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4.01 AVERAGE
4.01 AVERAGE
This series is really starting to grow on me, and is so addicting! I need the next one!
Mackayla Lane is still in Dublin living in the Barrons bookstore. She is still being threatened by Unseelie Fae and the Lord Master, still caught up in ambiguous relationships with Jerricho Barrons and V'lane, the Seelie Prince.
She still hasn't revenged her sister.
Not entirely a naive Southern Belle anymore, Mac spends most of Bloodfever in a struggle to determine who to trust, and trying to find Objects of Power and answer to questions still lingering from the first book.
She becomes more kick-petunia (her word for "ass") while meeting new powerful movers in Dublin; other sidhe-seers and a mysterious phantom haunting her every step.
While watching Mac become more sure of herself and hold her own against the major players in the story, and the new characters intriguing, for me this book was basically treading water. We still don't know who Barrons is, she still hasn't avenged her sister, they're still after the mysterious evil fae book and don't know who has it, and while Mac is getting better at using her sidhe-seer powers, it doesn't seem to help her in the major battles (against the shades and Malluce).
She still gets bossed around by Barrons, has to fight Malluce, has to deal with the mobster O'Bannion, and when she does meet another sidhe-seer, she's so suspicious and distrustful that we don't get very much background of that organization, either.
So while enjoyable, I didn't feel that the "eating Unseelie" flesh (wore off quickly) thing or the V'lane scenes really developed anything.
As a second book in the series, I felt it rehashed quite a lot of what happened in the first book while I was looking for Mac to develop at a faster pace, for a new big bad to be vanquished (same old Malluce) and for some of our questions to be answered.
The visceral jarring of the brutal sex and violence scenes are toned down in this book, with the massive torture scene given a kind of gloss over and summarizing, which lessened the impact of this major event in Mac's life.
This Book's Food Designation Rating: leftover Tiramisu, AGAIN, for dessert when you've had it the night before.
She still hasn't revenged her sister.
Not entirely a naive Southern Belle anymore, Mac spends most of Bloodfever in a struggle to determine who to trust, and trying to find Objects of Power and answer to questions still lingering from the first book.
She becomes more kick-petunia (her word for "ass") while meeting new powerful movers in Dublin; other sidhe-seers and a mysterious phantom haunting her every step.
While watching Mac become more sure of herself and hold her own against the major players in the story, and the new characters intriguing, for me this book was basically treading water. We still don't know who Barrons is, she still hasn't avenged her sister, they're still after the mysterious evil fae book and don't know who has it, and while Mac is getting better at using her sidhe-seer powers, it doesn't seem to help her in the major battles (against the shades and Malluce).
She still gets bossed around by Barrons, has to fight Malluce, has to deal with the mobster O'Bannion, and when she does meet another sidhe-seer, she's so suspicious and distrustful that we don't get very much background of that organization, either.
So while enjoyable, I didn't feel that the "eating Unseelie" flesh (wore off quickly) thing or the V'lane scenes really developed anything.
As a second book in the series, I felt it rehashed quite a lot of what happened in the first book while I was looking for Mac to develop at a faster pace, for a new big bad to be vanquished (same old Malluce) and for some of our questions to be answered.
The visceral jarring of the brutal sex and violence scenes are toned down in this book, with the massive torture scene given a kind of gloss over and summarizing, which lessened the impact of this major event in Mac's life.
This Book's Food Designation Rating: leftover Tiramisu, AGAIN, for dessert when you've had it the night before.
It's a bit irksome how she takes us out of the moment by referencing an act in hindsight. Like don't' tell you're gonna soon learn that your error was a mistake or that you're gonna eventually learn how to do something or learn of something. It just annoyed me to no end.
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
another great installment - read somewhat slower than the first book in the series, but now that readers are firmly in this world, it would make sense that the plot would begin to evolve more slowly.
Another 4.5 star read, again a bit of annoyance with Mac, but less than the first novel which was I was so very thankful for. She's slowly beginning to grow on me as she grows up. Again some of her blindness in certain situations is aggravating - her insistence on not trusting Barrons and her jump decisions at times can be tedious, but still, I can't wait to keep reading.
The one thing that remains is my love for Barrons. The man is a great hero and so mysterious, I'm constantly wondering with each new tidbit of information who/what he is. It's its own puzzle, deciphering the man!
Another 4.5 star read, again a bit of annoyance with Mac, but less than the first novel which was I was so very thankful for. She's slowly beginning to grow on me as she grows up. Again some of her blindness in certain situations is aggravating - her insistence on not trusting Barrons and her jump decisions at times can be tedious, but still, I can't wait to keep reading.
The one thing that remains is my love for Barrons. The man is a great hero and so mysterious, I'm constantly wondering with each new tidbit of information who/what he is. It's its own puzzle, deciphering the man!
You know that feeling where you start to wish that you had a wish, just one, that could come true? And that when you get that wish, you'll get the man of your literary dreams for a day (or night, or both) to do with whatever you want?
Then you start to plan the day: coffee, other stuff, some more other stuff, some kind of food (maybe a grilled cheese), other stuff, shower, coffee, etc., etc..
Yep, it's getting to be pretty bad for me as this series progresses...
Then you start to plan the day: coffee, other stuff, some more other stuff, some kind of food (maybe a grilled cheese), other stuff, shower, coffee, etc., etc..
Yep, it's getting to be pretty bad for me as this series progresses...
Although I normally don't read this type of book, it was recommended and I wasn't disapointed!
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I was so excited when I finished this series, that I went straight to my blog and did a review (that I will probably have to edit later since I wrote this without fully having absorbed the entire series). My blog is supposed to be a collaborative review, but I couldn't wait on my bestie to read the series before I put it all down on paper...well, virtual paper. I did a review of the entire series, with vague spoilers *that ARE avoidable*. You can see my full review HERE