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Fever Moon: The Fear Dorcha by Karen Marie Moning

kendall_scheffel's review against another edition

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3.0

Graphic novels just aren't my thing. I have a much harder time getting into the story, probably because I rush to read the words, then skip the pictures entirely.

works4books's review against another edition

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1.0

I love the Fever series but this book I just couldn’t get into. I was disappointed because I love this series and was so wanting to love it like the rest of her series.

ltsakmann's review against another edition

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4.0

Ok I didn't mean to finish this in one sitting but I did. I am that addicted to Mac, Barrons and the whole crew. The story itself was good it picked up in the middle of " Shadowfever" and has to do with the Fear Dorcha which is the creepy thing that sits at Ryodan's place Chester's. The only thing that bothered me about this book was the illustrations. Why do all the female heroines in grpahic novels look similar?

bergamotandbooks's review against another edition

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5.0

Read this in one sitting. Was a delicious taste of the Fever World and made me very much want to go back and re-read the series!

queencleo's review against another edition

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1.0

Just, no.

The illustrations were simultaneously beautiful (backdrops, landscape styling) and AWFUL (characters did not fit their descriptions). Plot wasn't enough to carry it across the line

bookfever's review against another edition

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4.0

Oh, where to begin, where to begin... 

It's no secret that I am a huge fan of Karen Marie Moning and the Fever series. I fell in love with the books last fall when I was reading them, book after book. When they announced that there was going to be a graphic novel I was like... 




More Barrons?!





Hell yeah!!!





If you haven't read the Fever series I wouldn't recommend reading this graphic novel before you have read the books because it wouldn't make any sense to you. Fever Moon is a whole new story starring Mac and Barrons and not just the first book done over. The story I liked but it wasn't mind blowing or anything like I felt during reading the series. But the amazing art makes up for it. 



Fever Moon takes place somewhere in Shadowfever. An unseelie fae is making lots of victims, leaving them in coma sand stealing their faces. When Dani is one of the victims Mac knows she has to find it. Like... "It's personal now, bitch." Not that she said that but that was the feeling I had. lol. 


Like I said before with the story I didn't have a wow kinda feeling but you have to remember that it's a graphic novel and not a full book. The art was definitely on a higher level.


Pretty much all the characters from the Fever series were in it at some point. Dani, Rowena, Inspector Jayne, the other sidhe-seers, the fae. Even the Dreamy Eyed Guy. 




And of course Mac and Barrons.


I mostly loved the way the characters were done. Dani with her red hair and freckles was pretty much how I pictured her. Rowena I sort of pictured differently for some reason. I'm not sure if I'm the only one thinking that. The fae, seelie and unseelie were very nicely done. The seelie princes were all godlike and half naked, just like I imagine them. Unfortunately there wasn't much V'lane in it, who's a favorite character of mine. Instead there was a lot of that Velvet guy. Only 1 or 2 pictures I think. The unseelie ones were spot on, monstrously. Now about Barrons. At first I had to get really used about how he looked because really I wouldn't be able to imagine him. In my mind he changes everytime but now I like how he looks like. A lot. And about Mac. I like her look. It's sort of how I pictured her. Only her boobs look bigger than her head but I figure it's a thing with graphic novels so I'm letting that one slide.


The overal art just blew my mind. It's amazing! I wish I could draw like that. *sigh*





So even though I didn't like the story all that much the art and especially readng abou Mac and Barrons again definitely made up for it.

entirelybonkerz's review against another edition

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4.0

I don’t regret buying this book! It was a little expensive but since this is such an old series you don’t get to see many fan arts around. This was like getting a ton of fan art all at once and I’m here for it! It was incredible! After finishing the first five books getting to see a fan art of Dani, Barrons and Mac and specially to see what the monsters looked like was a real treat. I love animations and graphic novels and this artist did such a great job. It looks so classic. I loved it!!
The story is very short but amusing if you have read the whole series and if you already know everything behind it (there are tons of spoilers so don’t pick this up before you finish the first five books) It is like a very cool Easter egg that was published for the hard core fever fans. I would love to get my hands on a physical copy even though they are a little rare to find!
Also getting to read Karen’s insights on how she came up with the whole series and her own thoughts about her characters made this Graphic Novel even more special (there is a little interview with her at the end). I am excited I basically got to see all of this fan art of the world I spent so much time loving and imagining it and living in.

lcgerstmann's review against another edition

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4.0

3.5 stars

Here's what I loved:
-Barrons!!!!!!!!
- it's a new story, not a graphic novel version of a previously written novel, like a lot of the graphic novels coming out
-the art is awesome, comic book style, and very well done

Here's what I kinda didn't like:
-I thought the story would take place post Shadowfever but instead it takes place somewhere in the beginning/middle of the Shadowfever book
-some of the characters looked so different from how I imagined them, it was weird for me
-it probably wouldn't make much sense to someone unfamiliar with the story

The good however, WAY outweighed the bad.

I hope there are more in the future (hint hint KMM...post-Shadowfever...wink wink)!

kimberly_b's review against another edition

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4.0

This was a fun glimpse into KMM's imagination. There is an original story in The Fear Dorcha that fits in nicely with the series, and enough background information is given to either jog your memory or fill you in so you're up to date with what's happening. I was a little disappointed with Barron's non-beast face; he wasn't as hot as I was expecting.

madwonder's review against another edition

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4.0

Huge fan if the series and it was awesome to see the characters come alive. I just wish there was more.