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Darkfever (Fever, #1)

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MacKayla Lane’s life is good. She has great friends, a decent job, and a car that breaks down only every other week or so. In other words, she’s your perfectly ordinary twenty-first-century woman. Or so she thinks…until something extraordinaryMoreMacKayla Lane’s life is good. She has great friends, a decent job, and a car that breaks down only every other week or so. In other words, she’s your perfectly ordinary twenty-first-century woman. 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….

As Mac delves deeper into the mystery of her sister’s death, her every move is shadowed by the dark, mysterious Jericho, a man with no past and only mockery for a future. As she begins to close in on the truth, the ruthless Vlane–an alpha Fae who makes sex an addiction for human women–closes in on her. And as the boundary between worlds begins to crumble, Mac’s true mission becomes clear: find the elusive Sinsar Dubh before someone else claims the all-powerful Dark Book–because whoever gets to it first holds nothing less than complete control of the very fabric of both worlds in their hands…. Less

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The Holy Terror

rated it 2 of 5 stars
10 months ago

Shelves: owned , color-red , fairies , vampires , urban-fantasy , dumb-female-characters , hated-this-book , hate-this-series , forgot-to-drink-the-kool-aid , 2010
The only thing saving this from a 1 star rating was the world-building. Moning has created a fascinating new world for her characters to play in. Unfortunately it's those characters that really brought down this novel for me.

MacKayla Lane's life is turned upside down the... Read full review
Emily May

rated it 5 of 5 stars
11 months ago

Shelves: paranormal-uf , 2011





I finished this book with two clear ambitions in mind:

1. I wanted to jump on the next flight to Dublin.
2. I wanted to sandwich myself between Jericho Barrons & V'lane (preferably naked).

Let's just say that this is one of the most addictive stories I've read in a long... Read full review
Navessa

rated it 5 of 5 stars
3 months ago

Shelves: favorites , pr , paranormal-alternate-realities , the-sky-is-falling , fae , jericho-mothafuckin-barrons , badass-mc , want-to-hump-male-leads-leg
*SPOILER FREE FOR ALL YOU FEVER NOOBS*

…all two of you…

It’s no secret that Fever is my favorite series of all time. This is my third re-read of it and the entire reason I first decided to give these books another go was to force myself to attempt to properly review them an... Read full review
Tatiana

rated it 5 of 5 stars
11 months ago
Recommends it for: urban fantasy fans
Recommended to Tatiana by: Kat Kennedy

Shelves: 2010 , urban-fantasy , 2011 , favorites , 2012
Updated 1/23/2011
If you haven't been coerced/begged by me into reading this series yet, IDK where you were last month (maybe away from Goodreads?). If you still don't know that these books are awesome and totally worth your time, this is my last attempted to lure you into... Read full review
Danielle The Book Huntress (Angels Weep For Goodreads)

rated it 5 of 5 stars
10 months ago
Recommends it for: Fans of faerie fiction
Recommended to Danielle The Book Huntress (Angels Weep For Goodreads) by: Most of my GRs friends!

Shelves: urban-fantasy , faerie , part-of-a-series , favorite-or-autobuy-author , favorites , kickbutt-heroine , fashionista , scary-sexy-cool-dangerous-hero , hero-to-die-for , very-dark-read , set-in-ireland , antihero , heroine-i-adore , owned-copy
Darkfever took me on a very dark ride, but I enjoyed myself immensely. Ms. Moning delivers with her concept of the Fae, and with this story of the inception of a young woman's crusade to find out who murdered her sister and why. Along with Mac, I was thrown to the wolves,... Read full review
Khanh (Clowns, Nightmares, and Bunnies)

rated it 4 of 5 stars
10 months ago

Shelves: action , apocalypse , fairies , fantasy , adult , urban-fantasy , uk , siblings , alpha-male , b-word-heroine , jericho-fucking-barrons , magic , quest , tstl , why-do-i-hate-myself
Buddy read with a TON of friends.

This is how it feels right now: everyone is on Team Jericho:

And then we have me:

Pic courtesy of Cory. Thanks, Cory. You shouldn't have. No, really, you shouldn't have.

This fucking book.

I don't even know how to go about describing my love... Read full review

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Book Details

Hardcover, 309 pages
Published October 31st 2006 by Delacorte Press (first published October 1st 2006
ISBN
0385339151 (ISBN13: 9780385339155)
Edition Language
English
Original Title
Darkfever
Characters
MacKayla Lane, Rowena, Jericho Barrons, V'lane, Lord Master More…MacKayla Lane, Rowena, Jericho Barrons, V'lane, Lord Master, Malluce Less

About this Author

48206 Karen Marie Moning (rhymes with 'awning') is a # 1 New York Times bestselling author of 15 novels, including the RITA award-winning Highlander novels and the internationally bestselling urban fantasy "Fever" series. Her books have been published in nearly 40 languages, and her events draw fans from all over the world.

Moning graduated from Purdue University with a Bachelor's degree in Society...
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I love books, by the way, way more than movies. Movies tell you what to think. A good book lets you choose a few thoughts for yourself. Movies show you the pink house. A good book tells you there's a pink house and lets you paint some of the finishing touches, maybe choose the roof style,park your own car out front. My imagination has always topped anything a movie could come up with. Case in point, those darned Harry Potter movies. That was so not what that part-Veela-chick, Fleur Delacour, looked like.
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I love books, by the way, way more than movies. Movies tell you what to think. A good book lets you choose a few thoughts for yourself.
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Last night you said you wanted to know what to expect so you could better select your attire. I told you we were going to visit a vampire in a Goth-den tonight. Why, then, Ms. Lane, do you look like a perky rainbow?
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