveness of Earc, though he certainly didn’t need it. I thought that they could have easily had their own book.

So while I loved the previous two books in this series, Moon Burning didn’t work for me. I wanted more emotion and more content. I didn’t feel like there was enough action and the majority of the book dragged for me.(less)

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Jan 30, 2011 Bookaholics rated it 4 of 5 stars

Moon Burning by Lucy Monroe
Paranormal Romance -Feb. 1st, 2011
4 ½ stars

Moon Burning is the 3rd in the Children of the Moon series and Lucy Monroe’s best yet! In this book, two shifters from rival clans are attracted to each other and spark contention and deep secrets.

The Chrechte are powerful shifters but the prior books have only dealt with the most prosperous, the wolves. Now it is revealed that there are also bird shifters. But they have been hunted by the wolves of different clans who were je...more Moon Burning by Lucy Monroe
Paranormal Romance -Feb. 1st, 2011
4 ½ stars

Moon Burning is the 3rd in the Children of the Moon series and Lucy Monroe’s best yet! In this book, two shifters from rival clans are attracted to each other and spark contention and deep secrets.

The Chrechte are powerful shifters but the prior books have only dealt with the most prosperous, the wolves. Now it is revealed that there are also bird shifters. But they have been hunted by the wolves of different clans who were jealous of their unique powers. The bird-shifters seems doomed as they are hunted to near-extinction and their sacred stone stolen.

A warrior and raven shifter, Sabrine keeps a look out for the dangerous wolves that seek to kill them. One day, she is shot down. She quickly changes into a beautiful woman to hide her identity and is found by the new clan Chief Barr, who is a wolf shifter. But Barr is different and wants Sabrine for his own. He knows she is magical but does not realize she is one of the mythical raven shifters. Sabrine grows to admire this new leader who is honorable and caring. But she knows someone from his clan has stolen the stone, and she must retrieve it and leave. Her clan needs the sacred stone, and she knows there is no future for their two opposing clans. However, Barr has finally found the woman who makes his heart race and he vows to never let her go.

These two main characters are a well matched pair, and it is fun reading about them working out their differences. Barr is a super sexy alpha male who wants to protect and care for Sabrine, but Sabrine is a proud warrior who wants her independence. I loved how Barr bends down to Sabrine’s will but still watches over her. Sometimes Barr is a bit bossy but that is because he cared for her so much and wanted to be a part of her life. He can’t stand that she is hiding something about herself. I really liked Sabrine because she could match Barr and maintains her own identity against such a strong and even larger than life personality. Her integrity and will to protect and care for her clan makes her a worthy character.

Strong, dynamic characters and a secret animosity between shifter clans make for an exciting 3rd book!

Reviewed by Steph from the Bookaholics Romance Book Club
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Feb 23, 2011 Melindeeloo rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal-romance-shapeshifters

Sabrine is a bird shifter - a race Barr's home clan of wolf shifters believes to be just a legend from the past. So when the Barr finds the strange woman naked and bleeding in the woods, he can sense her otherness and assumes she's wolf shifter. Though the injury was not part of the plan, it's worked to Sabine's advantage to gain her admittance to the enemy camp to search for a missing talisman which is vital to the survival of people. Because even though the Barr's people don't realize bird shi...more

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Jun 26, 2011 ♡ Sassy ~ Amy ♡ rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: shifter, historical-romance, highlander, paranormal-romance

This was an awesome book! I was completely surprised. The author was reccomended by someone, so I bought the series. I lost book 2 somewhere. picked up #3 thinking it was 1, and I am now reading the series backwards. For all I know this could have been #1, but I looked it up and it was the 3rd. I did notice some slight things mentioned that really make no difference in reading order. She is now one of my favorites, so I hope this series continues. It is a more complicated twist on shifters, and...more

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Feb 06, 2011 Ctanner rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal-romance

This was my least favorite book in the series. I was a little disappointed. In the first two books I loved the relationships in the books and how the h/h got to know one another. In Moon Burning, there was little getting to know you or even chemistry at first. It is too bad because I liked Barr a lot and I am glad we got to see Niall and Guaine again. Hopefully the next one in the series will have more chemistry. I will say that I love Monroe's writing and when she is on, she is one of my favori...more

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Feb 23, 2011 Lynsey A rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: library-book, part-of-a-series, paranormal-romance, shape-shifter, 2011-reads, pregnancy

This was not as good as the other two in the series. I don't know, I guess I just couldn't get into the whole bird shifter thing. Weird.

There wasn't a great deal of relationship development between the H/h. Their story was kind of boring as was the secondary love story.

The back synopsis is a bit mis-leading as it really isn't as dramatic as the back seems to make the story. I think it could've been done a bit better. I was expecting a bit more angst and drama than was present in the story.

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Feb 23, 2013 Dragana rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: tower-teams-read-2013, boring, enemies-to-lovers, highlanders, historical-romance, paranormal-romance, shifters, werewolfs

This book has promising plot but fell short on execution. There are a couple of romance plots but they seemed flat, even the main romance between members of two shifter clans that are enemies didn't have that spark... you know the one that creates butterflies in your stomach and make you cheer for the HEA.
Also, mysteries in Lucy Monroe 'A Children of the Moon' series was never strong point - they were always transparent but now they were so evident that without sizzling romance this book was bor...more

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Jan 12, 2013 Deanna rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: shifters, paranormal, romance, historical-fiction

I love shifters and I love Highlanders. I enjoyed this story. I liked the two main characters but I found the supporting "cast" interesting also. They all seemed real and of their time. I wish Sabrine had spent a little less time bemoaning her fate and instead being the warrior she was in her own life also. I will read more.

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Sep 29, 2012 ~Megan~ rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: dangerous-dudes, pnr-uf, shifters-other, shifters-werewolves

This series is really coming into its own, opening up new shifter races previously unknown, as well as a grander story arc that I am excited to see play out. Really looking forward to the next book!

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Mar 23, 2011 Jackie rated it 4 of 5 stars

I've loved all three books in this trilogy. I think I read somewhere that this was the last book, which is disappointing news because it's such a good series.

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Oct 03, 2012 Beach rated it 5 of 5 stars

I love a strong hero, but you throw in a strong heroine and you have book that is full of fun adventures! A fabulous story!

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Nov 25, 2010 Holly rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 144-books-in-2010, read-in-2010, november-2010

I didn't love this book as much as I did the previous two in the series. It was good, just not as good as the others.

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Jun 24, 2011 Jage rated it 2 of 5 stars

This book was no where near as good as the first two. The plot was alright but the characters just didn't have the appeal of the others. I didn't believe the urgency or the connection and despite Sabrine's claims I never believed she was a warrior who was good at keeping secrets.

I will read the next in the series if there is one because I truly adored the first two books but I hope she goes back to human/shifter combos without the true mate business because I think if they hadn't had that short...more

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Apr 19, 2011 LorettaLynn rated it 3 of 5 stars

This was a good book
Love the setting in it:)
And also cant go wrong with the highland warriors... woo yummy

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Sep 27, 2012 4rocks rated it 4 of 5 stars

Barr was wonderful. Earc is funny. The heroines were boring.

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Jun 25, 2012 Caitlin rated it 2 of 5 stars

The only romance I've indulged in, in terms of literature, has been embedded into a heartfelt and comprehensive story, except for Moon Burning (A Children of the Moon,#3). I am most certainly not a "true-fated" romantic and the relationships between the characters happened so quickly it felt juvenile. The constant superior-inferior mentality annoyed me, despite trying to convince myself it was their natural pack mentality. I felt the characters lacked depth and therefor I felt no connection to t...more

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Jan 27, 2012 Oleta Blaylock rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I really love this series. Ms. Monroe is a wonderful author that brings her world to life with a richness that satisfies the senses and the soul. I enjoy this take on the shapeshifter legend. I am hoping that she is going to write more books in this series. I would love to see more of the characters from the first two books as well as the ones from this story. I was glad to see the evil ones get what they so richly deserved and the innocent protected and hope restored to the whole clan. I highly...more

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Apr 20, 2013 Laurie Bongiorno rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: action, hot-males, magic, romance, shapeshifters, sex

This laird is drool worthy:)

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Sep 10, 2012 Cean rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: owned

Lengthy. Storyline not bad.

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Feb 20, 2011 I'm Sandra Dee rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: series-shelf-of-books

I Loved It!

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Feb 10, 2011 Katrina rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: romance, paranormal romance

As with Moon Awakening and Mood Craving, I was not disappointed with this book. I wasn't sure how Monroe would pull off a third book, but she did it perfectly and I hope there will be more added to this series.
Although the book is considered paranormal romance, it doesn't dwell too much on the paranormal, but more on the romance. And that's what I love about this series.
And OMG the sexy-parts are to die for; well written and... oh my!
Well done Lucy! A+++

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May 21, 2013 Christie Palmer rated it 1 of 5 stars

DNF -- I hate to say I couldn't finish a book. However, out of the three books in this series I just couldn't bring myself to care for this book. The other two were great.

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Apr 08, 2011 Ellen rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: waste-of-money

Couldn't get into this book at all!!

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May 30, 2012 Bianca Gogos rated it 3 of 5 stars

Lucy Monroe did a fantastic job of creating a supernatural world ofshifters with lots of history and a great story. Barr is a true warriorand I love his strength, understanding and patience. Sabrine is such astrong warrior princess trying to protect her people and I love the backand forth between her and Barr. I truly enjoyed this book and cannot waitto read more!...more

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Apr 16, 2011 Lavada Dee rated it 4 of 5 stars

I enjoyed the first two books in the series more. This one was more into the paranormal and I prefer it being a sub-genre. I like a contemporary or historical with paranormal elements. They can be strong but not the essence of the story.

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