The Moon Dwellers Review

I wrote a long review about The Moon Dwellers but my Kindle closed on Goodreads, which is where I originally wrote this review.

In some reviews people had said the book is slow to start and I disagree. It's not slow, it is just a bit confusing because Adele and Tristan have such similar monologues: they speak the same way, have the same thoughts, and have the same mission.  There could have been more differentiation between the two, which would have helped the story. The difference between the two becomes clearer as the novel progresses, but I caught myself forgetting which character I was reading and I'd have to flip back.
I thought the characters were pretty believable and enjoyed their triumphs and got sad during the tragedies; I laughed out loud several times reading, a few times because of clichés, and enjoyed most of my the banter that went on throughout.  Since, I can be very picky when it comes to romance in YA novels, you might want to take my negative thoughts on that lightly.

The only character I really had a problem with was El. She just seemed forced to me, even though she is supposed to be different. I think that might be because she had such a minor role and I didn't get to see her development into that persona. I just had to deal with it.
One thing that confused me was the idea of using swords. This is the future and so many villains have guns. Swords just seem obsolete. If I was fighting mobs of trained men, I would want a few different guns to pick from.

Oh, and if my kindle edition of Moon Dwellers had the X-ray tool I would have seen how many times the word "pure" was used. For a while in the book everything was "pure excitement", "pure adrenaline", etc. It had me distracted and a bit annoyed.

Besides all that, the book still kept me hooked. I even bought the sequel last night because I want to know what happens and I know David Estes is going to grow as a writer. I saw his writing get better in a single novel from beginning to end.

Since reading The Moon Dwellers, I have completed his Dwellers series, the Country Saga, and the Evolution Trilogy. Each book that Estes writes is better. The growth of his writing and style is very awesome to see.