When The Moon Was Ours

When the Moon was Ours

by Anna-Marie McLemore 

Published October 4, 2016

To everyone who knows them, best friends Miel and Sam are as strange as they are inseparable. Roses grow out of Miel’s wrist, and rumors say that she spilled out of a water tower when she was five. Sam is known for the moons he paints and hangs in the trees, and for how little anyone knows about his life before he and his mother moved to town. But as odd as everyone considers Miel and Sam, even they stay away from the Bonner girls, four beautiful sisters rumored to be witches. Now they want the roses that grow from Miel’s skin, convinced that their scent can make anyone fall in love. And they’re willing to use every secret Miel has fought to protect to make sure she gives them up.

My overall rating: three out of five stars 

As one of the books recommended to me for my 2023 facebook challenge by my friend Crystelle, this book was a bit out of my comfort zone. 

I enjoyed it overall, but it was a bit too much into the metaphors and magical thoughts and less into the story for me. 

When it was focused on the story, it really moved so quickly for me, but then you would get stuck in the thoughts in Miel's head or something and it would just drag for me... 

Loved the idea of a magical girl just appearing from the water tower. The people who come beside to help raise her. How they end up becoming her family. The community and how they react to this strange girl. It was different and I loved that part.