Feb 27, 2011

Review : Shadowfever by Karen Marie Morning

Series : Fever #5
Genre : Fiction, Romance
Publisher : Delacorte Press
Released : January 18, 2011
Kindle edition Page 512

Book Synopsis from goodreads

“Evil is a completely different creature, Mac. Evil is bad that believes it’s good.”

MacKayla Lane was just a child when she and her sister, Alina, were given up for adoption and banished from Ireland forever.

Twenty years later, Alina is dead and Mac has returned to the country that expelled them to hunt her sister’s murderer. But after discovering that she descends from a bloodline both gifted and cursed, Mac is plunged into a secret history: an ancient conflict between humans and immortals who have lived concealed among us for thousands of years.

What follows is a shocking chain of events with devastating consequences, and now Mac struggles to cope with grief while continuing her mission to acquire and control the Sinsar Dubh—a book of dark, forbidden magic scribed by the mythical Unseelie King, containing the power to create and destroy worlds.

In an epic battle between humans and Fae, the hunter becomes the hunted when the Sinsar Dubh turns on Mac and begins mowing a deadly path through those she loves.
Who can she turn to? Who can she trust? Who is the woman haunting her dreams? More important, who is Mac herself and what is the destiny she glimpses in the black and crimson designs of an ancient tarot card?

From the luxury of the Lord Master’s penthouse to the sordid depths of an Unseelie nightclub, from the erotic bed of her lover to the terrifying bed of the Unseelie King, Mac’s journey will force her to face the truth of her exile, and to make a choice that will either save the world . . . or destroy it.


My Thoughts 

This was the book that started for me to read this series. So was this what I expected? Not really. Did I like the book? HELL YES!

As usual Morning never does what readers expects. Did I see this coming? No. I did not. After devouring the first four books, I had hunches what might happen. But of course that didn't. 

One of the reasons I loved this book is because Mac and Barrons FINALLY seem to 'talk' about their relationship other than being aggressive. 

Of course most of the questions I had from the beginning was answered. Except what the heck is Barrons. I don't think I am ever going to find out what he is or whatever it is that happened to him and his men. 

See, from the very beginning of fever series their is doubt about who killed Alina. In Shadowfever, that is also revealed. Just a heads up, I didn't see that coming. Who would have thought this person would lead Alina to her death! *sigh*

Overall ending
Psycho book is psychotic
Rowena is a bitch with a capital 'B'
Ryodan 'might' be interested in Dani ... Dani has a boyfriend = dancer!!
The Unseelie king returns
We find out who the FOURTH was 
*Again did not see this coming*
Mac has a HEA.



I give this

Feb 24, 2011

Review : Dreamfever by Karen Marie Moning

Series : Fever #4
Genre : Romance, Fiction 
Publisher : Delacorte Press
Released : August 18, 2009
Kindle edition 400 pages



Book Synopsis from goodreads 

He has stolen her past, but MacKayla will never allow her sister's murderer to take her future. Yet even the uniquely gifted sidhe-seer is no match for the Lord Master, who has unleashed an insatiable sexual craving that consumes Mac's every thought-and thrusts her into the seductive realm of two very dangerous men, both of whom she desires but dares not trust.
As the enigmatic Jericho Barrons and the sensual Fae prince V"lane vie for her body and soul, as cryptic entries from her sister's diary mysteriously appear and the power of the Dark Book weaves its annihilating path through the city, Mac's greatest enemy delivers a final challenge...
It's an invitation Mac cannot refuse, one that sends her racing home to Georgia, where an even darker threat awaits. With her parents missing and the lives of her loved ones under siege, Mac is about to come face-to-face with a soul-shattering truth-about herself and her sister, about Jericho Barrons...and about the world she thought she knew.

My thoughts

*SPOILERS FROM BOTH BOOK*

I have hormones under control because I STARED SHADOWFEVER  LAST NIGHT AFTER THAT GOD DAMN WTF AGAIN.

*deep calming breathe*

As usual Miss Moning started off this book where she left the last one, Faefever. Mac had no coherent sense of what was happening to her with the unseelie princes. They were sent to RAPE her by LM aka Lord Master. And of course he refused that he was the fourth one that raped her. Now the question remains who was the fourth *if there was a fourth* But I do hope Shadowfever clears up some question for me cause no way in earth does this man sound sane to me, why on earth does he keep saying he had feelings for Alina?!? *sigh*

Living a pri-ya Mac, Barrons is the ones left to bring her back from that state. 'The method' to bring her back might seem o_O *yeah I don't have a word for that either* I kept saying aloud 'what? Why? Barrons, No!! She is gonna hate you.' for the first five minutes, and THEN Barrons opened his mouth. Me = melts. After Mac is back and she described how the room looked, to what length Barrons went to bring her back, me = melts.

Ryodan, aka IYCGM is seem to have a bigger part in this book. His statements about Mac is a bit unsettling and it lead me to think she might be a fae... you never know with KMM's book. Always expect the unexpected. Ryodan also seem to be fascinated by Dani, even though she is 13. *blinks* I can't say something here till Dani and Ryodan have an ACTUAL encounter. Who knows maybe when she grows up!!! But I am so fecking glad she was okay after this book, I couldn't have handled her turning into pri-ya.

Overall ending

Lot of smexing between Mac and Barrons 
*yes you saw it right*
People went missing
V'lane, you are one confusing dude
Dani is the shit. That. Is. All 
*personal note: Dani would make a kickass leading lady if KMM by any chance decides to write something about her*
Someone is dead.



Recommended to all who loves the fever series.

I give thiiiiiis






Feb 21, 2011

Review : Faefever by Karen Marie Moning



Series : Fever #3
Genre : Fiction, Urban Fantasy  
Publisher : Delacorte Press
Released : September 16, 2008
Kindle edition 352 pages



Book Synopses from goodreads

The New York Times bestselling author of Darkfever and Bloodfever returns to Dublin’s Fae-infested shores in a bold, sensual new novel. Hurtling us into a realm of seduction and shadows, Karen Marie Moning tells the enthralling tale of a woman who explores the limits of her mysterious powers as she enters a world of ancient sorcery—and confronts an enemy more insidious than she could ever have imagined.

He calls me his Queen of the Night. I’d die for him. I’d kill for him, too. When MacKayla Lane receives a torn page from her dead sister’s journal, she is stunned by Alina’s desperate words. And now MacKayla knows that her sister’s killer is close. But evil is closer. And suddenly the sidhe-seer is on the hunt: For answers. For revenge. And for an ancient book of dark magic so evil, it corrupts anyone who touches it.

Mac’s quest for the Sinsar Dubh takes her into the mean, shape-shifting streets of Dublin, with a suspicious cop on her tail. Forced into a dangerous triangle of alliance with V’lane, an insatiable Fae prince of lethally erotic tastes, and Jericho Barrons, a man of primal desires and untold secrets, Mac is soon locked in a battle for her body, mind, and soul.

As All Hallows’ Eve approaches and the city descends into chaos, as a shocking truth about the Dark Book is uncovered, not even Mac can prevent a deadly race of immortals from shattering the walls between worlds—with devastating consequences.


My Thoughts *HAS SPOILERS*

WHAT JUST HAPPENED HERE?!?

I...I....I... 


that is me after finishing this book. I would love to start from the beginning to tell everyone how the book went, but my mind is too boggled with the ending to say something else.



OKAY..Let's try this again, 

After finishing Bloodfever Faefever takes up from there, Mac on the ground writhing from the pain.

Mac is learning more and more about fae world, but sadly it's V'lane who is giving her all the information. I still don't trust him, can you blame me?!?

Barrons, really did you have to throw that pink cake up the ceiling? It was a perfectly good cake you know, it sounded really delicious. *sigh*

Mac tries her best to get her mind in control, even if that does mean giving Barrons every answer he wanted. I am just surprised he didn't ask her if she wanted to have sex with him. I repeat what I said in my review for Bloodfever, if this was a BDSM book, Barrons would be the perfect example for a DOM. 

In this book I felt like, Mac and Barrons seems to be on a friendlier acquaintance. Which I loved!

The ending had me baffled, there is no way to sugarcoat this. Mac was raped. That is it. No matter how it happened, how she felt. It was rape.

See after this book, I should say I give up, but I cannot. Now more than ever I want to know what happens next. I am not wondering if there is a HEA anymore. I just want to know what happens.

I give this...