Over the Moon

Author: Diane Daniels
Release Date: July 27, 2010
Publisher: Tate
Pages: 256
Age Group: Young Adult
Source: Author
Interest: Cover

 When seventeen-year-old Tiana moves to Hurricane, Utah, her comfortable world is turned upside down as she traverses the rough waters of adjusting to a small town and new school. Her father insists they were supposed to move here for some unknown, important purpose, and the voice in her head tells her not to argue. After resigning herself to being a miserable outcast, Tiana finds that she is not only accepted by most of the students at her new high school but is also the recipient of unwelcome attention from the opposite sex. But then she meets the mysterious Andrew Martin and is soon Over the Moon crazy about him. Andrew seems to be the perfect boyfriend: protective, tender, good with her parents, and a fabulous kisser. But he also has a few unusual qualities: an intuitiveness that borders on mind reading, a touch that seems to heal, and almost superhuman strength. Tiana marvels at his talents but doesn't seriously consider the implications until she can no longer ignore the clues: Andrew does not belong on Earth. When Andrew admits his true identity, Tiana enters a world previously unknown to her and is plunged into mortal danger as it is Andrew's sworn duty to combat evil, extraterrestrial villains who wish to invade Earth and enslave mankind. Join Diane Daniels for a romantic adventure in Over the Moon, which will take you to a world where the impossible comes to life.

 

Over the Moon surprised me! I fell in love with the cover on Goodreads, but I didn't expect it to turn out this good! Diane Daniels did a very good job with her first novel! 

I was hesitant to pick this up at first because I thought it would be to science ficton-y. That really wasn't the case. The are some fables about the stars, which I thought was pretty cool! Their wasn't as much talk as I thought their would be about astronomy, still some, but not much. Believe it or not the novel is more about the romance between an Alien and a human. 

Tiana was an average main character. She really didn't start to get a backbone till about halfway throughout the book. But once she was standing up to people I really started to like her! The only thing I didn't like about her character was she was doubting Andrew most of the novel. Andrew had to keep telling her that he loves her. It seemed like she was hesitant to trust him. I really liked Andrew's character! I thought he was so sweet all of the time! He did have some similarities to Edward, but I was able to look past that!

The only flaw, that I could find, was that Tiana used very large vocabulary words. No, I am not saying I'm incompetent, but it seemed that an average teenager wouldn't use those words. It also took awhile for the climax to occur. By the time the really action starts your already at the end. That was kind of disappointing. 

Overall I thought this was a pretty good read. It is a little bit on the long side, but still good! Diane thanks for not writing about werewolves or vampires I needed a change! (I still love them though!)

Plot: 16/20

Characters:17/20

Creativity: 16/20

Writing: 17/20

Cover: 9/10

Ending:9/10

Total: 84/100