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4.15 AVERAGE
4.15 AVERAGE
The first 1/2 and more of this book drove me absolutely batsh*t crazy from all the monotonous and CONSTANT inner dialogue of the MC, Dani. Holy crap, Moning, get over your crappy obsession with explaining every nuance about her inner thoughts with 10 bajillion sentences exposing one idea, instead of the one or two sentences it could have easily and efficiently been explained with. We get it already! Your readers aren't stupid! FAR less telling us every thought she had and more just showing us how she felt by her actions already and trust that your reader is smart enough to figure it out. Heaven knows you've got some pretty incredibly creative and smart fans based on your website's forums. It was so bad I had determined I was not going to read her next books as I'm really tired of it and I have better authors to spend my valuable time on instead of being frustrated and extremely annoyed through at least 3/4 a book. ESPECIALLY an ebook that costs $14.99!!
I, also, had a hard time feeling a whole lot of empathy, or relating, to Dani because of her arrogant, "better than everyone else" attitude Moning constantly shoved down our throats, again because of her constant inner-Dani -dialogue. Ugh. And we get that Dani had a horrific childhood for all the reasons Moning CONSTANTLY reminded us of with Dani's inner dialogues and "self-awareness" sharing. Again, it was WAY too overkill and had the opposite effect on me of feeling sympathy for the protagonist. Instead, Moning made me feel rather disgusted with and tired of Dani. You don't create empathy of a character, no matter how ugly her childhood was, by telling us how much smarter, better, stronger, tougher, and brilliant she believes she is over all other humans, and the only one willing to try to help these other lesser humans. I get teenagers are typically more narrow-minded and self-absorbed than as we become adults and our brains complete maturing, but Dani isn't a teenager anymore and she sure sounded like one through this still. I only kept reading because I HOPED the story would finally get better with some actual plot and forward movement, and maybe even some action finally.
It FINALLY got somewhat better in the last 3/4 or less with a bit less inner dialogue, some action, and Ryodan's character and nature really coming out. Ryodan was utterly awesome in this book. I liked him as a hero much better than I liked Barrons as he was still sexy and alpha while all the while supportive of Dani no matter what it cost him in the end-- true sacrifice, true love. Not just lust masquerading as love. The message Moning sent with his character is what saved the book for me and I bumped it up from the 2 stars I was planning to give and thinking that would be being generous, to 3 stars. This book had the potential to be REALLY dang amazing if the editors had made Moning cut out at least 40% of all the repetitive, redundant, superfluous, verbose, bombastic, and reiterating thoughts (<-- Yeah, see what I did there? Try reading multiple paragraphs of sentences simikar to that page after page after page after page...) inside Dani's head instead of just trusting the reader to understand what she had already been saying in the previous 8 sentences... along with the 5 paragraphs before that in another 10 sentences, and 2 pages before that in 12 sentences, and 3 pages before that in 16 paragraphs, etc. Can you tell how much this annoyed me?! The majority of this book was just filler crap, basically. I expect better writing from a seasoned author who has best-selling books under her belt. But then really, why should I? Moning has a habit of doing this with her books. The creativity of the world and her overall story arc was great. Loved how the ending turned out to be for the 2 of them. Not quite your typical formula in a way. It just could have been written and executed far better and needed much more showing instead of telling, including more action of which there was barely any.
I have no desire to reread this book, nor really any of Moning's. I'm really not sure I'll go to any length to read her next books, either now. I have found much better authors with gritty, grimdark, tough heroines and slow-burn romance. I definitely won't be paying top dollar new release prices for Moning's books anymore, at the minimum. I forgave and forgave the author for numerous books because I liked the world she created. No more. At least she didn't piss on her readers by giving us a cliffhanger ending this time. If she had, again, like she did with her first 4, I definitely would be putting her on my NEVER read again author list. So there is that. I'm just highly disappointed in what could have been a great, fun read to being, instead, a highly excruciating and frustrating read with only the last few chapters worth the headache.
I, also, had a hard time feeling a whole lot of empathy, or relating, to Dani because of her arrogant, "better than everyone else" attitude Moning constantly shoved down our throats, again because of her constant inner-Dani -dialogue. Ugh. And we get that Dani had a horrific childhood for all the reasons Moning CONSTANTLY reminded us of with Dani's inner dialogues and "self-awareness" sharing. Again, it was WAY too overkill and had the opposite effect on me of feeling sympathy for the protagonist. Instead, Moning made me feel rather disgusted with and tired of Dani. You don't create empathy of a character, no matter how ugly her childhood was, by telling us how much smarter, better, stronger, tougher, and brilliant she believes she is over all other humans, and the only one willing to try to help these other lesser humans. I get teenagers are typically more narrow-minded and self-absorbed than as we become adults and our brains complete maturing, but Dani isn't a teenager anymore and she sure sounded like one through this still. I only kept reading because I HOPED the story would finally get better with some actual plot and forward movement, and maybe even some action finally.
It FINALLY got somewhat better in the last 3/4 or less with a bit less inner dialogue, some action, and Ryodan's character and nature really coming out. Ryodan was utterly awesome in this book. I liked him as a hero much better than I liked Barrons as he was still sexy and alpha while all the while supportive of Dani no matter what it cost him in the end-- true sacrifice, true love. Not just lust masquerading as love. The message Moning sent with his character is what saved the book for me and I bumped it up from the 2 stars I was planning to give and thinking that would be being generous, to 3 stars. This book had the potential to be REALLY dang amazing if the editors had made Moning cut out at least 40% of all the repetitive, redundant, superfluous, verbose, bombastic, and reiterating thoughts (<-- Yeah, see what I did there? Try reading multiple paragraphs of sentences simikar to that page after page after page after page...) inside Dani's head instead of just trusting the reader to understand what she had already been saying in the previous 8 sentences... along with the 5 paragraphs before that in another 10 sentences, and 2 pages before that in 12 sentences, and 3 pages before that in 16 paragraphs, etc. Can you tell how much this annoyed me?! The majority of this book was just filler crap, basically. I expect better writing from a seasoned author who has best-selling books under her belt. But then really, why should I? Moning has a habit of doing this with her books. The creativity of the world and her overall story arc was great. Loved how the ending turned out to be for the 2 of them. Not quite your typical formula in a way. It just could have been written and executed far better and needed much more showing instead of telling, including more action of which there was barely any.
I have no desire to reread this book, nor really any of Moning's. I'm really not sure I'll go to any length to read her next books, either now. I have found much better authors with gritty, grimdark, tough heroines and slow-burn romance. I definitely won't be paying top dollar new release prices for Moning's books anymore, at the minimum. I forgave and forgave the author for numerous books because I liked the world she created. No more. At least she didn't piss on her readers by giving us a cliffhanger ending this time. If she had, again, like she did with her first 4, I definitely would be putting her on my NEVER read again author list. So there is that. I'm just highly disappointed in what could have been a great, fun read to being, instead, a highly excruciating and frustrating read with only the last few chapters worth the headache.
High Voltage was surprisingly entertaining. A solid 3 stars which is a decent rating; and at times, parts of it hit 4-star territory. I hadn’t even planned to read it; I was under the mistaken assumption that it was more of a traditional romance focusing on Dani and Ryodan. I only decided to read it when I learned there was another book coming in the Fever-verse that was going to go back to Mac and Barrons. High Voltage actually is a continuation of the Fever saga. It does feature Dani and Ryodan and does address their relationship; but we also get to check in with Kat and the sidhe-seers; and Christian and Sean as they evolve into Unseelie Princes. Barrons gets a cameo and we learn what he and Mac are up to.
Teenaged Dani was never one of my favorite characters; and I don’t recall being thrilled with the Jayda alter. High Voltage features a grown up, integrated Dani, and overall she’s okay. In addition to acknowledging her feelings for Ryodan; she and the 9 also get back into the mix of saving the world. While the Fae on Earth have been out of the spotlight; not surprisingly, they’ve been up to no good. Then there’s the matter of the old gods; who pre-dated the Fae on Earth and got eternally screwed by them. Unfortunately, humans didn’t help the situation and now some of the old gods are back and they’re gunning for both species.
High Voltage had a steady feel to the story telling; and it was nice being back in the Fever world and among familiar characters. Sometimes I felt it dragged a bit, which is why I went with 3 stars. There were a few points however where the story really shone. Dani’s ultimate story arc – the involvement of Shazam and her “becoming” is awesome. I was never a huge Ryodan fan; but High Voltage casts him in a likable, sympathetic light. The scenes between Kat, Sean and Christian were especially powerful.
Now I’m looking forward to the next installment. Mac has her hands full with the treacherous Fae; especially because she’s now their Queen. Barrons is stuck on the sidelines, making buttons; as the saying goes and he’s chafing at the bit to get back to his Rainbow Girl and back in the game.
Teenaged Dani was never one of my favorite characters; and I don’t recall being thrilled with the Jayda alter. High Voltage features a grown up, integrated Dani, and overall she’s okay. In addition to acknowledging her feelings for Ryodan; she and the 9 also get back into the mix of saving the world. While the Fae on Earth have been out of the spotlight; not surprisingly, they’ve been up to no good. Then there’s the matter of the old gods; who pre-dated the Fae on Earth and got eternally screwed by them. Unfortunately, humans didn’t help the situation and now some of the old gods are back and they’re gunning for both species.
High Voltage had a steady feel to the story telling; and it was nice being back in the Fever world and among familiar characters. Sometimes I felt it dragged a bit, which is why I went with 3 stars. There were a few points however where the story really shone. Dani’s ultimate story arc – the involvement of Shazam and her “becoming” is awesome. I was never a huge Ryodan fan; but High Voltage casts him in a likable, sympathetic light. The scenes between Kat, Sean and Christian were especially powerful.
Now I’m looking forward to the next installment. Mac has her hands full with the treacherous Fae; especially because she’s now their Queen. Barrons is stuck on the sidelines, making buttons; as the saying goes and he’s chafing at the bit to get back to his Rainbow Girl and back in the game.
Addicting! This book was so good I had a difficult time putting it down. Dani and Ryodan are such a great pair.
Hello to all the Moning Maniacs out there :)
Thanks for making the Fever series even better xx
WARNING CONTAINS SPOILERS :O
Before I start my review on High Voltage I'll explain that Dani's previous book Iced was my favourite book in the Fever series, I loved everything about it and was super excited to get another book about Dani.
I prepared myself before reading this that it wasn't going to "another" Iced. When Dani was chased into the silvers and aged approximately five years I figured her character had to change even without Jada's influence. I fully expected the fourteen year old Dani as much as I loved her and would miss her would be gone.
But the Mega is back! and I definitely recognised the past Dani the more I read.
SPOILERS...
When Ryoden told Dani he was leaving for a couple of years I was like noooo!!
But I soon realised this was necessary for Dani's character. I needed to get to know Dani again, who she is now how she feels. She's been through so much, I knew 14 year old Dani of course and I new Dani as Jada when she returned from the silvers but I didn't really know who she was as Dani five years older.
So when Ryoden left I was able to see parts of the old Dani again but made into something new and more confident. Still the superhero but with her feet more firmly grounded.
I also loved reading about Shazam, who was an integral part of Dani's past in the silvers. It was good to get to know him and his comedic parts he brought were a great addition. His role in Dani's future was an interesting twist!
I had no idea the title of this book would hold so much relevance, Dani's powers really added to the plot in this and I love how the series is continually being opened up for more.
I'm always interested when new characters are mentioned and wonder if they will be playing a bigger role further on.
I've already matched Fallen with Lor haha :) and I can't wait to know more about Kat (who I loved in this by the way) and her daughter!
KMM answered all my questions I'd been asking myself and replaced them with brand new ones that I'll have to wait for the next book!
I know some reviews on High Voltage have been varied but like it or not, the plot continues to make sense and I really feel the Author knows what she's doing and were she's going for this series. It must be incredibly hard with a popular series to block out the negative reactions some people have to plot twists and decisions made, but it's so important the writer stays true to themselves and the story they want to tell. I think that's what I love most about the Fever series, it's always had clear direction and even though I never can guess what's going to happen next I feel like KMM always knows and always did.
I love that Dani and Ryoden become equips in this book, it was such a perfect ending for them.
Thanks for making the Fever series even better xx
WARNING CONTAINS SPOILERS :O
Before I start my review on High Voltage I'll explain that Dani's previous book Iced was my favourite book in the Fever series, I loved everything about it and was super excited to get another book about Dani.
I prepared myself before reading this that it wasn't going to "another" Iced. When Dani was chased into the silvers and aged approximately five years I figured her character had to change even without Jada's influence. I fully expected the fourteen year old Dani as much as I loved her and would miss her would be gone.
But the Mega is back! and I definitely recognised the past Dani the more I read.
SPOILERS...
When Ryoden told Dani he was leaving for a couple of years I was like noooo!!
But I soon realised this was necessary for Dani's character. I needed to get to know Dani again, who she is now how she feels. She's been through so much, I knew 14 year old Dani of course and I new Dani as Jada when she returned from the silvers but I didn't really know who she was as Dani five years older.
So when Ryoden left I was able to see parts of the old Dani again but made into something new and more confident. Still the superhero but with her feet more firmly grounded.
I also loved reading about Shazam, who was an integral part of Dani's past in the silvers. It was good to get to know him and his comedic parts he brought were a great addition. His role in Dani's future was an interesting twist!
I had no idea the title of this book would hold so much relevance, Dani's powers really added to the plot in this and I love how the series is continually being opened up for more.
I'm always interested when new characters are mentioned and wonder if they will be playing a bigger role further on.
I've already matched Fallen with Lor haha :) and I can't wait to know more about Kat (who I loved in this by the way) and her daughter!
KMM answered all my questions I'd been asking myself and replaced them with brand new ones that I'll have to wait for the next book!
I know some reviews on High Voltage have been varied but like it or not, the plot continues to make sense and I really feel the Author knows what she's doing and were she's going for this series. It must be incredibly hard with a popular series to block out the negative reactions some people have to plot twists and decisions made, but it's so important the writer stays true to themselves and the story they want to tell. I think that's what I love most about the Fever series, it's always had clear direction and even though I never can guess what's going to happen next I feel like KMM always knows and always did.
I love that Dani and Ryoden become equips in this book, it was such a perfect ending for them.
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
suuuper good, definitely one of my favourite books in this series. At first wasn't too sure because it maaaainly focuses on Dani, but I ended up really enjoying it 🤗
Another amazing book. Loved Dani’s story and Ryodan. One of my favorites
Love this series!!
Dani and Ryo are back!! Great addition to the Fever series! Karen is such a great author and I love her writing so much! All the feels!!!
Dani and Ryo are back!! Great addition to the Fever series! Karen is such a great author and I love her writing so much! All the feels!!!
Another masterpiece
A stunning journey into the complexities that are Dani and Ryodan, their journey to find each other and heartbreak that finds them long the way. Another story that was hard to walk away from when life creeps in and is truly a must read for all Fever fans. You do not want to miss it.
A stunning journey into the complexities that are Dani and Ryodan, their journey to find each other and heartbreak that finds them long the way. Another story that was hard to walk away from when life creeps in and is truly a must read for all Fever fans. You do not want to miss it.