Book Review: Hang the Moon by Alexandria Bellefleur

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Title: Hang the Moon

Author: Alexandria Bellefleur

Sub-genre: Contemporary

I love when I love an author’s second book more than their first. As an author myself, I know my hope is that my work gets better and better the more I write, and I would imagine the goal is similar across the board. But it’s a hard thing to do, especially when your first book is as well loved as Written in the Stars. Luckily, I loved Hang the Moon even more!

We met Brendon, Darcy’s brother, back in Alexandria’s first book. He’s the dating app developer who wholeheartedly believes in love and he’s the one who sets Darcy and Elle up on their blind date. In Hang the Moon, Brendon is still looking for love of his own, all while keeping his work energy focused on helping others find their OTP. When Darcy’s best friend from childhood comes into town unexpectedly while Darcy is on vacation, Brendon is tasked with letting her into Darcy’s apartment and making her feel at home. Annie remembers Brendon as a sweet, lanky, somewhat awkward kid, so she is surprised when a super hot guy shows up to unlock Darcy’s door for her. She doesn’t mind indulging in a little flirting, but she is two weeks away from moving to London and is definitely not looking for anything long term. Brendon has always had a crush on Annie and he takes this as his opportunity to show her love is real by wooing her with all of his favorite rom-com tricks. But it doesn’t take long before he starts to feel like Annie could be his OTP. All he has to do is convince her to stay. All Annie has to do is let go of her fear. Easier said than done, but of course they make it happen.

As you know, I love me a soft, squishy cinnamon roll boy and Brendon is the squishiest. I loved him in Written in the Stars so I figured I would love this book, but I didn’t realize how much I would love this book. He’s just so pure and lovely and I don’t see how anyone could possibly resist him. I also really liked Annie as a heroine. She had some obvious issues, but I felt that the way she dealt with them was really relatable. And the rom-com moments these two share are precious, while all the ways they go wrong had me absolutely busting up laughing and/or dying of secondhand embarrassment. Overall, this was just a really fun, happy, squish of a lovefest and I loved every second of it!

Overall Rating: 5 stars