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caeralee's review against another edition
5.0
It was slow for me at first now I wish it didn't end! Ugh what a cliffhanger and to have to wait so long for the next
kristinhzta90's review against another edition
3.0
Oh, I am so happy this book took a turn and didn't continue with Dani as the lead character. I have read every book by this author and was never as disappointed as I was with Iced. In fact, I was reluctant to pick up this book because I really felt the fever series was done with Shadowfever. And, honestly, I still think the same thing.
While this book got rid of all the ick issues I had with Iced, it was a fun and entertaining read but something was missing. I love Mac and Barrons. You also got a lot of backstory and insight into the characters that you never got before. So why do I still feel like Shadowfever should have been the end? I'm having a hard time putting my finger on it, but I just think the plot was thin, and while I love the characters, I'm over them.
I need something new.
While this book got rid of all the ick issues I had with Iced, it was a fun and entertaining read but something was missing. I love Mac and Barrons. You also got a lot of backstory and insight into the characters that you never got before. So why do I still feel like Shadowfever should have been the end? I'm having a hard time putting my finger on it, but I just think the plot was thin, and while I love the characters, I'm over them.
I need something new.
akiikomori's review against another edition
4.0
Before I start, let me just clarify my rating system, just in case people think my rating is unfair.
I rate books by how much I enjoy them, how much they move me, and how entertained I am. 6+ means this book was beyond anything I could have felt. 5 Hearts means that it was extremely entertaining, touching, moving, whatever. 4 Hearts is around my average, saying I felt something, and was entertained but it could have been better or just didn’t cut it for me. 3 and below…well maybe the book just wasn’t for me.
Burned is the seventh and HIGHLY ANTICIPATED continuation in the Fever Series by Karen Marie Moning. I can’t tell you how long I’ve waited for this book, how much I cried over it, how much I agonized over it being constantly pushed back. This was the series that got me into reading; this is the series that changed my life. I can’t say enough good things about the Fever series and about this amazing installment, but unfortunately out of all the books KMM has written, Burned has turned out to be my least favourite.
After the events in Iced, Christian has been captured by the Crimson Hag, Cruce is still in ice under the Abbey, the Hoar Frost King has been defeated, and Mac is back, possibly seeking revenge on the person who killed her sister. Now that the ice left by Hoar Frost King is starting to melt people are starting to become testy. Alliances form, new enemies gather, and Dani who was once Mac’s best friend is now a sworn enemy. Tensions run high between the Seelie, Unseelie and sidhe-seers when they all agree that saving Christian MacKeltar has become a priority. But can they trust each other long enough to save him? And can Mac trust anyone other than herself?
I have A LOT to say about this installment so I’ll try to make it brief.
Did I like this book? Yes.
Did I enjoy this book? It had its merits. Did I feel it lived up to the Fever Series title? Yes and No.
There has been a lot of controversy and mixed reviews about this highly anticipated novel that got pushed back 2 YEARS almost, for various reasons.
One thing I will say is that because of all the person events that happened in KMM’s life, and the time between Iced and Burned and maybe even between Shadowfever and Iced, I feel like KMM sort of…lost her way. These two books feel….somewhat disconnected from the series, and I get that Dani was originally supposed to get 2-3 books to herself but now it just…feels like reading these books was a waste, like in Burned, KMM tried to please more people or erase the events of what happened in Iced. I’M NOT SAYING I would unread them or wish I hadn’t read them, but these books don’t feel like a fully formed idea and that KMM was really just grasping at straws, trying to continue a series that maybe….should have ended at book five.
Don’t get me wrong. I LOVED Iced, I had no idea what anyone’s problem was with it. I had confidence that in Dani’s second book things would start to fall into place. But it didn’t happen like that. Plans and plots sort of changed…and well, I didn’t really like the direction this book turned to (at least that’s my opinion). As much as missed Mac and her bad-ass self, this book just didn’t do it for me. I found Mac EXTREMELY ANNOYING in most of Part 1 of the book where I felt like NOTHING HAPPENED. The entirety of it consisted of a lot of unnecessary ‘self-acknowledgement’ for things she had done that she regretted. “Okay, we get it, can we please move on.” I felt like the only redeeming qualities were any conversations she had with Barrons or with Ryodan where witty banter was present. “Stop feeling sorry for yourself, Mac. Right now is not the time to be beating yourself up about things.”
I sometimes wonder if our passion is so obsessive and enormous that we need distance between the bonfires. I’m a moth to his flame and it frightens me how willingly I’d turn my wings off for him. Destroy the world. Follow him to Hell. It’s scary to feel like you can’t breathe without someone. That a man has so much power over you because you love him as much as, if not than, you care for yourself.
Some of Part 2 and Part 3-4 were what brought me back to the original Fever series (book 1-5). I was anxious to read the next chapter, I was on the edge of my seat, my stomach was in knots, I was laughing at every witty thing everyone said, like it was good times again. It was fast-paced, it was interesting and it just felt right again. I will admit to enjoying the new POVs and discovering A WHOLE LOT about the Nine and Ryodan, who I have an even bigger respect for now (As if I didn’t respect him enough before).
There was a lot of good in this book and a whole lot of bad to counter it.
To be completely honest I didn’t have a lot of hope for this book to begin with. After it being pushed back for so long I said, “This book has to be the best thing I’ve ever read for me to accept it.” Because my problem was was that KMM gave a definitive date every time she pushed the book back, instead of just saying “Released in 2014″ or 2015. My problem was a release date was like a promise to her fans that she broke multiple times. Again, I get a lot of personal things happened to her but every time she set the date back and broke that promise I couldn’t help but feel crushed.
I don’t expect much of Feverborn, and won’t be surprised if she pushes the date back again.
Still, I look forward to seeing Mac, Barrons, Ryodan and the rest of the gang…trying to save the world, trying to make it right again. After all, I can’t resist my two favourite alpha males. ;)
3.5-4/5 Hearts of Love
I rate books by how much I enjoy them, how much they move me, and how entertained I am. 6+ means this book was beyond anything I could have felt. 5 Hearts means that it was extremely entertaining, touching, moving, whatever. 4 Hearts is around my average, saying I felt something, and was entertained but it could have been better or just didn’t cut it for me. 3 and below…well maybe the book just wasn’t for me.
Burned is the seventh and HIGHLY ANTICIPATED continuation in the Fever Series by Karen Marie Moning. I can’t tell you how long I’ve waited for this book, how much I cried over it, how much I agonized over it being constantly pushed back. This was the series that got me into reading; this is the series that changed my life. I can’t say enough good things about the Fever series and about this amazing installment, but unfortunately out of all the books KMM has written, Burned has turned out to be my least favourite.
After the events in Iced, Christian has been captured by the Crimson Hag, Cruce is still in ice under the Abbey, the Hoar Frost King has been defeated, and Mac is back, possibly seeking revenge on the person who killed her sister. Now that the ice left by Hoar Frost King is starting to melt people are starting to become testy. Alliances form, new enemies gather, and Dani who was once Mac’s best friend is now a sworn enemy. Tensions run high between the Seelie, Unseelie and sidhe-seers when they all agree that saving Christian MacKeltar has become a priority. But can they trust each other long enough to save him? And can Mac trust anyone other than herself?
I have A LOT to say about this installment so I’ll try to make it brief.
Did I like this book? Yes.
Did I enjoy this book? It had its merits. Did I feel it lived up to the Fever Series title? Yes and No.
There has been a lot of controversy and mixed reviews about this highly anticipated novel that got pushed back 2 YEARS almost, for various reasons.
One thing I will say is that because of all the person events that happened in KMM’s life, and the time between Iced and Burned and maybe even between Shadowfever and Iced, I feel like KMM sort of…lost her way. These two books feel….somewhat disconnected from the series, and I get that Dani was originally supposed to get 2-3 books to herself but now it just…feels like reading these books was a waste, like in Burned, KMM tried to please more people or erase the events of what happened in Iced. I’M NOT SAYING I would unread them or wish I hadn’t read them, but these books don’t feel like a fully formed idea and that KMM was really just grasping at straws, trying to continue a series that maybe….should have ended at book five.
Don’t get me wrong. I LOVED Iced, I had no idea what anyone’s problem was with it. I had confidence that in Dani’s second book things would start to fall into place. But it didn’t happen like that. Plans and plots sort of changed…and well, I didn’t really like the direction this book turned to (at least that’s my opinion). As much as missed Mac and her bad-ass self, this book just didn’t do it for me. I found Mac EXTREMELY ANNOYING in most of Part 1 of the book where I felt like NOTHING HAPPENED. The entirety of it consisted of a lot of unnecessary ‘self-acknowledgement’ for things she had done that she regretted. “Okay, we get it, can we please move on.” I felt like the only redeeming qualities were any conversations she had with Barrons or with Ryodan where witty banter was present. “Stop feeling sorry for yourself, Mac. Right now is not the time to be beating yourself up about things.”
I sometimes wonder if our passion is so obsessive and enormous that we need distance between the bonfires. I’m a moth to his flame and it frightens me how willingly I’d turn my wings off for him. Destroy the world. Follow him to Hell. It’s scary to feel like you can’t breathe without someone. That a man has so much power over you because you love him as much as, if not than, you care for yourself.
Some of Part 2 and Part 3-4 were what brought me back to the original Fever series (book 1-5). I was anxious to read the next chapter, I was on the edge of my seat, my stomach was in knots, I was laughing at every witty thing everyone said, like it was good times again. It was fast-paced, it was interesting and it just felt right again. I will admit to enjoying the new POVs and discovering A WHOLE LOT about the Nine and Ryodan, who I have an even bigger respect for now (As if I didn’t respect him enough before).
There was a lot of good in this book and a whole lot of bad to counter it.
To be completely honest I didn’t have a lot of hope for this book to begin with. After it being pushed back for so long I said, “This book has to be the best thing I’ve ever read for me to accept it.” Because my problem was was that KMM gave a definitive date every time she pushed the book back, instead of just saying “Released in 2014″ or 2015. My problem was a release date was like a promise to her fans that she broke multiple times. Again, I get a lot of personal things happened to her but every time she set the date back and broke that promise I couldn’t help but feel crushed.
I don’t expect much of Feverborn, and won’t be surprised if she pushes the date back again.
Still, I look forward to seeing Mac, Barrons, Ryodan and the rest of the gang…trying to save the world, trying to make it right again. After all, I can’t resist my two favourite alpha males. ;)
3.5-4/5 Hearts of Love
jacki0486's review against another edition
5.0
Finished it, loved it, immediately turned around to look for the release date of the next one in the series and found that it is already available on Amazon for pre-order... 8 months from now it will be in my mailbox. :)
Unlike other reviewers, I loved the fact that the POV changed from character to character... it gave us a more complete vision of what the Fever World looks like now that the walls have fallen. Also unlike other reviewers, I didn't mind that Dani's POV wasn't as prevalent as in the first book... Mac has an interesting way of viewing the world, but it also created a disturbing amount of tension not know where Dani was or what she was experiencing. If we'd been seeing her POV all along, the big revelation wouldn't have been so explosive.
5 stars, hands-down... and my fingers are already itching to flip the pages of the next book.
Unlike other reviewers, I loved the fact that the POV changed from character to character... it gave us a more complete vision of what the Fever World looks like now that the walls have fallen. Also unlike other reviewers, I didn't mind that Dani's POV wasn't as prevalent as in the first book... Mac has an interesting way of viewing the world, but it also created a disturbing amount of tension not know where Dani was or what she was experiencing. If we'd been seeing her POV all along, the big revelation wouldn't have been so explosive.
5 stars, hands-down... and my fingers are already itching to flip the pages of the next book.
snoopydoo77's review against another edition
5.0
Okay to be honest after Iced I wasn’t sure if I would read Burned, I really didn’t like Iced as much as the other books in the series. And just to be clear, it had nothing to do with Dani’s age, that didn’t bother me, it was Dani herself was that got on my nerves. So when I read that we get Mac and JZB back I knew I would give it a try. This Book is a 180 from Iced in my opinion and we are back to the way the books used to be.
I would suggest you read the glossary that is at the end of the book first to reintroduce yourself with all the major characters and places form prior books.
You can find my full review here:
http://snoopydoosbookreviews.com/burned-fever-7-karen-marie-moning/
I would suggest you read the glossary that is at the end of the book first to reintroduce yourself with all the major characters and places form prior books.
You can find my full review here:
http://snoopydoosbookreviews.com/burned-fever-7-karen-marie-moning/
gfs0619's review against another edition
2.0
Burned by KMM
I liked this book much more than I wanted to. I've been a fan of KMM since her Highlander series. Kiss of the Highlander was my first highlander book and remains one of my all time favorites. And the original 5 book Fever series was fantastic. Dark, twisted, at times both hard to read and impossible to put down.
And now here we are, Fever 7. Mac is back. Dani is back-seated. The story is engaging from the start. Drew me right in. I needed to know what happened to all my favorite characters. I needed to know if they were getting any closer to fixing their world. I was excited. And if it wasn't for the assault on feminism that is Mac and Barrons, I would have given this book a much better rating. Mac should be a strong woman, she's certainly a capable woman. But it's growing more obvious to me that she's also an abused woman. And it makes me mad. I read a blog post just today defending romance against the claim that it teaches women that being abused by the alpha male is ok. I don't buy that for one second. But I also can see that Mac and Barrons don't exactly send the best message. This is not a relationship of equals. If you follow KMM, you'll know that this is completely intentional. Mac is not equal to Barrons, and won't be until she suffers some more. A big part of me hopes Mac comes to her senses, drops Barrons (no matter how hot the sex is) and finds herself an honorable MacKeltar to settle down with.
So I guess my advice to readers is this. If you are fans of the Fever series, you'll probably like the story. But if you're like me, you'll also be angry and disappointed.
I liked this book much more than I wanted to. I've been a fan of KMM since her Highlander series. Kiss of the Highlander was my first highlander book and remains one of my all time favorites. And the original 5 book Fever series was fantastic. Dark, twisted, at times both hard to read and impossible to put down.
And now here we are, Fever 7. Mac is back. Dani is back-seated. The story is engaging from the start. Drew me right in. I needed to know what happened to all my favorite characters. I needed to know if they were getting any closer to fixing their world. I was excited. And if it wasn't for the assault on feminism that is Mac and Barrons, I would have given this book a much better rating. Mac should be a strong woman, she's certainly a capable woman. But it's growing more obvious to me that she's also an abused woman. And it makes me mad. I read a blog post just today defending romance against the claim that it teaches women that being abused by the alpha male is ok. I don't buy that for one second. But I also can see that Mac and Barrons don't exactly send the best message. This is not a relationship of equals. If you follow KMM, you'll know that this is completely intentional. Mac is not equal to Barrons, and won't be until she suffers some more. A big part of me hopes Mac comes to her senses, drops Barrons (no matter how hot the sex is) and finds herself an honorable MacKeltar to settle down with.
So I guess my advice to readers is this. If you are fans of the Fever series, you'll probably like the story. But if you're like me, you'll also be angry and disappointed.
gillianw's review against another edition
3.0
Three reluctant stars.
I wanted to love this book, I really did. The rest of the series has been so damn good and the build up from book to book has been amazing. But this one...*sigh*...it just didn't do it for me. It felt hurried and unfinished, which is ironic given the length of time it took to be published. I guess there's always one weak book in a series and it seems Burned is it. I hope KMM comes back in all her glory with the next instalment but until then, Burned will likely be left off of my re-read list.
I wanted to love this book, I really did. The rest of the series has been so damn good and the build up from book to book has been amazing. But this one...*sigh*...it just didn't do it for me. It felt hurried and unfinished, which is ironic given the length of time it took to be published. I guess there's always one weak book in a series and it seems Burned is it. I hope KMM comes back in all her glory with the next instalment but until then, Burned will likely be left off of my re-read list.
jenhurst's review against another edition
4.0
This book felt like it took the storyline in a different direction than what book 6 was setting up. I’m guessing because of all the complaints regarding Dani being 14 and a man 10 years older lusting after her. The writing was still good, plot was good and i really enjoyed it. I’m still really enjoying this series. I liked all the different POvs.
anits12's review against another edition
4.0
a little disappointed!! more of Dani would have been nice. sounds more like bridging rather then story. cud have completed a story rather then letting too many loose ends...