Bloodfever: Karen Marie Moning {Review}

Bloodfever

(Fever Series #2)

by Karen Marie Moning

Pub. Date: August 2008
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Format: Hardcover , 303pp

Synopsis:

I used to think my sister and I were just two nice southern girls who'd get married in a few years and settle down to a quiet life. Then I discovered that Alina and I descend, not from good wholesome southern stock, but from an ancient Celtic bloodline of powerful sidhe-seers, people who can see the Fae. Not only can I see the terrifying otherworldly race, but I can sense the sacred Fae relics that hold the deadliest of their magic.
When my sister was found dead in a trash-filled alley in Dublin, I came over to get answers. Now all I want is revenge. And after everything I've learned about myself, I know I have the power to get it....
MacKayla Lane's ordinary life underwent a complete makeover when she landed on Ireland's shores and was plunged into a world of deadly sorcery and ancient secrets.
In her fight to stay alive, Mac must find the Sinsar Dubh-a million-year-old book of the blackest magic imaginable, which holds the key to power over both the worlds of the Fae and of Man. Pursued by Fae assassins, surrounded by mysterious figures she knows she cannot trust, Mac finds herself torn between two deadly and irresistible men: V'lane, the insatiable Fae who can turn sensual arousal into an obsession for any woman, and the ever-inscrutable Jericho Barrons, a man as alluring as he is mysterious.
For centuries the shadowy realm of the Fae has coexisted with that of humans. Now the walls between the two are coming down, and Mac is the only thing that stands between them....

First Line(s): All of us have our little problems and insecurities.

Favorite quote(s): "One day you will kiss a man you can't breathe without, and find that breath is of little consequence."

My Review: Karen Marie Moning always delivers and the way she writes with such vivid description you really do feel like you are in the story. This was a solid follow up book in this series and I found myself enjoying it more than the first. But I have to be honest, I am having a hard time with this series because in both books so far there is no clear start, middle and end to the book. I get it is a series, but I still like to like I got a bit of closure in at least some of the story lines that pan out in each book and we don't really get this in the Fever Series. In other words there is no way these books would ever be able to stand alone, and you have no choice ( not that I want one, ha ha ha) but to see this series through till the end.

My Rating: Solid 3 stars

Until next time...

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DarkFever: Karen Marie Moning

Darkfever

(Fever Series #1)

by Karen Marie Moning

Product Details
Pub. Date: October 2006
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Format: Hardcover , 320pp

Synopsis:

MacKayla Lane’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, she’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 death–a cryptic message on Mac’s cell phone–Mac journeys to Ireland in search of answers. The quest to find her sister’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 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, a man with no past and only mockery for a future. As she begins to close in on the truth, the ruthless Vlane–an alpha Fae who makes sex an addiction for human women–closes in on her. And as the boundary between worlds begins to crumble, Mac’s true mission becomes clear: 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 of the very fabric of both worlds in their hands….

First Line(s): My philosophy is pretty simple- any day nobody'svtrying to kill me is a good day in my book.

My Review: Okay, okay so I am late reading this series but that should not suprise anyone. I get to everything just on my own time!

I am glad I finally started this series. While I thought this book was slow at points it did pick up, and I love how Karen Marie Moning always uses so much details in the stories she writes. I had no problems picturing Mac in my head or Barron's.

Coming into this book I will admit I knew nothing about this series except fellow bloggers and friends raving about it and of course the author ( she is fantastic).

The second I finished this book I raced over to my book shelf and picked up the next book in the series. I can NOT wait to see what happens next to Mac and Barrons ( I hope they finally hook up... I am sure they do, but don't know for certain so hush)!

My Rating: 4 stars

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2011 Ireland Challenge

For those of you interested in joining me in the challenge, here are the details: ~ The challenge runs from January 1, 2011 to November 30, 2011. ~ Any books read for this challenge can also apply to other challenges you are working on. ~ Re-reads are allowed. ~ Any book written by an Irish author, set in Ireland, or involving Irish history or Irish characters, counts for the challenge – fiction, non-fiction, poetry, audiobooks, children’s books – all of these apply. ~ Choose your commitment level: Shamrock level: 2 books

Luck o’ the Irish level: 4 books

Kiss the Blarney Stone level: 6 books

To sign up and get the full details click the above picture.

I will list my books as I read them here, and like always I have no idea how many I will read, I will get in at least the two books but at the end of the year I may find myself Kissing the Blarney Stone, who knows... stay tuned!

My List:

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   Dark Fever- Karen Marie Moning


2. 
   
   Bloodfever: Karen Marie Moning

Until next time...

Happy Reading!