Muffle: A Love like Luna's

Mum's the Word Series, Book 1

De: Laikyn Meng

Narrado por: Michelle Jolie

One life for another; a mother's for her daughter's. A chilling sacrifice, proven to twist deeper wounds.

Silence.

I was born into its presence, and I died within its arms.

Asher's fist were clenching his hair, screaming into the phone, a parade of scared noes aimed everywhere.

"Don't worry, Luna. Stay with us, don't let go."

But we both knew.

Olallie's blue eyes glistened with tears, knowing too.

"Olallie." Blood red outlines my lips as my cheeks catch imprints of gravel.

"Momma." The first word, ever to be heard from my daughter's mouth.

It hurt to nod, but I tried to smile.

My fingers were numb, and I couldn't hold them up to sign.

"For you, living was worth the wait."

Even though she couldn't hear the confession.

One final exhale, starving to witness a few more seconds of my first and last love.

Do you ever wonder if your whole life is a build-up of one moment?

Muffle: A Love like Luna's is a prequel to the remaining books in Mum's the Word Series. This is not a HEA. Suitable for 18+ audience due to sexual content and mature language. Sensitivity warning.

©2020 Laikyn Meng (P)2021 Laikyn Meng

Mum's the Word series

This is the first in Meng's Mum's the Word series and Wow! While a short listen, this listen packs a powerful punch. At first I found it was a tad confusing for me to follow with its poem-ish style and multi point of view with the single narrator but as the listen continued and I grasped the main characters and their broken-ness and pain as well as their growth I became consumed and overwhelmed. I absolutely loved the snark and come back Luna has thru this read and her strength of self - she is a force to beheld. A beautiful story of love and loss, acceptance and pain this listen literally had me in tears. Loved the story, the narration was good but I think would have been even better with a dual narration.

This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.

could not relate

I did not understand this story - it was messy and it was difficult to understand the events taking place and their order.
The characters were not interesting and I could not relate to them in any way.
I don't understand the choice of the narrator - she did no even lower her voice for the male POV.
I received a free review copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.