Or so she thinks... until something extraordinary happens.
When her sister is murdered, leaving a single clue to her death–a cryptic message on Mac’s cell phone–Mac journeys to Ireland in search of answers. The quest to find her sister’s killer draws her into a shadowy realm where nothing is as it seems, where good and evil wear the same treacherously seductive mask. She is soon faced with an even greater challenge: staying alive long enough to learn how to handle a power she had no idea she possessed–a gift that allows her to see beyond the world of man, into the dangerous realm of the Fae...
When I picked up Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning I was not sure what I was expecting, but I think I got something else. I do not mean that in a bad way at all so please don’t take me wrong. I had seen a few of the Fever Series books at Costco and was intrigued. I hunted down Darkfever (since Coscto did not have Book #1) and started reading. I think I was under the impression it was your typical YA fantasy goodie…well it’s not. It was definitely a little more…er…*blush*…mature.
Miss K.M. opens Darkfever with a huge bomb that rocks the
world, and planet for that matter, for our main chick MacKayla (Mac). Her older
sister, and BFF, is brutally killed while studying abroad in Ireland. After
some mourning Mac get’s it in her head to go to the Emerald Isle to bring
justice to her sister, Alina. The local investigation was cut off way too quick
for Mac’s satisfaction and she wants to avenger her beloved sister by finding
her killer and bringing him down in the most satisfying way possible.
This would have been a great plan, but when do things ever
work out like you plan? Same deal for little Barbie-doll Mac. She quickly finds
herself plunged to her pink lacy bra in a world that is upside-down and inside
out from the norm of Southern USA. The world of Fae is quite real and quite
deadly, Mac has firsthand experience in this now. Mac's pretty world of sparkly
nail polish and lip gloss in suddenly consumed with the hideous Grey Man, the
many-mouth-thing, shades that thankfully stick to the darkest shadows, the
beautifully deadly V’lane (death-by-sex Fae), and guess what….she is one of the
rare few who can see them all! That’s’ right, Mac finds out she is from a long
line of folk who are impervious to the glamour’s set by the Fae.
Mac ends up joining
forces with the darkly mysterious Jericho Barrons, but she is not sure she can
trust him with anything other than maybe helping her to stay alive. He wants
the Sinsar Dubh (aka evil dark magic
book everyone and their mama is willing to kill for) more than he wants Mac
around, but as she is the only one who can sense the tome, he keeps her around.
On the side Barrons even starts to teach Ms.
Lane how to possibly protect herself from the darker Fae.
I thought this book was really great! It was fairly well
paced and I was quickly lost in the world of Fae Miss K.M. spilled out for me.
The darker elements of the Faery world have always fascinated me so I found the
world of Darkfever easy to escape into.
Mac is your typical pampered little princess type, which
actually kinda pissed me off to be honest. Through most of the book she was a
permanent resident of Denial Way and it began to get old. Toward the end she
started coming around and grew some figurative juevos. I am really interested to see how she evolves in future
books.
Jericho Barrons is hiding something…okay so he is hiding a
LOT. I am dying to find out what. He is dark, mysterious, and really bad-ass.
Three of my favorite ingredients for a hot guy by the way. There is more to him
than what Miss K.M. has let on so far and will keep me reading.
The overall content was not too adult, but there were a few
scenes with the aforementioned “death-by-sex” Fae, V’lane, that took me off
guard. Made me blush fuchsia to my hairline it did! Anyway, you will just have
to read to find out what I mean…*wink*.
Did Darkfever rock my world? A really good tremble with
hopes of “the big one”…7.5 on Richter scale.
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