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Darkfever

by Karen Marie Moning

Other authors: See the other authors section.

Series: Fever (1)

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Fantasy. Fiction. Romance. HTML:MacKayla Laneâ??s life is good. She has great friends, a decent job, and a car that breaks down only every other week or so. In other words, sheâ??s your perfectly ordinary twenty-first-century woman. Or so she thinks . . . until something extraordinary happens.
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When her sister is murdered, leaving a single clue to her deathâ??a cryptic message on Macâ??s cell phoneâ??Mac journeys to Ireland in search of answers. The quest to find her sisterâ??s killer draws her into a shadowy realm where nothing is as it seems, where good and evil wear the same treacherously seductive mask. She is soon faced with an even greater challenge: staying alive long enough to learn how to handle a power she had no idea she possessedâ??a gift that allows her to see beyond the world of man, into the dangerous realm of the Fae. . . . 

As Mac delves deeper into the mystery of her sisterâ??s death, her every move is shadowed by the dark, mysterious Jericho, a man with no past and only mockery for a future. As she begins to close in on the truth, the ruthless Vlaneâ??an alpha Fae who makes sex an addiction for human womenâ??closes in on her. And as the boundary between worlds begins to crumble, Macâ??s true mission becomes clear: find the elusive Sinsar Dubh before someone else claims the all-powerful Dark Bookâ??because whoever gets to it first holds nothing less than complete control of the very fabric of both worlds in their hands. . . .

Look for all of Karen Marie Moningâ??s sensational Fever novels:
DARKFEVER | BLOODFEVER | FAEFEVER | DREAMFEVER | SHADOWFEVER | ICED | BURNED | FEVERBORN | FEVERSONG

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Karen Mari… (more)
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    A Kiss of Shadows by Laurell K. Hamilton (fairypenguin)
    fairypenguin: Another very different, modern take on the Fae.
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    Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris (avalon_today, questionablepotato)
    avalon_today: Both girls are from the South. Blond, cute, feisty, with a talent for attracting trouble, and tall sexy men with foreign accents.
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    Four and Twenty Blackbirds by Cherie Priest (questionablepotato)
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    Glimmerglass by Jenna Black (flemmily)
    flemmily: Darkfever is for adults, and is both darker (violence and othersuch events) and yet fluffier (emotionally) than Glimmerglass. However, both feature plucky heroines making their way in a world that is a weird mix of fairy and human.
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    City of Bones by Cassandra Clare (jennyellen22)
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    In the Dark of Dreams by Marjorie M. Liu (questionablepotato)
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    The Shadow Reader by Sandy Williams (avalon_today)
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    War for the Oaks by Emma Bull (questionablepotato)
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    King of Flames by Kathryn Ann Kingsley (Litrvixen)
    Litrvixen: Both feature female protagonists who find themselves in a dark and dangerous world and has to do their best to survive.
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    Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr (alesi1)
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2024 Creating Identity romance project reread: downgrade to 2 stars from 3
Revisiting this was . . . something lol. I speed read through this series the first time I read it years ago. At the time, these were just some books to read to pass the time. I remember the writing wasn't great but that I was also incapable of quitting this series. Anyway, another reread is in the can. ( )
  s_carr | Feb 25, 2024 |
The world building was so amazing and probably the only reason I'm giving this book 4 stars (I might change this later). Mac has to be one of the most annoying characters I've ever read about. She's such a fucking twit and talks way too much about her damn nail polish. I don't give a fuck about that. I really don't. Or what she's wearing. The outfits just never sound cute to me and I feel like it really stalls the story. I just complete blank out. I also can't stand Jericho. He's an abusive prick and I hate that he's the love interest. He bruises her ribs, pulls her hair, and is always insulting her. He's disgusting. Despite all of this, I couldn't put down this book lol. I want to learn so much more about the Fae and Mac's background so I'm definitely sticking with this series for now. ( )
  sweetimpact | Jan 18, 2024 |
This was the first book I read by the author and I must say I liked it :)
Not in the gushing way some other reviewers go about it, but yeah, it was good.

Worldbuilding was really good. It's an Urban Fantasy, so pretty much current Earth with the supes still in hiding but swallowing whole chunks of property (and well... humans). Every scene and environment was detailed and clear enough for the mind to just follow along with the story without having to fill up blanks in between.

Character development was good. Mac undergoes a drastic transformation, from southern belle to being a seer. And this is a bit where I have some issues (but then again, that's just me)... she knows she's in danger, she knows what's out on the streets... and still she goes out? I mean, I get that she needs answers and she doesn't want to rely on the mysterious (but very hot) Barrons, BUT STILL! He saves her oooooooover and oooooover again and still, she throws herself in the thick of it?! Yeah, that did annoy me a tad. That said, the revelations she had to deal with were drastic, out of the blue and at least at first, unbelievable.
I hope, for the next book, she comes to grip with her new reality and moves on, stronger then she was in this instalment.
Barrons, cloaked in mystery but apparently with a soft spot for our lovely naive heroine. How that must gall him to no end :D

Pacing and flow were good. It started a tad slow, but that was to be expected since it still had to set the stage for the rest of the story, but once it got going the flow was really good with a good balance between action and conversation.

The book itself was well written with only some minor errors here and there, nothing that really bothered me. There is some slight sexual content in this book (if that is important to you).

All in all, while I'm not super hyped about it as I thought I'd be, it was a good and enjoyable read and I will be reading the next part (it's on my ever-growing TBR list lol). ( )
  Nemerith | Oct 30, 2023 |
really good ( )
  Renegadefx | Sep 21, 2023 |
Really enjoyed this. I wanted a little more Jericho Barrens than I got, but that should be coming in the next book. It's on wait list so I haven't read any more yet. Interesting ideas about faerie, reminding me of Laurell Hamilton. Though probably only because I'm reading the Merry Gentry books right now too. ( )
  msmattoon | Aug 24, 2023 |
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"… When the walls come tumblin' down
When the walls come crumblin' crumblin' ."
by John Cougar Mellencamp
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This one's for Neil, for holding my hand and walking into the Dark Zone with me.
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My philosophy is pretty simple—any day nobody's trying to kill me is a good day in my book.
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"I said breathe. Not do a fish-out-of-water imitation."
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Fantasy. Fiction. Romance. HTML:MacKayla Laneâ??s life is good. She has great friends, a decent job, and a car that breaks down only every other week or so. In other words, sheâ??s your perfectly ordinary twenty-first-century woman. Or so she thinks . . . until something extraordinary happens.

When her sister is murdered, leaving a single clue to her deathâ??a cryptic message on Macâ??s cell phoneâ??Mac journeys to Ireland in search of answers. The quest to find her sisterâ??s killer draws her into a shadowy realm where nothing is as it seems, where good and evil wear the same treacherously seductive mask. She is soon faced with an even greater challenge: staying alive long enough to learn how to handle a power she had no idea she possessedâ??a gift that allows her to see beyond the world of man, into the dangerous realm of the Fae. . . . 

As Mac delves deeper into the mystery of her sisterâ??s death, her every move is shadowed by the dark, mysterious Jericho, a man with no past and only mockery for a future. As she begins to close in on the truth, the ruthless Vlaneâ??an alpha Fae who makes sex an addiction for human womenâ??closes in on her. And as the boundary between worlds begins to crumble, Macâ??s true mission becomes clear: find the elusive Sinsar Dubh before someone else claims the all-powerful Dark Bookâ??because whoever gets to it first holds nothing less than complete control of the very fabric of both worlds in their hands. . . .

Look for all of Karen Marie Moningâ??s sensational Fever novels:
DARKFEVER | BLOODFEVER | FAEFEVER | DREAMFEVER | SHADOWFEVER | ICED | BURNED | FEVERBORN | FEVERSONG

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Karen Mari

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"My name is MacKayla, Mac for short. I'm a sidhe-seer, one who sees the Fae, a fact I accepted only recently and very reluctantly.

My philosophy is pretty simple - any day nobody's trying to kill me is a good day in my book. I haven't had many good days lately. Not since the walls between Man and Fae came down. But then, there's not a sidhe-seer alive who's had a good day since then."

When MacKayla's sister was murdered, she left a single clue to her death, a cryptic message on Mac's cell phone. Journeying to Ireland in search of answers, Mac is soon faced with an even greater challenge: staying alive long enough to master a power she had no idea she possessed - a gift that allows her to see beyond the world of man, into the dangerous realm of the Fae.

As Mac delves deeper into the mystery of her sister's death, her every move is shadowed by the dark, mysterious Jericho...while at the same time, the ruthless V'lane - an alpha Fae who makes sex an addiction for human women - closes in on her. As the boundary between worlds begins to crumble, Mac's true mission becomes clear: to find the elusive Sinsar Dubh before someone else claims the all-powerful Dark Book - because whoever gets to it first holds nothing less than complete control both worlds in their hands.
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