25 October 2010

Review: Faefever by Karen Marie Moning

Faefever (Fever, #3) Title: Faefever
Author: Karen Marie Moning
Series: Fever/ MacKayla Lane #3
Cover Art: N/A

Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages
Publisher: Dell (July 28, 2009)
ISBN-10: 0440244390
ISBN-13: 978-0440244394

Review Copy Source: TLC Book Tours
Reviewed by: Abigail

Book Description

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.

Review (always spoiler free)

Once again, MacKayla Lane invites us into her world of deadly and seductive fae with her conversational tone and confidant-like intimacy that will have you feeling like you’re talking to your best friend while reading FAEFEVER. The romance reaches a dangerous new level, the Book and those who seek it are closer, and the friends are harder to distinguish from the foes then ever. Which means if The Fever series isn’t already on your must read list, add it now!

Speaking of dangerous romance, the death-by-sex fae V’lhan gets significantly more page time in FAEFEVER when compared to the previous books and I couldn’t be happier. His presence throughout is much less erotically charged, but infinitely more intimate. That’s not to say he isn’t still sex on a stick (how could he not be?), but with Mac at least, we get to see another side of him, a more human side that has serious possibilities.

And whereas V’lhane becomes more human in FAEFEVER, Barrons seems to lose even the small bits of humanity that he had begun to display. The moments when you think he’s finally going to share something with Mac are preempted by outbursts of violence and such naked pain that they took my breath away. What is he afraid of revealing? And more importantly, what will happen when he does?

If you’re new to this series, be glad you can buy DREAMFEVER (Fever #4) immediately because the cliffhanger at the end of FAEFEVER is almost painful and will drastically alter the course of the series. I, for one, can’t wait. But you’ll have to wait until January 18, 2011 to get your hands on the fifth Fever book, SHADOWFEVER.

Sexual Content: Several scenes of sensuality. A non graphic sex scene with a woman and several men.

My Rating: