I enjoyed this book a lot. The story takes place in a dystopian underground society. It follows two main characters, Adele Rose and Tristan Nailin. The chapters alternate their perspectives, and this makes you want to keep reading. Adele is a teenage girl who was sentenced to life in prison because her parents were considered traitors. Adele is a "Moon Dweller," which is the middle class in the society, but she lives in what we consider to be a poor area. Tristan is a "Sun Dweller," which is the highest class, and he lives in a palace. While in a parade, Tristan sees Adele in the prison yard, and they feel a connection to each other. Adele ends up escaping prison. Tristan goes on an adventure trying to find Adele as she runs away from her pursuers. The book was engaging, with plot twists and a lot of suspense. This is a fairly short book so a lot happens fairly quickly, something I like as it can be annoying waiting for something eventful to happen. However I wasn't too keen on Estes style of writing, I found it fairly childish and didn't leave much for the reader to guess; I would say that this book is a lot more suited for younger readers in their early/ mid teens. The perspectives jump from the two main characters but Estes obviously favours Adele as her chapters are a lot longer than Tristan's. The reason for the two characters to come together and find each other is that there is a connection between them which they want to understand, however it takes a long time for them to properly meet and then when they do soon after they have to separate as they both have important tasks that they can't do together (right at the end). I find that because of this main point it takes credit away from the book, after all their struggling and sacrifice, especially Tristan's, they then leave each other and haven't even found out the answers they were originally looking for. A romantic relationship also blossoms between them, which considering how little time they have been together I find hard to believe even if they have a strange 'pull' to one another. So while this can be a good book for younger readers if you prefer a more mature style of writing with a stronger plot I would stay away from The Moon Dwellers.
What do You think about The Moon Dwellers (2012)?
I love the book. After the Hunter games I was looking for another saga to read. No déception here.
—minidoof
Maybe the other books will be better but as it is, this was kind of meh.
—ali
Definitely made it to my top YA Distopian novels. Review to come.
—Mariya
