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Darkfever
by Karen Marie Moning
It was a major disappointment, mainly due to the main characters. The world building was cool and original, but everything else... shivers, and not of the good kind.
Mac was the most annoying character I've ever read about. Sure, she changes, minimally, during the story, but c'mon, she's not Barbie, she's the Queen of all Barbies. Her shallowness sickened me and made it hard to go through all her thoughs and inner states.
That's one of the biggest issues I with this book: the constant inner monologue. The endless series of questions and unnecessary "maybes" or "what ifs". Exhausting. It gave me an headache. Also because dialogues were few and far bewteen. Lots of things happens but I always got this sensation as if nothing was really happening. I wanted to scream "Show me! Don't tell me!" And then there were all those flash-forward-ish comments. Like, every few pages, we read things like: "Later I would understand how lucky I was not to be dead". This doesn't give us any answers. I seriously don't even care. Or: "One day I would learn to... (fill with whatever crazy Fae thing you please)
Barrons was hot and myserious. Different, but I couldn't bring myself to like him, like him. The way he treated Mac got on my nerves. Still, he was too absent. We always have to listen to Mac's annoying thoughs, but hardly ever we get a clear conversation with Barrons. I know this is supposeed to be part of his charm, but he is the only interesting character and I would have appreciated to see more of him.
Anyway, Mac is the main reason for this catastrophe. The ideas in this book are good and refreshing. Dublin is a good setting and the descriptions are detailed and quaint. But it's all marginal if the MC is a spoiled southern belle whose biggest concern remains her chipped nails.
Most of the time I just wanted to put her and Cat Crawfield in a room together with a cardboard around Mac's neck reading "I kill Kittens".
Or maybe giving her a round with Mara Dyer. Seriously, I'm desperate to see this girl in serious pain.
I've avoided Fae's books like the bubonic plague for years, but I decided to give this one a shot since everyone seems to believe it's the new paranormal Bible or something. After reading it, I'm not so sure Fae is my thing.