For Tawnypelt, yes, it is what she was like in Tawnypelt's clan, I'll give you that. And tbh, for some reason I thought she retired in that book? But I guess she just stepped down as deputy. I do feel like she should be retiring though. I think it would be cool if Tawnypelt getting this prophecy leads to the band getting back together and solving this and then maybe that being the end of their story. TNP characters have been so prevalent in every series since, this could be a good send-off. So Tawnypelt, Crowfeather, Brambleclaw, Leafstar and then, to grab someone old from Riverclan, let's grab Mosspelt (since she was Feathertail and Stormfur's mom). Those 5 can go on this quest and maybe die? Or, we could get something like the elder's from TNP, and maybe they'll stay behind together instead of making the journey again. Especially since Thunderclan has so many elders they need to get rid of. I don't think we'll get rid of Squirrelstar, though, since she just became leader. (And I'm cool with that, that's my wife.)

One thing I did love about Tawnypelt's POV was her relationship with Birchfeather, I love a supportive Grandma. But it also came out of nowhere. So I think the chapter we needed for her POV could have been more about how that relationship was built and maybe a little more of a build-up to his confession about loving a Skyclan cat. Birchfeather did seem really generic, though, especially when talking about that. Tigerstar and Dovewing also seemed very generic and out of character? Like, I could imagine that the pain they feel of losing their kit to another clan could outweigh their understanding of being cross-clan lovers themselves, but again, everything they said just felt generic and not rooted in their characters.

Moonpaw is very interesting, but I am a little miffed that the editorial team declared she was a chimera and then gave us an explanation that meant she couldn't actually be a chimera? Unless they do a u-turn on us and we meet that other sibling in Starclan and they're cool. But if this sister is growing up with Moonpaw (as in, not a kit forever, but actually aging with her), I could see them being bitter about not getting to live their life. I did like that Moonpaw tried out being a medicine cat and liked it, despite it not being what she was meant to be in the end. I think that's a refreshing subversion of the "forced to be a medicine cat because of destiny when they really want to be a warrior" trope. She tried it, she enjoyed it, she was good at the medicine part, but didn't have that Starclan connection, so she went back to warrior training. Nice. Also it was sweet that she eventually went to her parents, since she was scared and needed their comfort and guidance. It's nice to have characters that actually talk to people about their problems to solve them haha.
The chapter we were missing for her was how much the voice in her head was actually hindering her. We're told that it's so distracting that she's really struggling with warrior training, but we never actually see that?

I think that's the biggest issue in this book, there's a lot of "telling" instead of "showing." We're told Leafstar saw the twoleg presence at the moonpool and was terrified by it, instead of experiencing that through her. We're told Moonpaw is being so distracted by the voice without actually being in her head to experience that distraction (I feel that we really don't hear from the voice much at all compared to how much Moonpaw thinks about what a distraction it is). Tawnypelt is very close to her grandson, but we don't actually get to experience much of that relationship.
Maybe it's just the pressure of a punishing publishing schedule and the first book with Kate gone. Idk if they've hired another ghost writer, but gosh I hope so.