Book Review: Fever (series) by Karen Marie Moning Includes Darkfever, Bloodfever, Faefever, Dreamfever, and Shadowfever
Book Rating: 4/5 (overall)
How do I review a book when for me, it wasn’t just a book? It was a long week that submersed me in another world. Here’s the thing, it’s a very very different review and experience to read a book in a series over a long span of time vs a few days. There’s a break, there’s anticipation waiting for the next book. With Fever, I plowed through it, I devouredit. Had I been unable to do that, I don’t think I would have been as obsessed as I have.
Well what can I say that hasn’t been said. It’s a great series, action packed, intriguing and with some hot sexual tension between Mac and Barrons. Initially Mac was the pink powerpuff, annoying and you’d think wtf – why, WHY are you doing this?! Luckily she has since redeemed herself.
Along the way, she loses what she initially set off on, tracking her sister’s killer, side-tracked by the Fae and the Sinsar Dubh. We follow her on a journey of self discovery, of vengeance, and loss. It’s great. Mac turned out to be a great heroine, very self aware. What was extremely strange was that I was waiting for her to be saved, yet she saved herself countless times. She didn’t always, but she recovered in her own resilient way. It’s refreshing and says a lot about what I’m used to reading that I’m expecting Barrons or V’lane to come in on their horses to save the day…
Then as we wrap up this portion of the series, we face existential crises, mistaken identities, cover-ups and more! It’s not too hard to follow but it does like it usually does, go down the road of well, philosophical thinking.
This is such a short review for an amazing series. I mean it’s not ground-breaking, it’s not very nuanced and the characters… sometimes they lack depth, but it’s a wild and amazing ride with Fever. And by the way, don’t even bother trying to figure out what’s going on. You might think you know but, all clues don’t point you in the right direction. At all.
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