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3.59 AVERAGE
3.59 AVERAGE
Not as impressed with this book. I will say that the title is incredibly accurate since Rhine spends most of this book in a fevered delirium. Seriously though, enough with the dreams! I don't think I mentioned this before in a review, but I really do not enjoy reading characters' dreams, especially if it happens often. They just scream false and it annoys me. Maybe it's just me, but my dreams are never as prophetic or true to life as they seem to be in books. Another pet peeve: noticeably repeating words. I am really wondering if there is some competition between YA authors to see who can use the word "wince" the most in one book. Destefano really overuses "cant" too. I liked it the first time she used it (in the first book!), but after about the fifth time it grew old. You can say "tilt", it's okay!
Also, I'd like some believable science, please. Anyway, I'm going to read the last book to see how this wraps up.
Also, I'd like some believable science, please. Anyway, I'm going to read the last book to see how this wraps up.
better than the last, but I still find Rhine to be obnoxious and nearly impossible to relate to.
Completely lost interest.... I made myself finish the book by skimming nearly the last half. I will not be reading book 3. Even the moments that were supposed to be sparks, gave me nothing...
Not great. I kind of want to keep reading the series to see where the story goes, but it's also not super interesting, so I'm not sure if I will. It just seems so slow, like nothing is happening. And I don't care very much about the characters, which is odd because it seems like it should be a character driven story.
Boooooriiiiiiiiing. I'm sorry but I felt like nothing happened in this book. Plus the whole "keep her a virgin" ploy annoyed me to no end. She and Gabriel didn't really have chemistry so why did she run away with him? Freedom? Um. No. If I were dying I wouldn't dive into a dangerous situation that would kill me faster before my expiration date. Ugh. She should have just stayed with Linden and manipulated him to get information about her brother.
The only book/series I’m adding a rating to from my retroactive additions to StoryGraph because this is the only book/series I’ve ever actively despised. The premise is demeaning, the fictional science is absurd, and the character choices were infuriating.
2.5 stars to 3 stars. Part 2 books are so hard to love while the author and protagonist try to figure her core principles/strengths (i.e. what makes the protagonist tick). Some interesting dilemmas and various cage metaphors but the escapes seemed too magical ex machina to me. All of a sudden rescues and not real character growth.
I didn’t like the start of this book, but I think it ended on an interesting note. Anxiously looking forward to the next in the series.
After reading Wither a few months, I finally finished Fever. I liked Fever, but really, I have no idea why I liked it.
I think I'm going to start off with what I didn't like about Fever.
For one thing (and mostly importantly), Fever felt like filler. It felt really slow, and I felt like not much happened. I also feel like we didn't learn much about this world. We'll get to that later.
Two, I don't care about Linden and Rhine, and I didn't care about Gabriel and Rhine. The romance (both of them) don't work for me at all, even though people are getting married to have kids so that people can find an antidote to the young dying so young. I wished I cared about the romance, and yet, I can't care.
Three, why on earth would Rhine go in a car with Vaughn? This makes no sense to me, especially given where she ends up.
And four: Rowan. All of that trouble to find him, and yet, well, #3.
Wait, five: I didn't care about any of the characters, even the ones I felt like we were supposed to like. They were just...there.
And yet, I still find this world interesting. The carnival? It was bizarre, and yet it makes sense for this horrible world. I can totally see places like that popping up all over the place.
And why on earth does Rhine seem to be the key to everything? Remember reason #1 for why I didn't like Fever, and how we'd get to world-building? This is that time.
I know she's the heroine, and that Vaughn is looking for an antidote, and so Rhine is going to be the key to figuring everything out, but I just really want to know what makes her so important! I felt like so much more could have been done with her in this book. But I do find myself wanting to read the last book, just to see what happens.
And I do like the feel of the book. There's something very odd yet really realistic about this book that works really well.
Oh, the cover! It fits the book perfectly, and it does make a lot of sense once you read the book. I don't particularly like it, and the first thing I thought was the girl on the cover looks like she's been drugged. Again, it totally makes sense given what happens in the book but still.
Let's Rate It: It's weird, because I liked this book, but find myself unable to pinpoint WHY I liked the book, so I'm going to go with the vague and not helpful, I just liked it. Fever gets 3 stars.
I think I'm going to start off with what I didn't like about Fever.
For one thing (and mostly importantly), Fever felt like filler. It felt really slow, and I felt like not much happened. I also feel like we didn't learn much about this world. We'll get to that later.
Two, I don't care about Linden and Rhine, and I didn't care about Gabriel and Rhine. The romance (both of them) don't work for me at all, even though people are getting married to have kids so that people can find an antidote to the young dying so young. I wished I cared about the romance, and yet, I can't care.
Three, why on earth would Rhine go in a car with Vaughn? This makes no sense to me, especially given where she ends up.
And four: Rowan. All of that trouble to find him, and yet, well, #3.
Wait, five: I didn't care about any of the characters, even the ones I felt like we were supposed to like. They were just...there.
And yet, I still find this world interesting. The carnival? It was bizarre, and yet it makes sense for this horrible world. I can totally see places like that popping up all over the place.
And why on earth does Rhine seem to be the key to everything? Remember reason #1 for why I didn't like Fever, and how we'd get to world-building? This is that time.
I know she's the heroine, and that Vaughn is looking for an antidote, and so Rhine is going to be the key to figuring everything out, but I just really want to know what makes her so important! I felt like so much more could have been done with her in this book. But I do find myself wanting to read the last book, just to see what happens.
And I do like the feel of the book. There's something very odd yet really realistic about this book that works really well.
Oh, the cover! It fits the book perfectly, and it does make a lot of sense once you read the book. I don't particularly like it, and the first thing I thought was the girl on the cover looks like she's been drugged. Again, it totally makes sense given what happens in the book but still.
Let's Rate It: It's weird, because I liked this book, but find myself unable to pinpoint WHY I liked the book, so I'm going to go with the vague and not helpful, I just liked it. Fever gets 3 stars.
I have nothing to say except that I am dying of emotional heartache right now and I'm afraid the third book won't fix it.