Honestly, I gave this book a 2.5 stars just because I felt at times it got really slow and I just didn’t have this will to continue on with the book. I did end up finishing the book and I thought the ending was interesting but I didn’t connect to the characters very much. Other than Melody, I didn’t find myself caring about any of the other characters especially with the love triangle I didn’t feel like any of the male main characters loved Melody or even liked her. The relationships just felt so superficial.

Most of the time I felt like it was spent with the main character wallowing in self-pity or running away. There wasn’t much else going on in the book. Not to mention this was a pretty long read at around 700 pages at least for me. Even though it was this long read, you weren’t connected to the story at all.

One thing I have to say though is I did like the ending and the start. The book seemed like it was going to have such a good premise. Unfortunately, it just fell a little bit flat. By no means is it the worst book I’ve ever read. It’s just not my personal favorite. Ultimately I felt like this would’ve been a better book, had it been cut down to 400 pages and had more of a concrete plot.

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.

Wow. What a fun book! I didn’t expect to like it so much but it took me by surprise. And yeah, I think I’m going to want more.

Such a good book, loved the story line, and well written. I will definitely be buying a hard copy of the book!!

Alexandra Thomashoff makes a strong entrance into the fantasy genre with Kingdom of Two Moons, a richly imagined debut that blends emotional depth, dark romance, and intricate world-building. While the dual POV—shifting between first and third person—can feel disorienting at first, it soon becomes a distinctive part of the storytelling. The pacing starts off a bit slow, but it allows the world and characters to fully take shape, rewarding patient readers with a gripping, layered narrative.

The magic system is refreshingly unique and supported by a detailed glossary, making the book feel like an intermediate-level fantasy read that respects its audience’s intelligence. Caryan, the morally grey antihero, wrestles with the tension between achieving peace and sacrificing freedom to get there, while Melody, the only human in a non-human realm, carries the emotional heart of the story. Her resilience and hope are inspiring, and her dynamic with Caryan is packed with tension and longing. The slow-burn romance between them, complicated by a love triangle, adds just the right amount of drama without overshadowing the plot.

Thomashoff’s writing is polished and immersive, far more refined than one might expect from a debut. Kingdom of Two Moons is an enthralling read for fantasy lovers who crave character-driven stories with morally complex leads, a slow-build romance, and a world that feels both fresh and fully formed. It’s a promising start to a series, and Thomashoff is definitely an author to keep an eye on.

The world building was phenomenal and top tier. The suspense, the pining, the yearning, the SPICE. Chefs kiss! The three POV’s took me a second to get used to but omg I loved it! I need the next book yesterday!

This books grabs you right from the start and only picks up speed from there. I love all things fae and supernatural so I was excited to read about this new world. Immediately looking forward to the next book!

AM OBSESSED! This book, man, this book had me in a fucking chokehold. I literally stopped reading this book for a day or two just so I didn't have to leave this universe so soon. This was over 600 pages of pure perfection. I could sing its praises for DAYS!

✨Dragons & Demons
✨Dark Romantasy
✨Multiple POVs
✨Touch her and 💀

No because why was this sooooo good?!?! I am absolutely blown away by Kingdom of the Two Moons! I was thrilled to be approved for this read, and it completely exceeded my expectations. From start to finish, I was glued to the page — late nights, lost sleep, and zero regrets. The multi-POV storytelling pulled me even deeper into this lush world, and was intense in all the best ways. If you’re a fan of ACOTAR, Throne of Glass, or Romantasy in general you need this book on your shelf. I’m already dying for book two! Thank you, NetGalley and the author, for this incredible ARC!

Thank you to NetGalley and the Last Unicorn Press for providing me with an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Unfortunately, A Kingdom of the Two Moons just wasn’t for me. I really tried to get into it—multiple times, actually—but I ended up DNF’ing at around 10%. There was a lot of information thrown at the reader very quickly, and I found it hard to connect with the world or the characters before getting overwhelmed. It may pick up later, but it just didn’t hook me early on.

❤️‍🔥Kingdom of the Two Moons❤️‍🔥
By Alexandra Thomashoff

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5 Star Review
🌶️ 1/5 Spice Level…

Kingdom of the Two Moons is Book one in the Fallen Angels Series. I believe this is a debut from this author & is one of the books I applied to read as an ARC via NetGalley, went in completely blind, and I am so glad I did.

This book is a Romantasy that ends in a cliffhanger. Great world & character building, enemies-to-lovers, mate bond, prophecies, many different magical beings (like angels, vampires, witches, oracles etc.), back and forth between the human realm and fae realm, high angst, high emotional circumstances, emotional and physical violence, multiple POVs, moves back and forth in time. I usually go for high spice books, but this one was truly an amazing book even with low spice. I am hoping the spice level increases as the books come out. It is long and could have possibly been shorter, but I truly enjoyed it all… kept me interested and wanting more. I will definitely be looking for the next book to continue this story. I am wondering if we end up with MMF at some point. I would love to see her with both the MMCs. The POVs move from Melody, Riven, and Blair.

The story starts out with a prophecy which is what steers the entire plot. As prophecies usually are, it is hard to interpret, but the focus seems to be the FMC… Melody.

The FMC is Melody, living in a horrible situation in the beginning with her guardian who abuses her and uses her. Once removed from that environment by the MMCs, she learns about the magical realm and magical beings. She learns she is a rare half-blood, half human and half elf. She finds her self yet again a slave, this time to the dark lord. Forced to work as a slave and unable to leave the fortress, she never stops trying to find her freedom. There are hints to her being a Queen, high lady, etc. There are definitely sparks, a connection between her and the two MMCs.

The MMCs are Caryan and Riven, both shadow daddy types. Caryan is a fallen Angel, and the all powerful Dark Lord or Dark King. Riven is his right hand, his second in command, and his friend though they have somewhat of a tumultuous relationship with an obvious power dynamic gap. Caryan and Riven “rescue” Melody after decades of searching for her. They believe she is the one spoken about in the prophecy that will end the blight.

There is a question as to whether Melody should be killed, hidden far away, or what? It’s like nobody knows for sure what to do with her. Caryan is hard to understand, one minute he seems to want her & love her, another minute he seems disgusted by her and treats her like dirt. Riven is similarly hot and cold, just not as strongly. You can tell he has true feelings for her, but is torn down the middle because of his love for Caryan.

Blair is one of the POV’s and comes back and forth to her, both in her past and current time. She is a powerful witch, has a history with Caryan, loves the human world & has spent a lot of time there. She seems so angry at the world. (Ok she is very much Manon Blackbeak). She has been tasked to bring Melody to her kingdom or face death.

The story is about the relationships between the FMC & MMCs, and Blair’s story. War is coming and Caryan is trying to do everything he can to prepare & win it. Melody could be the answer. The end is on a cliffhanger. I did purchase this ebook and will be looking for the next book in this series. It is similar to Throne of Glass, if that helps. Be in the right mood for a lengthy,dramatic, high angst, epic story with no resolution in book 1. It will leave you with a book hangover for sure. I went to a Holly Roberds Lost Girls book from here for some spicy fun to cure my hangover!

Happy Reading! ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

Thank you NetGalley and the author for this ARC!
⭐️4 🌶️ 1.5
Lets start with the spice. There is one scene, well written without being super graphic, but there isnt many of them so if you are looking for smut this book might not be for you.
Good world building IMO, there is a lot of details and the pace isn’t rushed. Some things did remind me of ACOTAR or fourth wing. It didn’t feel like a copy of these books, but also it didnt feel like a completely different book from everything I’ve read before. If you are slowly getting into fantasy then it is a very good book. If you have already read many books of this genre you may find some aspects repetitive.
It sometimes jumps between first and third person and there was a few instances where I had to re-read to know who specifically was speaking as there is sometines a lot of dialogue back to back but without any indication that it’s the same person still speaking or that it switched to the interlocutor.
I would still want to read the following book when it comes out to know what happens afterwards.

I’m obsessed! I absolutely devoured this book. I loved the fresh twists on classic mythical beings—like witches who ride wyverns instead of brooms. The love triangle was done so well. I genuinely loved her dynamic with both love interests and was constantly torn (in the best way) about who she had true feelings for. I’m so curious to see how it all unfolds and who she ends up with, if she even ends up with either of the two love interests, in the next book. This was an incredible debut that completely captivated me, and I can’t wait to devour the sequel!

3,75⭐️
2🌶️

I’ve thought about DNF’ing this book 3 times in the first 60 pages. But I thought I should at least give it 100 pages. Next thing I knew, I was at page 220 that same night. So no, I did not DNF this one 😆

There were 3 POV’s, which I love. But I did not care about Blair’s POV. I’m hoping she’ll become more important to the whole story in the next book somehow because right now? I’d say just leave her chapters out. I didn’t like her and did not care whatever happend to her.

Melody and Riven on the other hand? Loved it. Caryan, the 𝓂𝒶𝒾𝓃 main male character, didn’t have a POV and that’s very interesting I think. We see the things he does, get a notion of his feelings, but we never get his thoughts. I do think that’s very much on purpose haha.

This book has the fated mates trope but definitely not in the ✨instant connection✨ way and I liked that a lot! I’ve read lots of fantasy books with this trope so I saw it coming from miles and miles away. Not that I mind! At all. But the way this one is done, makes it possible for readers who aren’t super familiar with the mate trope to be blown away in the end.

The book is described as perfect for fans of ACOTAR. I agree. But for me, it was too similar. Certain appearences, quotes and events were a litteral copy paste and that bothered me a little. I know there are lots of books who have similar inspirations or even similar actions but this one was beyond inspiration imho.

Overall it was an enjoyable read with great world building and fantasy elements. The last half of the book really grabbed me so I am looking forward to book 2!

Add to your tbr if you love:
🌙fated mates without instant connection
🖤all kinds of fae
🌙multiple POV
🖤tall, dark and handsome mmc’s
🌙shadow daddies
🖤blood drinking
🌙magic

Oh, before I forget: Kingdom of the Two Kingdoms is 697 pages long. AND WE STILL KNOW NOTHING! 🤣 Kidding, you just can’t reveal everything in book 1 of a x books series haha.

Big thanks to Alexandra Thomas Hoff and Netgalley for the eARC in exchange for a review.

A woman who's never been free is taken from one captive to another, a guided cage is still a cage.
Magic is revealed and her heritage is exposed, to show her there is more to her small life than she expected.

There was a lot of detail that seemed like it was only there to progress the story, but felt a little forced.
It took a while to get into the story, but over all I enjoyed it.
3.5 rounded up to 4.

Thanks NetGalley for this Arc!

I can tell why the story is very appealing and it has a lot of potential in the background story with undiscovered magic and bloodline etc.

I had a hard time with the writing, I didn’t get really a flow while I read the book.

I felt both the romance and the characters were just words on paper and I couldn’t connect to any of them.

The pace was a bit slow and I felt some of the story could have been cut off to more the story forward in a faster past that I personally prefer.

The potential was there but it ended up not being for me.

Thank you netgally and author for the opportunity to arc read this book!

I have never read something like this before, so it was thoroughly enjoyable. I don’t mind dual point of views when it comes to the chapters within the stories, but I felt it could’ve been shorter. You got a little bit of everything in this book you got world building you have character development and a love triangle going on! What pulled me in was the blurb. I’m curious to see how the rest of the series is gonna go but for me it was a pretty fun book.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for an e-arc of this book.

I requested this book as the plot sounded very interesting, and I heard that this is a debut book. I will say that the world and the magic is very complex and I did struggle to follow along with it in most places.

I feel it can be less complicated.

The book follows the only surving human called Melody who is thrown into a world where her fate is already written and she is trying her best to do what is right.

The writing style I enjoyed, it was very atmospheric and gothic filled with dark magic. I’m not the biggest fan of political intrigue but it was not the main focus of the book which was fine for me.

Slow burn also not my favourite trope but I do love myself a broody MMC and if he’s a fallen angel even better.

Dual POV and jumping between time was confusing but for a debut novel it’s a solid book and I will look at what else is brought out.


The glossary was a great addition to the book. I needed it like alot.

I did enjoy this but I found that it just felt too long and seemed to drag in some parts. Was not a fan of the switching perspectives but all in all enjoyable read

Thanks Netgalley and Publisher for this arc.

I really appreciated the glossary at the beginning as it set clear expectations and provided helpful context right from the start. The world itself has so much potential. The lore is rich and it was so detailed i couldn't differentiate wther it's an info dump or not. it felt fresh and original to this world to an extent.


That said, my main issue was the length. The book felt longer than necessary, and I think some parts could have been trimmed or condensed. The pacing was slow, and while the story showed promise, it often got bogged down with too much unnecessary detail in some areas and not enough clarity in others. It felt repetitive and boring. At times, I felt like I was missing something important and had to reread chapters just to be sure, only to realize the information was just awkwardly placed.

I also found the switches between first and third person a bit jarring and disruptive to the flow.

That said, the last quarter which is arnd 15% of the book which i think it's unnecessary because I want to see in the beginning and the middle of the book as well.

I so wanted to love this based on the premise and plot summary but unfortunately, it was a big miss for me.

I am dnf-ing at 34% because the flip between 1st & third POVs and the slowness of srory progression is just not making me want more.