They are quite different but it shows how someone may deal with a life changing thing. The mystery definitely made for a wild and fun plot!īirdie and Daniel both deal with topics that they don’t want to. You could tell Daniel cared about her and would do anything to try and hang out with her, even if that meant solving a mystery without all the details included.

This type of start is not my favorite to read about, but I’m at least glad they built a relationship from scratch after awkwardly running into each other.

She definitely marched to the beat of her own drum and wanted Birdie to be the same way.īirdie starts the story off by talking about her one night fling with a guy she met at a local diner. She was very eccentric and lived her life without the worry of what other thoughts. I wouldn’t say the grandpa is very present in her life, but she at least has an aunt (not related) that she can go to for a pep talk or whatever else she needed. She has lived a tough life when it comes to losing her mother and grandma.

It is her real name and not just a nickname as some would believe. This book is told from one point-of-view and it comes from Birdie. I’ve been meaning to read this one after reading a couple of her other books, liking one more than the other. To uncover the writer’s puzzling identity, Birdie must come out of her shell…discovering that the most confounding mystery of all may be her growing feelings for the elusive riddle that is Daniel.” (Goodreads) Daniel also shares her appetite for intrigue, and he’s stumbled upon a real-life mystery: a famous reclusive writer-never before seen in public-might be secretly meeting someone at the hotel. The hotel’s charismatic young van driver shares the same nocturnal shift and patronizes the waterfront Moonlight Diner where she waits for the early morning ferry after work. In her new job, Birdie hopes to blossom from introverted dreamer to brave pioneer, and gregarious Daniel Aoki volunteers to be her guide. But her solitary world expands when she takes a job the summer before college, working the graveyard shift at a historic Seattle hotel. Raised in isolation and homeschooled by strict grandparents, she’s cultivated a whimsical fantasy life in which she plays the heroic detective and every stranger is a suspect. Mystery-book aficionado Birdie Lindberg has an overactive imagination. “After an awkward first encounter, Birdie and Daniel are forced to work together in a Seattle hotel where a famous author leads a mysterious and secluded life in this romantic contemporary novel from the author of Alex, Approximately.

Serious Moonlight by Jenn Bennett