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3.69 AVERAGE
3.69 AVERAGE
I actually enjoyed this book better the second time I read it. Though personally I didn't much like the main character, reading it again it felt more like that was by design. She felt like she wasn't meant to be the main character of this kind of story, but was more dragged across into it due to circumstance, and that really adds to the reading experience.
Huh! Well, that was a surprise!
Darkfever took a few false starts from me before I finally managed to make it to the meat of the story. Truth be told, this book has all of my favorite content despite being wrapped in a rather misleading package: dark spins on mythological beasts, a heroine who keeps her head high (and spine straight) in a savage dance between life and death, a slowly unraveling mystery, and a whole slew of characters whose plots and agendas are inscrutable at best, murderous at worst.
I think the minor hurdle I managed to overcome was the initial chapters. Sure, Moning paints a picture that you come to understand more later. A young, pretty, entitled Southern girl spends her days sunbathing and thinking of #1. When her sister is tragically murdered while studying abroad in Dublin, she heads on over to get to the bottom of things. Because that's what you do when someone is murdered and you're a soft, spoiled, Southern white girl, right?
Cue your epiphany that everything is not quite as it seems with the arrival of some horrifying bad guy fae and a few they-gone-getchu scenes, and when a mysterious and tight-lipped (and DUH, of course ruggedly handsome) man steps in to form a tentative alliance with our heroine where each are begrudgingly benefitted by the other's skills, well... haven't we heard this one before? I'm not surprised that I went into this thinking soon enough the lights would dim and some Marvin Gaye would start playing in the background, especially with the look of that cover.
And yet, despite some sexual overtones coming mainly from one fae culprit in particular, there was none of the above. No sexy scenes. No instalove. Our gal and her protector/alpha male/total turd can barely stand each other half the time, and he seems to spend more time telling her off for her (admittedly true) naivety and unwillingness to see the truth laid out before her.
And that's when I was in. No instalove? And that unfurling mystery though? And dark fae, and Dublin, and vengeance, and magic?! Yep, #2 here I come!!
Darkfever took a few false starts from me before I finally managed to make it to the meat of the story. Truth be told, this book has all of my favorite content despite being wrapped in a rather misleading package: dark spins on mythological beasts, a heroine who keeps her head high (and spine straight) in a savage dance between life and death, a slowly unraveling mystery, and a whole slew of characters whose plots and agendas are inscrutable at best, murderous at worst.
I think the minor hurdle I managed to overcome was the initial chapters. Sure, Moning paints a picture that you come to understand more later. A young, pretty, entitled Southern girl spends her days sunbathing and thinking of #1. When her sister is tragically murdered while studying abroad in Dublin, she heads on over to get to the bottom of things. Because that's what you do when someone is murdered and you're a soft, spoiled, Southern white girl, right?
Cue your epiphany that everything is not quite as it seems with the arrival of some horrifying bad guy fae and a few they-gone-getchu scenes, and when a mysterious and tight-lipped (and DUH, of course ruggedly handsome) man steps in to form a tentative alliance with our heroine where each are begrudgingly benefitted by the other's skills, well... haven't we heard this one before? I'm not surprised that I went into this thinking soon enough the lights would dim and some Marvin Gaye would start playing in the background, especially with the look of that cover.
And yet, despite some sexual overtones coming mainly from one fae culprit in particular, there was none of the above. No sexy scenes. No instalove. Our gal and her protector/alpha male/total turd can barely stand each other half the time, and he seems to spend more time telling her off for her (admittedly true) naivety and unwillingness to see the truth laid out before her.
And that's when I was in. No instalove? And that unfurling mystery though? And dark fae, and Dublin, and vengeance, and magic?! Yep, #2 here I come!!
This was...interesting. Some things about it were increasingly annoying, like constantly referencing the current happenings as if they were going on in the past. It really detracts from the story for me when books do that in any sense. But other things I very much enjoyed, especially getting closer step by step to unspooling the mystery of what happened to Alina Lane. For her (okay, and for Bannons, let's be real) I'm gonna check out the sequel. I'm excited to find out what comes next.
2.5 stars
I find it difficult when it seems the main character is so clearly the author's vision of herself.
I find it difficult when it seems the main character is so clearly the author's vision of herself.
It took me a while to get used to the narrative as Mac is recalling her story and she keeps mentioning things of the future, which makes thing even more confusing for me. It also took a while to immerse myself into the world, since there are numerous terms and such. I did enjoy the storyline and i'm interested in learning more. I'm sad that she is kind of on her own and I wish she had more than Jericho, because I don't trust him as of yet.
A well-written PNR novel, but it's so hard to enjoy when the protagonist is an immature spoiled brat who has no business surviving. I understand this is the typical setup in this genre, but think how amazing this story would be with a capable lead. It ends on an annoying cliffhanger, so I'll probably read the next book, but I'll be gnashing my teeth the whole time while looking for a charter to root for.
Really good, edge of your seat. Reminds me of Kim Harrison's books.
This was definitely an intriguing read. With the way it ended, I was definitely ready to move along to the second book.
I found a certain kinship with Mac and her stubbornness. Jericho is certainly a male character that I want to know more about, so many secrets to uncover about him. Then there is V'lane. That's one Fae that I wouldn't mind having around, at all. One word: museum.
This is a series I can see myself getting quickly enthralled by, which is great!
I found a certain kinship with Mac and her stubbornness. Jericho is certainly a male character that I want to know more about, so many secrets to uncover about him. Then there is V'lane. That's one Fae that I wouldn't mind having around, at all. One word: museum.
This is a series I can see myself getting quickly enthralled by, which is great!