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High Voltage
by Karen Marie Moning
2.75 stars?
O boy...so this isn't what I was expecting coming straight from [b:Feversong|12446825|Feversong (Fever, #9)|Karen Marie Moning|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1458832646s/12446825.jpg|17429860]. The last book had so much action, quick pacing to the story, and amusing character interactions. Unfortunately, none of that carried over to this book. [b:High Voltage|35457273|High Voltage (Fever, #10)|Karen Marie Moning|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1503486372s/35457273.jpg|41217240] had a horrendously slow & meandering plot and the characters were mostly frustrating.
The story was mainly Dani's inner dialogue/self-contemplating, very much like how Mac was written in the other books. There was a villain that was barely fleshed out and thenvanquished within a tiny chapter. It didn't feel dangerous to me, just run of the mill "villain of the week" type of thing. I didn't feel any suspense because I assumed it would all work out in the end.
Oh yeah, and there's also a convoluted love story between Dani & Ryo. I had a lot of trouble buying into their romance, the character didn't seem consistent with how they were in previous books (Dani turned into Mac and Ryo softened to an unrecognizable degree). The romance was lack-luster at best, even the eventual love scene between them wasn't worth the build up in my opinion. I would've preferred Dani be paired with Dancer, as he would've given her a healthier relationship overall. Healthy relationships don't tend to sell books though, so I get why KMM pulled the cord on Dancer.
I had to take major points off due to how bored I was while reading as well. This was the first time in the entire series that I actively had to skim read. I think I'm finally throwing in the towel with KMM. Those constant inner monologues killed my interest time and time again. I just can't seem to make myself care about the things that KMM wants the reader to care about.
That ending felt random as hell. So Dani is a Hunter/dragon...and will turn into a planet eventually...and Shazam is also a Hunter/dragon, but switches genders between forms, & is somehow simultaneously Dani's "child" and "mother", & was the one who kick-started Dani & Ryo's destiny 3 thousand years ago....umm...okay....sure.... I don't know man. The weird twist felt like a desperate grab to catch people off guard because everything else was so predictable. I don't have anything against odd twists, but they need to match the story that preceded that twist. What KMM did here felt extremely disjointed from the serious tone that rest of the series possessed. This book ended in a very cartoony manner, which would've been fine if the rest of the books had that tone, but they weren't like that at all. It felt like it was trying too hard to be something it wasn't.
Also, there are so many plot holes/unfinished story/character arcs from the previous books that I've lost interest/count of how many things were left with loose ends. I know there will be more books, but I feel like this series has a hard time delivering on genuinely satisfying conclusions. Every time we get a partial answer to something, it opens up a never-ending list of questions that feel like they never get resolved.
[b:High Voltage|35457273|High Voltage (Fever, #10)|Karen Marie Moning|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1503486372s/35457273.jpg|41217240] was just "meh" in my opinion. Glad other people liked it, but damn it just really didn't work for me.
O boy...so this isn't what I was expecting coming straight from [b:Feversong|12446825|Feversong (Fever, #9)|Karen Marie Moning|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1458832646s/12446825.jpg|17429860]. The last book had so much action, quick pacing to the story, and amusing character interactions. Unfortunately, none of that carried over to this book. [b:High Voltage|35457273|High Voltage (Fever, #10)|Karen Marie Moning|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1503486372s/35457273.jpg|41217240] had a horrendously slow & meandering plot and the characters were mostly frustrating.
The story was mainly Dani's inner dialogue/self-contemplating, very much like how Mac was written in the other books. There was a villain that was barely fleshed out and then
Oh yeah, and there's also a convoluted love story between Dani & Ryo. I had a lot of trouble buying into their romance, the character didn't seem consistent with how they were in previous books (Dani turned into Mac and Ryo softened to an unrecognizable degree). The romance was lack-luster at best, even the eventual love scene between them wasn't worth the build up in my opinion. I would've preferred Dani be paired with Dancer, as he would've given her a healthier relationship overall. Healthy relationships don't tend to sell books though, so I get why KMM pulled the cord on Dancer.
I had to take major points off due to how bored I was while reading as well. This was the first time in the entire series that I actively had to skim read. I think I'm finally throwing in the towel with KMM. Those constant inner monologues killed my interest time and time again. I just can't seem to make myself care about the things that KMM wants the reader to care about.
That ending felt random as hell.
Also, there are so many plot holes/unfinished story/character arcs from the previous books that I've lost interest/count of how many things were left with loose ends. I know there will be more books, but I feel like this series has a hard time delivering on genuinely satisfying conclusions. Every time we get a partial answer to something, it opens up a never-ending list of questions that feel like they never get resolved.
[b:High Voltage|35457273|High Voltage (Fever, #10)|Karen Marie Moning|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1503486372s/35457273.jpg|41217240] was just "meh" in my opinion. Glad other people liked it, but damn it just really didn't work for me.