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jenlynnhill's review against another edition
3.0
I feel the same about this book as I did the first in the series, it was interesting and I liked it, but I do feel like the ending was super rushed.
kbranfield's review against another edition
4.0
Alison Kent's Beneath the Patchwork Moon is an emotional and poignant novel of new beginnings for both Luna Meadows and Angelo Caffey. Although she has a thriving business, Luna has not quite moved on from the accident that took the life of her close high school friend, Sierra Caffey. On the ten year anniversary of Sierra's death, Luna is finally making positive changes to her life, but with the return of her first love (and Sierra's brother) Angelo, will painful memories of their failed romance continue to keep her mired in the past?
Luna's grief over Sierra's death is compounded by guilt and a long held secret that she has never revealed. Their close friendship is one of her most cherished memories and while Luna recovered physically from her own accident that day, she never quite recovered emotionally. But the ten year anniversary marks the beginning of many changes to Luna's life. She has purchased a loft and she is leaving the family home for the first time. A new baby is on the way and Luna is about to become a sister for the first time. Luna bought the old Caffey property when it went into foreclosure and she plans to build a community arts center in Sierra's memory. Just as she begins clearing out the Caffey family belongings, she is surprised by Angelo's return and she soon realizes that in order to heal, she will need to reveal her closely guarded secrets.
Angelo is also deeply mourning his sister's death but his grief is also compounded by anger and guilt. He cannot let go his guilt for not helping Sierra more when she needed him but at the time, he had enough to deal with since the weight of taking care of his family fell on his young shoulders. After his family fell apart under the weight of their grief, they disowned Angelo after he finally took action to save them from complete ruin. That day also marked the end of his four year relationship with Luna when Angelo left Hope Springs for good.
Beneath the Patchwork Moon is a leisurely paced romance with a great deal of introspection but the mystery of the day of the accident adds a bit of suspense and drama to the unfolding story. Learning the secrets of the past drives the first half of the novel, while dealing with the aftermath of these revelations drives the last half. Despite the sometimes melancholy memories, the novel remains upbeat and positive. The attraction between Luna and Angelo simmers under the surface of all of their interactions and their romance is interwoven with their efforts to make peace with the past. All of the various storylines are neatly but realistically wrapped up and the end of the novel adroitly sets up the next installment of Alison Kent's Hope Springs, TX series.
Luna's grief over Sierra's death is compounded by guilt and a long held secret that she has never revealed. Their close friendship is one of her most cherished memories and while Luna recovered physically from her own accident that day, she never quite recovered emotionally. But the ten year anniversary marks the beginning of many changes to Luna's life. She has purchased a loft and she is leaving the family home for the first time. A new baby is on the way and Luna is about to become a sister for the first time. Luna bought the old Caffey property when it went into foreclosure and she plans to build a community arts center in Sierra's memory. Just as she begins clearing out the Caffey family belongings, she is surprised by Angelo's return and she soon realizes that in order to heal, she will need to reveal her closely guarded secrets.
Angelo is also deeply mourning his sister's death but his grief is also compounded by anger and guilt. He cannot let go his guilt for not helping Sierra more when she needed him but at the time, he had enough to deal with since the weight of taking care of his family fell on his young shoulders. After his family fell apart under the weight of their grief, they disowned Angelo after he finally took action to save them from complete ruin. That day also marked the end of his four year relationship with Luna when Angelo left Hope Springs for good.
Beneath the Patchwork Moon is a leisurely paced romance with a great deal of introspection but the mystery of the day of the accident adds a bit of suspense and drama to the unfolding story. Learning the secrets of the past drives the first half of the novel, while dealing with the aftermath of these revelations drives the last half. Despite the sometimes melancholy memories, the novel remains upbeat and positive. The attraction between Luna and Angelo simmers under the surface of all of their interactions and their romance is interwoven with their efforts to make peace with the past. All of the various storylines are neatly but realistically wrapped up and the end of the novel adroitly sets up the next installment of Alison Kent's Hope Springs, TX series.
ubemedusa's review against another edition
3.0
I enjoyed Alison Kent's first book in this series, but I didn't dig on this one too much. It was well-written, but I didn't connect to either main character very well, and I wasn't super compelled by the storyline. That might have more to do with me and my readerly sensibilities than with Kent's writing, but this just didn't live up to the first of this series.
setaian's review against another edition
3.0
After her best friend Sierra died in a car crash Luna withdrew into herself. Holding onto Sierra's secrets has taken its toll, and now after 10 years away Angelo, Sierra's brother and Luna's one time lover has returned for answers. But with Sierra's life lost, her boyfriend in a permanent vegetative state and both families blaming Luna can any good come from bringing long held secrets to the light.
Beneath a Patchwork Moon isn't perfect. Angelo's progression from being angry at Luna to forgiving her and falling for her wasn't quite insta-love but it was close and the book occasionally felt like a Hallmark Movie. But overall, I enjoyed this quite a lot...much more than I was expecting and it's marked improvement on book 1.
Beneath a Patchwork Moon isn't perfect. Angelo's progression from being angry at Luna to forgiving her and falling for her wasn't quite insta-love but it was close and the book occasionally felt like a Hallmark Movie. But overall, I enjoyed this quite a lot...much more than I was expecting and it's marked improvement on book 1.
finallywakingup's review
2.0
2.5 This wasn't as good as the first book in this series. I found the characters quite distant and didn't really feel all that much for them. Sometimes it felt a bit angsty and annoying. I'll read the next one when it's out and hope it's a bit better.
mslizalou's review
4.0
I've been a fan of Alison Kent's for years. I loved the first book in the Hope Springs series and was very excited to see we would get more books in this series.
I wanted to know more about Luna's past from the moment we met her. Luna is a fun character for me. She has never moved out of her parent's house, yet really had her own space. She created a successful business making scarves in an old barn on her parent's farm. She only is now moving out because her mom is about to have another baby (totally cracked me up). Luna is such a strong character and I loved her idea to turn her best friend's childhood home into an art center.
Luna has been in love with Angelo since they were kids. While I didn't get why they secretly dated while she was in high school, I loved that 8 years apart didn't diminish their attraction to one another. Angelo did want to know what secrets Luna had about his sister's death and it totally ripped my heart to see Luna struggle with telling Angelo the truth.
I had figured out some of the secrets Luna was keeping, but was pretty shocked at one secret. I don't know if I could have been as strong as Luna was when everything came out.
Alison Kent gives her readers a beautiful love story with Beneath the Patchwork Moon. I loved the romance between Luna and Angelo, and really enjoyed the aspects of the mystery from the past. I look forward to more books in the Hope Springs series in the future.
I wanted to know more about Luna's past from the moment we met her. Luna is a fun character for me. She has never moved out of her parent's house, yet really had her own space. She created a successful business making scarves in an old barn on her parent's farm. She only is now moving out because her mom is about to have another baby (totally cracked me up). Luna is such a strong character and I loved her idea to turn her best friend's childhood home into an art center.
Luna has been in love with Angelo since they were kids. While I didn't get why they secretly dated while she was in high school, I loved that 8 years apart didn't diminish their attraction to one another. Angelo did want to know what secrets Luna had about his sister's death and it totally ripped my heart to see Luna struggle with telling Angelo the truth.
I had figured out some of the secrets Luna was keeping, but was pretty shocked at one secret. I don't know if I could have been as strong as Luna was when everything came out.
Alison Kent gives her readers a beautiful love story with Beneath the Patchwork Moon. I loved the romance between Luna and Angelo, and really enjoyed the aspects of the mystery from the past. I look forward to more books in the Hope Springs series in the future.
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