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4.04 AVERAGE
4.04 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
It's always difficult to begin speaking about a series we love so much. All this information and passion wants to come out for the story and characters all at once, that sometimes it’s just easier to simply say "this is one of our all time favorites!"
But that's truly putting it mildly for us when it comes to the Fever series by Karen Marie Moning. EVEN THOUGH we could go on about it for weeks, we’re gonna break it down to three main points.
But that's truly putting it mildly for us when it comes to the Fever series by Karen Marie Moning. EVEN THOUGH we could go on about it for weeks, we’re gonna break it down to three main points.
4.5/5
I was falling out of love with this series a little bit, because Iced and Burned weren't nearly as good as the first 5. This one brought it back!
I had to physically read this one, even though I've been listening to the rest of the series thus far. The narration is TERRIBLE! I was so freakin' pissed that they changed Natalie Ross and Phil Gigante (especially Phil, he's PERFECT for all of the sexual and masculine men in this series). The male narrator made the Nine sound like creepy old men and he sucked at accents. The female narrator was terrible at accents too, and didn't narrate the different POVs in their own voice, just their speaking voices. Oh and they were suddenly saying "Cruze" instead of "Cruce" (rhyming with 'juice') like they pronounced in the first SEVEN audiobooks and it drove me absolutely bug fuck (lmao, sorry...I got sick of that saying in Burned because every single narrating character used it). I feel like this audiobook was a very poor choice on Brilliance Audio's part. I'll be boycotting the rest of the audiobooks in this series.
Karen sure knows how to blindside me. So many surprises! And one of the worst cliffhangers ever - almost worse than book 4 cliffhanger. I'm so glad I have the next book!
I just want to say that I. Freaking. LOVE!!!!! Shazam!! Oh my GOD I loved him so much. He's perfect and I want to snuggle him. He's described as looking like a koala bear cat but I just pictured a Pallas's cat. HE IS THE BEST. I actually don't think I've loved a character so much since Buruu from the Lotus War (which is my fave series ever).
I was falling out of love with this series a little bit, because Iced and Burned weren't nearly as good as the first 5. This one brought it back!
I had to physically read this one, even though I've been listening to the rest of the series thus far. The narration is TERRIBLE! I was so freakin' pissed that they changed Natalie Ross and Phil Gigante (especially Phil, he's PERFECT for all of the sexual and masculine men in this series). The male narrator made the Nine sound like creepy old men and he sucked at accents. The female narrator was terrible at accents too, and didn't narrate the different POVs in their own voice, just their speaking voices. Oh and they were suddenly saying "Cruze" instead of "Cruce" (rhyming with 'juice') like they pronounced in the first SEVEN audiobooks and it drove me absolutely bug fuck (lmao, sorry...I got sick of that saying in Burned because every single narrating character used it). I feel like this audiobook was a very poor choice on Brilliance Audio's part. I'll be boycotting the rest of the audiobooks in this series.
Karen sure knows how to blindside me. So many surprises! And one of the worst cliffhangers ever - almost worse than book 4 cliffhanger. I'm so glad I have the next book!
Spoiler
I don't know how I feel about Alina being back. Her death was the catalyst that shaped Mac's entire world as she currently knows it, and it seems like a cop out to just be like SURPRISE! She's not really dead! But I guess if Mac resurrected her with the book it makes sense. I'm interested to see if that's what really happened and what game the book is playing at. Mac's internal struggle with the book got a bit redundant, but I'm glad that's finally coming to an end one way or the other. I'm also interested to learn more about the Sweeper. I didn't connect the dots that the cuff of Cruce was keeping the minions away from Mac. Hmm.I just want to say that I. Freaking. LOVE!!!!! Shazam!! Oh my GOD I loved him so much. He's perfect and I want to snuggle him. He's described as looking like a koala bear cat but I just pictured a Pallas's cat. HE IS THE BEST. I actually don't think I've loved a character so much since Buruu from the Lotus War (which is my fave series ever).
Spoiler
When the fire happened I literally yelled "NOOO! No no NO!" and scared the shit out of my husband, who was trying to fall asleep next to me, lmao. I was PANICKING. Full blown upset panic. And then when they came out of the fire with a ripped up stuffed animal I was PISSED!! Wtf, Shazam isn't even real?! It ruined it for me a little. I was steaming for a couple chapters after that, until Dani made Mac promise to go after Shazam if anything happened to her. That he was actually real, and she was so upset over the stuffed animal because she had to leave the real Shazam behind in the mirrors and she couldn't bear to leave him behind again (even the pretend version of him that she had because she missed him). That broke my heart!! I NEED SHAZAM TO BE OKAY.
I'm rating the book and not the author (!)
I kind of wish the series wasn't continued after the 'Original' first five. It's like when.your old favorite band reunite after many years. You know they only did it because of the money and it kind of makes you cringe because they belong to another time, and ti fell embarrassed on their behalf... and on your own because it's just so damn uncool to be watching them. But you still like the old songs and you just can't stop dansing. So I wish the series had ended. I wish I could stop reading the books. And I wish I didn't end up giving this book four stars.
There's so much I didn't like about the last three books and how the series evolved. I wouldn't have thought it possible but I'm even kind of over Barrons by now. Especially I feel that Mac and Barrons relationship is stuck and their characters doesn't evolve. And damn Mac's monologues are tedious! I would rather prefer to know more about Ryodan, Lor and Jada. I still do like Ryodan and Lor :-)
But still I find myself enjoying being back in Dublin and I'm still ending up kind of liking the book, and I feel like I would "cheat" if I gave it less stars. There's just soo much I wish were done differently.
I'm often not critical enough when I read a book. I tend to get involved to much and just "feel" the story and the characters. It's often first after months or years that I can lift myself up over the book and judge it more analytically and critically. So maybe I'll come back one day and give this book another rating.
I kind of wish the series wasn't continued after the 'Original' first five. It's like when.your old favorite band reunite after many years. You know they only did it because of the money and it kind of makes you cringe because they belong to another time, and ti fell embarrassed on their behalf... and on your own because it's just so damn uncool to be watching them. But you still like the old songs and you just can't stop dansing. So I wish the series had ended. I wish I could stop reading the books. And I wish I didn't end up giving this book four stars.
There's so much I didn't like about the last three books and how the series evolved. I wouldn't have thought it possible but I'm even kind of over Barrons by now. Especially I feel that Mac and Barrons relationship is stuck and their characters doesn't evolve. And damn Mac's monologues are tedious! I would rather prefer to know more about Ryodan, Lor and Jada. I still do like Ryodan and Lor :-)
But still I find myself enjoying being back in Dublin and I'm still ending up kind of liking the book, and I feel like I would "cheat" if I gave it less stars. There's just soo much I wish were done differently.
I'm often not critical enough when I read a book. I tend to get involved to much and just "feel" the story and the characters. It's often first after months or years that I can lift myself up over the book and judge it more analytically and critically. So maybe I'll come back one day and give this book another rating.
I just want to first say that I have absolutely loved this series so far and was excited to get my hands on Feverborn.
Having five different narrators was a little confusing and I found myself skimming through quite a lot of this book. I could have gladly not read about Mac, I'm finding her a little annoying and also a little weak at times. Now Barron's I could never get enough of! That man exudes sex and I wish there was more of it in this book ^_^
My favourites - Lor and Dani/Jada. Lor I found hilarious and I wish there was more from his point of view. Jada I didn't like until this book, also wishing there was more to her. In fact the scene with Shazam, totally made my eyes leak! We need to know what she went through Silverside!! I was waiting all the way through and it never came!
I finished the book last night, well I was at about 90% and it just ended, no warning. I was hugely disappointed. The cliffhanger was okay but it didn't lead up towards an ending. I feel like the book wasn't finished, I feel robbed!
All in all, it's still a good book but compared to the others before it, it's not that great. It lacks the excitement, the need to never put down and I feel as though I've missed something important during my skimming. I'm going to give it another read in a couple weeks and see if my mind changes.
Having five different narrators was a little confusing and I found myself skimming through quite a lot of this book. I could have gladly not read about Mac, I'm finding her a little annoying and also a little weak at times. Now Barron's I could never get enough of! That man exudes sex and I wish there was more of it in this book ^_^
My favourites - Lor and Dani/Jada. Lor I found hilarious and I wish there was more from his point of view. Jada I didn't like until this book, also wishing there was more to her. In fact the scene with Shazam, totally made my eyes leak! We need to know what she went through Silverside!! I was waiting all the way through and it never came!
I finished the book last night, well I was at about 90% and it just ended, no warning. I was hugely disappointed. The cliffhanger was okay but it didn't lead up towards an ending. I feel like the book wasn't finished, I feel robbed!
All in all, it's still a good book but compared to the others before it, it's not that great. It lacks the excitement, the need to never put down and I feel as though I've missed something important during my skimming. I'm going to give it another read in a couple weeks and see if my mind changes.
reread- April 10th-2020
Burned and Feverborn are the books that I've had the most complicated feelings for in the Fever Series. Usually, when I reread the series, I skip them. This time I didn't do that. I wanted to read the entire series from beginning to end and see if I had a different perspective on these later books. I thought maybe I judged them too harshly because they weren't exactly like the perfect first six novels.
Burned, I hated even more this time around. But Feverborn was so enjoyable and fun. Barrons was back to being the male lead I know and love, even though his character is very... muted? in the second half of the series. (hoping the last book fixes that a bit, since it'll be solely a Mac and Barrons novel). The plot was great. Even Ryodan was tolerable and much nicer to Mac. The ending was also so incredible. KMM does cliffhangers better than any author I know.
I could connect to Jada a bit better, though she doesn't compare to Mac. It just made me feel so happy to read after how badly Burned disappointed me. But one terrible book out of a ten book series is not bad at all.
Burned and Feverborn are the books that I've had the most complicated feelings for in the Fever Series. Usually, when I reread the series, I skip them. This time I didn't do that. I wanted to read the entire series from beginning to end and see if I had a different perspective on these later books. I thought maybe I judged them too harshly because they weren't exactly like the perfect first six novels.
Burned, I hated even more this time around. But Feverborn was so enjoyable and fun. Barrons was back to being the male lead I know and love, even though his character is very... muted? in the second half of the series. (hoping the last book fixes that a bit, since it'll be solely a Mac and Barrons novel). The plot was great. Even Ryodan was tolerable and much nicer to Mac. The ending was also so incredible. KMM does cliffhangers better than any author I know.
I could connect to Jada a bit better, though she doesn't compare to Mac. It just made me feel so happy to read after how badly Burned disappointed me. But one terrible book out of a ten book series is not bad at all.
It felt like I had just gotten into it, remembered how the story fit together and then it was over. Thinking back, the story did move forward but it wasn't the most comfortable ride. At this point, reading because I want to know what happens.
4 stars - It was great. I loved it.
Finally, this series is starting to get back to the original greatness of the first five. Definitely not a YA series.
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Favorite Quote: Ah, the painful truth: Fate was a cosmic toilet. It was the nature of the universe to flush sluggish things that failed to exercise free will. Stasis was stagnancy. Change was velocity. Fate—a sniper that preferred a motionless target to a dancing one.
First Sentence: I grew up believing in rules, thanks to my parents, Jack and Rainey Lane.
Finally, this series is starting to get back to the original greatness of the first five. Definitely not a YA series.
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Favorite Quote: Ah, the painful truth: Fate was a cosmic toilet. It was the nature of the universe to flush sluggish things that failed to exercise free will. Stasis was stagnancy. Change was velocity. Fate—a sniper that preferred a motionless target to a dancing one.
First Sentence: I grew up believing in rules, thanks to my parents, Jack and Rainey Lane.