Book Review : Eclipse The Moon by Jessie Mihalik

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Eclipse The Moon by Jessie Mihalik
Series : Starlight's Shadow #2
Genre : Sci-fi Romance
Publisher : Harper Voyager
Publication Date : July 12th, 2022
Kee Ildez has been many things: hacker, soldier, bounty hunter. She never expected to be a hero, but when a shadowy group of traitors starts trying to goad the galaxy’s two superpowers into instigating an interstellar war, Kee throws herself into the search to find out who is responsible—and stop them.

Digging up hidden information is her job, so hunting traitors should be a piece of cake, but the primary suspect spent years in the military, and someone powerful is still covering his tracks. Disrupting their plans will require the help of her entire team, including Varro Runkow, a Valovian weapons expert who makes her pulse race.

Quiet, grumpy, and incredibly handsome, Varro watches her with hot eyes but ignores all of her flirting, so Kee silently vows to keep her feelings strictly platonic. But that vow will be put to the test when she and Varro are forced to leave the safety of their ship and venture into enemy territory alone.

Cut off from the rest of their team, they must figure out how to work together—and fast—because a single misstep will cost thousands of lives. 

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Jessie Mihalik writes some of my favorite sci-fi/space opera books and I loved the first book in this series - Hunt The Moon! ❣️✨ So, I was really excited for this one as well!

We get to follow Kee and Varro's story in this one! They are such a cute grumpy-sunshine pair with lots of pining (on both sides) and forced proximity 😏
Set in the aftermath of a Human-Valovian war(just like book one), Kee is a tech genius and very talented at hacking, while Varro is the Valovian weapons expert on Torran's team. These two had a rough start, but now they've settled into an easy friendship that makes Kee confused - because she has a huge crush on him. But she thinks he doesn't like her back. So yeah 🌲
She decides to take a break by leaving the spaceship and staying on Bastion for some time, while digging into the data to find who's instigating another war between the humans and the Valovians. But the one person that she wants to take a break from ends up following her 👀 And as they join forces to find out more information, they find themselves in more danger than ever.

There was a lot of push-pull going on between Kee and Varro, mostly due to their stubborn characters and lack of communication at first. But I did love the relationship development between them. I also loved how focused and hardworking Kee was! Nothing can distract her when she decides to do things. Varro is also protective of her but it takes some time for Kee to get him to put down his walls(mental ones too 🤣).
And the plot really kicks in here as we get to see more about what's happening behind the scenes and the ulterior motives of many, as the crew tries to prevent a war.
I really enjoyed this one and I'm looking forward to book 3(hopefully Lexi and Nilo's?).

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*I was provided with an ARC via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review*

You can also find my reviews of the author's other books here



Jessie Mihalik has a degree in Computer Science and a love of all things geeky. A software engineer by trade, Jessie now writes full time from her home in Texas. When she’s not writing, she can be found playing co-op video games with her husband, trying out new board games, or reading books pulled from her overflowing bookshelves.

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