The Moon and the Sun (Audiobook)

from bedda

The story is about Marie-Josephe and her fight to save the life of a sea woman who her brother, Yves, caught and the king plans to eat. When Marie-Josephe finds out that the sea woman is intelligent she is willing to risk everything to save her. I liked the dual nature of Marie-Josephe's characte...

from Nikkles

This book was just a little too dark and a little to strange for me. I just could not get into the style, but it was n ot really poorly written or anything like that.

from daschaich

Almost enchanting: The Moon and the Sun is historical fiction set in the late seventeenth century of an alternate universe where the oceans are inhabited by "sea monsters", humanoid creatures that are all but extinct. Yves de la Croix, a Jesuit scientist, captures some of the last sea monsters, o...

from Snukes

Beautifully researched and convincingly written. Considering all the rave reviews the book received, however, I had a difficult time getting into the story. In the end, I enjoyed the novel more as an illustration of seventeenth-century life at Versailles than for the story of the sea monster. Our...

from flissp

I'm a bit nervous of reviewing this book. I received it as an advance reading copy and basically, this style of book is just not my cup of tea (clearly a case of me not reading the blurb on the ER page properly). I'll probably more damning of the book than it deserves. It may not appeal to me, bu...