Iced (Fever, #6) in Moning Maniacs

Aug 26, 2011 ♡Karlyn P♡ rated it really liked it

Shelves: genre-paranromal

Really enjoyed it, KMM never fails to entertain me. What an imagination! Dani was a riot too, I loved her despite her only being 14 y/o. (It's not a YA book though, she's just a young character very much in an adult world.)

I had some strong issues about Dani's age and the romantic/sexual references made toward her, but the core story was solid good.

Dani at 14: A girl or a woman?

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Something is randomly icing areas around Dublin (and further out), and there doesn't appear to be anyway to trac ...more

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Aug 26, 2011 Jen rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favs, moning, audio

Dani/Ryodan/Christian/Lor/Jo/Kat/Dance

First read Oct 2012

See Sophia and I discuss how feck we felt and what the feck we think at Fiction Vixen Book Reviews

I was afraid I wouldn't like Dani because her voice in the previous books was just short of annoying. I loved her. It didn't take long for her to grow on me.

Love Christian. He made me laugh even if he is bat shit crazy.

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Oct 29, 2012 Jess rated it it was amazing

Review posted: Happily Ever After - Reads

I don’t even know where to start with this one. I went into this book liking Dani, intrigued by Ryodan and curious as to what Karen Marie Moning could do to continue this Fever world that’s so engaging. She ended up blowing me away and I couldn’t put it down. I wasn’t expecting to laugh so much, the world is still so interesting but the big star and heart of Iced is Dani. I went from like to love with this fourteen year old heroine and she is fan-fecking- Review posted: Happily Ever After - Reads

I don’t even know where to start with this one. I went into this book liking Dani, intrigued by Ryodan and curious as to what Karen Marie Moning could do to continue this Fever world that’s so engaging. She ended up blowing me away and I couldn’t put it down. I wasn’t expecting to laugh so much, the world is still so interesting but the big star and heart of Iced is Dani. I went from like to love with this fourteen year old heroine and she is fan-fecking-tastic. (I had to get one feck in here, that’s all, promise!)

Iced picks up right where Mac’s books left off. Dublin is in ruins, the walls are down, meaning Fae are crossing over and it’s every man, woman and child for themselves. But never fear, Dani “Mega” O’Malley is here and she’s fighting the fight for her people and her city. This girl’s attitude is what kept drawing me to her time and time again. She’s living large, living big and finds excitement in every situation. She’s had a rough life, her childhood wasn’t filled with love from her mom, but she doesn’t let it get her down. She’s the Mega and she wants to use her sidhe-seer powers for good. It’s hard not to smile at and with Dani. She’s had to grow up fast, so in many ways, she does act mature and like an adult, but she has her fourteen year old moments, whether it’s with the things she says, her actions, or even having things the people around her say go right over her head. There is something about this girl that’s so incredibly endearing, even though she’s tough as nails and likes a good fight.

He [Ryodan] stabs a button on his desk. “Lor, get in here.”

Lor blows in like he was plastered to the other side of the door.

“Escort the kid to clean the fuck up and get that stench off her.”

“Sure thing, boss.” He scowls at me.

I scowl right back.

Lor points through the glass floor. “See that blonde down there with the big tits? I was about to get laid.”

“One, I’m too young to hear that kind of stuff, and two, I don’t see you carrying a club to knock her over the head with, so how were you going to accomplish that?”

Behind me, Ryodan laughs.

“You’re ruining my night, kid.”

“Ditto. Ain’t life at Chester’s grand.”

Ryodan finds a way to get Dani under his thumb and bound into a contract to work for him. She hates it but she does it when her friend’s life is put on the line. They’re tracking a monster that’s freezing areas around Dublin causing instant death in its wake. Ryodan and Dani investigate the scenes and clues, trying to figure out who is doing this and what their purpose is. It leads to a showdown at the abbey, Dani’s sometimes home, and as Dani would think of it, a fight between good vs. evil.

“What are you doing?”

“Why do you care?” I got belligerence stuck in my craw and I don’t even know why. Sometimes just standing next to Ryodan makes me feel that way.

“Because if there’s no point in what you’re doing, you’re wasting my time.”

“Dude, got eyes? I’m collecting evidence.”…

“In Ziploc bags.”

“I think they’re Glad.”

“They look impartial to me.”

(…)

Collecting my ziplocks makes perfect sense to me.

“It doesn’t make sense. You could examine the detritus thoroughly right here at the scene.”

“Dude, do I ask you to explain yourself?”

“Kid, are you ever not prickly.”

I root around in the rubble, making sure I got some of everything, keeping my back to him because sometimes looking at him is more than I can stand. “Sure. Like, when I’m not around a prick…”

Dani, even being just fourteen, has a few potential men in her life. Nothing inappropriate happens, but in addition to Ryodan forcing his way into her life, there’s Christian, who’s turning into someone he doesn’t want to be and acts plain crazy. And my favorite new addition, Dancer, Dani’s best friend and super smart teen, who lost his family and managed to survive on his own. There’s something more to Dancer that we don’t know yet, maybe a skeleton in his past or maybe something else. I have no doubt Ryodan already knows everything about Dancer and will let us in on any secrets when he’s good and ready. Then there’s Ryodan – the guy is just a beast on page. He’s in charge. He’s not to be defied or ignored. And he gets what he wants, always. Dani knows right off she’s never going to manage to stay within all the rules Ryodan sets out for her and she doesn’t. But like Ryodan’s employee, Lor, says a few times, she’s keeping things interesting and it’s never a dull moment when Dani’s around.

While the story is told primarily from Dani’s point of view, we also get into Christian’s mind a little (creepy place) and Kat, another sidhe-seer like Dani, who is now trying to run the abbey. The supporting characters added a great balance to Dani and I felt like the flow of story was helped so much by having a few of them chime in with their POV’s. It’s not a lot, but enough to get a feel for what else is going on around Dublin that might not directly impact Dani…yet.

As a fan of the Fever series, the best thing I can say about this book is I was more easily drawn into this story than I was the earlier books for Mac. There’s something about Dani that I just loved. Her attitude is so positive, she’s aware of everything going on around her, she tries to constantly learn new things and has that gut feeling that she’s lives off of in every situation. But, she’s still a kid and that balance, having her fighting alongside the badass Ryodan in one scene and then inhaling pop tarts and getting the lyrics to Purple Haze wrong in another, just made her endearing to me – a term that the Mega would hate, but I simply loved getting to know Dani.

The ending gives us a slight cliffhanger, although nothing like the torturous ones KMM is known for but just enough for me to want to wish the next year away so I had book 2 in my hands right now. This was a purely entertaining read, one of my favorites of the year, and a book that I highly recommend. ...more

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Feb 02, 2013 Yz the Whyz rated it it was amazing

Shelves: karen-marie-moning, 2013-reads

I'm a big fan of KMM's Fever books, so I'm excited to read Iced, even though I had some misgivings about its heroine, Dani "Mega" O'Malley. Well, I should have trusted KMM's style. As usual, she has her own unique writing style: fluent, poetic, engrossing.

I'm happy that this book has many POV's, which I enjoyed better than the previous Fever books. Characters from the previous books are back, mainly Ryodan and Christian, and it's nice to listen to their thoughts. Dani is entertaining as a narrat ...more

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Aug 28, 2012 Beth F rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: urban-fantasy, 2015, fae, kindle, 2012, src-winter-2014

I feel like a bad fan girl giving this book three stars but unfortunately it didn’t click for me the way her other books did. It felt like a transitional novel, which makes sense from a world-building standpoint but just failed to grip my attention on almost all levels. *sad face*

These 3 stars are based on the following:
1: Loyalty. The book was written by one of my favorite authors. I buy her books on publication day, inhale them, and shamelessly reread them.

2: Promising new characters. This ...more

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Oct 01, 2012 Sarah rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-in-2012

Not as strong as the fever series, but very promising. Dani starts out as young and naive as Mac did, so I'm curious to see what happens as the series progresses. Large parts of this one felt like introductory filler, so I expect we'll see things take off more in the next one. That said, I still read it in about three days... so it's a page turner! ...more

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Nov 01, 2012 Cherise rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fantasy-paranormal

So fecking good! Wish I had the next book in my hands!

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Sep 25, 2012 Meredith Barrons rated it it was amazing

So many mixed reviews on this one... while I have so many questions, I still loved it! KMM has a way of making you doubt everything and as with the fever books there are so many different paths the story can take. I actually did like Dani which I wasn't sure of. She could be cocky and annoying at times but she is 14! I am not sure what to make of Ryoden and I can't say to much without giving away spoilers... I feel so bad for Christian. He is so fecking crazy and I adored him in the fever books. ...more

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Jan 01, 2012 Alysse rated it it was amazing

This is how books about the Fae are supposed to be written. KMM does it again! fabulous read. So funny throughout and the batman references were hysterical. Dani is wise beyond her years, yet so naive at times, which was appropriate for a 14 year old. The other 2 males Christian and Ryodan are a little creepy but it works well. And i love the new character Dancer. Cant wait to see what special ability/power he has in the next book. awesome cliffhanger and i really do love Dani. She is a heroine ...more

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