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This was an enjoyable read! (WARNING: contains some spoilers - most are concealed!) :)
I loved Claire de Lune and debated for a long time whether to read Nocturne as there is always that worry that it won't be as good or that it will ruin the series. I am glad that Nocturne did not ruin the series and found that it was a nice read.

My reason(s) for leaving off two stars are because I found the blurb misleading, which annoyed me a little bit. I went in expecting to read about one thing and the novel ended up not REALLY being about that. OK...
(On the actual BOOK cover blurb) Paragraph 1 is accurate and I suppose paragraph 3 is arguably accurate however paragraph 2...??? NO.
'Claire de Lune' basically explored the story/plot of a teenage girl discovering that she is a werewolf, learning to accept this new part of herself and hoping that the people she loves and cares for will still love and care for her after discovering what she really is (mainly Matthew) *Matthew&ClaireFOREVER* (it also had that mix of action and the baddie being the father of the boy she loves and containing that excitement!!) I lOVED Claire de Lune.

THIS novel (NOCTURNE)
...then explored what happens after Claire has accepted what she is. There are elements to this novel that I really loved for example Matthew and Claire's relationship! I love them so much!! Yes it is a little rocky and they struggle to find their feet as they realise that their relationship isn't like normal relationships, but they love each other and Matthew is such a supportive boyfriend and i love how devoted he was to Claire even when (view spoiler)[ she tells him that the pack ordered her to kill Amy, he stands by her and continues to love her and tell her that he loves her and always will! <3 naaaaaw!!!!! (hide spoiler)] they are perfect!! <3
What I also found misleading was how the blurb had built AMY up to be a sly b*tch, which she absolutely was NOT! Infact she was a lovely character - a slightly shyer version of Emily, who is a character I absolutely love! :) She only wanted to be friends with Claire and Emily, she does not at ANY point in the novel try to steal Matthew from Claire (I apologise if some find this a bit spoilery but I am putting this out their purely for those Claire&Matthew fans - like me - who are anxious/reluctant to read this novel for fear of Claire and Matthew being no more (like I was, because I just frickin LOVE them!) Hopefully this will put your mind at ease.

REALLY...
this novel is about Claire's struggle to balance her human life and her wolf life, while at the same time keeping the two separate...it is about her struggle to maintain her friendship with Emily while remaining loyal to her wolf pack. There is not the same excitement and tension like in the first novel which disappointed me a little but it's still very good.
Also for those of you who are reading the NOCTURNE synopsis on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ I found that one misleading too. (More so than the actual book cover blurb.)

For those of you who would rather not know, don't look at the upcoming (hidden) spoiler but I just want to put it on here for those people who (like me) hate going to read novels that say that they are one thing and end up being not that at all, which is what I came to find when I read Nocturne (I know this is probably coming across very negatively but I will quickly say that is not my intention - I enjoyed this novel a lot but just don't want any of you Claire de Lune fans going in expecting it to be what the plot says it is when actually it's exaggerating quite a bit, and be disappointed... because HONESTLY if I had been given a more accurate description of the plot beforehand I might have given this book more stars but the fact that I began reading it expecting something else caused me to rate it a little lower.

(OK, for those that DO NOT want to know (i.e. have a bit more detail about what the novel is actually about - mixed in with my review of it -), don't look at this next (hidden) spoiler... but if you WANT TO...go ahead! :).) (view spoiler)[ NOBODY FINDS OUT CLAIRE IS A WEREWOLF! NADA! NOBODY!!! At first I thought it might have been Dr. Engle and the novel would be about him trying to kidnap Claire and then find out about his son's involvement in the pack and EXPLODE (or something along those lines...but sadly not in this novel. Infact Dr. Engle appears maybe TWICE? in the entire book, and even then purely as Matthew's dad, no more. Not like in the first book. (Although, he is still a little creepy.) Emily and Amy are a little suspicious about Claire being so secretive and distant so often...but for Emily it is like 'Oh is it because she wants to spend more time with Matthew now or does she not want to hang out as much anymore?' and for Amy it was...'does she not like me? does she not want to be friends at all?' There is a lot of suspicion in this novel like: 'Oh SH*T! Does that person KNOW???!!!' and even then that doesn't happen until about 3/4 of the way into the novel. It isn't like Claire discovers a note in her locker saying "I know that you're a werewolf and if don't do something I am going to tell Dr. Engle what you really are" and then it is about her (with Matthew and the other wolves) trying to find out who it is, before her secret is out and the pack is put in danger.
(again I apologize if some of you are finding this review a bit too spoilery but I just WISH that the blurb actually gave an ACCURATE description of what NOCTURNE was ACTUALLY about - which it did not.) That is not to say I did not enjoy this novel, I really liked it as I mentioned earlier but it is not what the synopsis says it is and that annoyed me a little. (Now that I actually know what it is REALLY about it will probably be better the second time round however, (and this sentence continues into my non-spoilery review sentence...) (hide spoiler)] in my honest opinion NOCTURNE does not have the same excitement and obvious antagonist that CLAIRE DE LUNE has so I found this to be more of a relaxing read as opposed to a 'OH MY GOD I MUST STAY UP UNTIL 4AM TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT/UNTIL I FINISH THIS BOOK!!!'
A good read but would have preferred a more accurate description.

I liked how Claire's relationship with her mother developed more in this novel and how Johnson humanised Marie more as the book went on.
I also really liked Victoria and how her and Claire's relationship developed too. They were sweet. I really liked a lot of the scenes in the woods too! That was quite awesome!

Overall I would recommend this book! A good read.
:)