The novel is riddled with errors, from sentence structure, punctuation, word usage, and so on. The language is repetitive, with certain details pointed out constantly. Part of this stems from the overuse of metonyms, a common pitfall of amateur writing. There are also issues with head-hopping--not only between Nox and Amaris in Part One, but non-POV characters as well.

I started just screaming at Amaris by this point because she was like, ‘UGH, IT’S NOT MY FAULT. I DID NOTHING WRONG; IT’S ALL THESE DARK FAE’S FAULT BECAUSE I AM BLAMELESS!!!!’ I want to fight her so badly. When the fae find out she’s a reever, and they’re all like, GASP, I TOO KNEW A REEVER, and she’s immediately like, ‘oh, was his hair red? Yeah, that’s Ash’s dad.’ I was about to give up on this bullshit for the third time. But I persevered. She throws a fit that Gadriel and Zaccai keep calling her a witch but then continues disrespecting them by calling them demons. Why does this happen? The shape of the Moon isn’t changing throughout the month. However, our view of the Moon does change. Fantasy author with an M.A. in Folklore, who loves to take pictures, eat french fries, and live my life as an all-around creative forest nymph! I'm so excited to bring you with me on my journey as I step out of our everyday lives and into the new fantasy world within The Night and Its Moon fantasy series!TL;DR: Read this book if you like sapphic rep, rich imagery, fae and magic, deep world building, and slow burns. Nox throws a hissy fit because her powers of seduction don’t work on Ash, so instead, she meets a plot device child who gives her convenient information about where ‘the demons meet’. And Nox…asks this strange child if she can hug her, which is the weirdest shit ever. Who asks to hug a completely random child they just met? Also, the narration surrounding the hug is one of the creepiest things I have ever read. First, she wants to squeeze the little girl until she disappears. She says the hug is the best hug she’s had in years and then FOLLOWS THEM HOME.

But the reality is worse. The scandal is happening right now, and she brought it on herself. The behavior that she’s apologizing for is very much not in the past, and she clearly has not grown or changed (or been held accountable in any way, as apparently many of her followers are willing to fall for her lip service and instantly forgive her). She tries to excuse her bad behavior by calling it “a glitch in the matrix,” or attributing it to mental health, or claiming that being a new author has “a learning curve.” I’m sure it does! But she seems to be struggling on the learning curve of simply being a decent person. uaimh reev is a fortress set in the mountains where the reevers are trained and taught to kill monsters and protect the realm. kaer morhen is a fortress set in the mountains where the Witchers are trained and taught to kill monsters and protect the realm. both reevers and Witchers are sworn to take no part in king's wars. much like the brothers of the night's watch in game of thrones. So the girls decide they’re going to run away together before Millicent can come to take Amaris. They start gathering knowledge and supplies, but we don’t get to hear about any of them. Amaris gets her period, and it’s the worst period ever because none of the matrons bothered to teach these girls about their bodies, and now all of the girls think Amaris is dying. Anywho, Nox and Amaris are primed to run away, and an injured assassin with a gravelly voice shows up( I wonder who he could be!), ruining their plans to escape, so they have to delay. Nox confesses her love to Amaris, and Amaris, oblivious, is like, ‘yeah, same!’ I have both a desire and an obligation to share this apology and accountability with you and use my platform for good. I can only ask for the grace to show you that I can and will do better. IMPORTANT NOTE: this is a slow burn romance with blooming side romances on the way to the ultimate God (or should I say Goddess) Tiered romance. So, do not expect spicy s3x scenes. I thought this would bother me- but instead it made my heart warm like the following quote: “Nox meditated on that love, holding it close to her heart, letting it fill her.” So many times in literature we forget the comfort of love and I think Piper CJ did that really well. Everything was so emotional that I physically ached. Everything they feel is so genuine and human.Dialogue. Any well read person, regardless of their personal writing experience, understands the formatting of dialogue. There was no formatting in this sample. Also, dialogue tags and/or action indicators to who was speaking seemed to be optional. The book is intended for the adult category, and while it does contain mature themes and content, I thought that the book read like YA. I would be surprised if it ended up shelved in the adult section - unless the series pulls an SJM and has to be moved in the future….

Amaris never like talks to anyone. Legit, all she had to do when Ash was being all douchey and prejudiced about her having power was say that she was a half-fae just like he was, and that would shut his ass up. But she like would rather wallow in self-pity and constantly whine in super dramatic prose. And then she feels so sorry for herself because her friends are mad at her, and she can’t stand rejection(Piper’s self inserting a little too hard here) that she shows up to Ash’s room in nothing but a towel and then gets nekkid. Like, bro, you could’ve…. I don't know, apologized for lying to him, but no, her solution is ‘I will OFFER MYSELF TO HIM BECAUSE HE’S BEEN THIRSTING AFTER ME’. It’s good that we start with an external stimulus (vanilla) and then move to Emily’s thoughts (being afraid of the office), but the first half of this paragraph is jumbled. Emily’s choking is a reflex, so it should come BEFORE her rational thought about hating vanilla.Waxing Gibbous: The waxing gibbous phase is between a half moon and full moon. Waxing means it is getting bigger. Example: “She steeled herself to try again. ‘Come on, you spineless jellyfish, she said, cursing herself as she summoned her grit” (p. 353). On Earth, our view of the illuminated part of the Moon changes each night, depending on where the Moon is in its orbit, or path, around Earth. When we have a full view of the completely illuminated side of the Moon, that phase is known as a full moon. For fantasy selling points, this book features fae, dragons, magic in multiple forms, and a map of the world you're exploring through this story.