Darkfever (Fever, #1) in Pick-a-Shelf

Apr 01, 2011 D.G. rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobook, reviewed, urban-fantasy

Of all the fantasy creatures, the fae interest me the least. The fact that I was able to really enjoy this story moved this book from 3 stars to 4, even though it had a slow beginning and Mac bored the hell out of me with all the description of clothes.

I really liked the Dublin setting - I was thinking that if I ever visit the City, I'll be scared out of my mind of dark corners - and the gradual unraveling of the fae world. I also liked Mac - under her Barbie exterior, she has a logical brain an ...more

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Nov 05, 2015 Christa rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: ebooks-all-vendors

Reread.

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Feb 16, 2010 Lauren⁷ 💜 rated it liked it

Shelves: fantasy-science-fiction, fantasy-sci-fi-romance-romantasy, romance, library-has-a-copy

This is a definite stick-with-it series. I like this book well enough, but wasn't overly wowed by it, however the plot itself and world-building where interesting enough that I wanted to read the other 3 Fever books and boy am I glad I did. But I digress. This is book one and we meet Mackayla "Mac" Lane who is an early 20's pretty blonde from the south who turns out to a very powerful fairy seer. She comes to Ireland to find out who murdered her sister who was also a fairy seer. To be quite fran This is a definite stick-with-it series. I like this book well enough, but wasn't overly wowed by it, however the plot itself and world-building where interesting enough that I wanted to read the other 3 Fever books and boy am I glad I did. But I digress. This is book one and we meet Mackayla "Mac" Lane who is an early 20's pretty blonde from the south who turns out to a very powerful fairy seer. She comes to Ireland to find out who murdered her sister who was also a fairy seer. To be quite frank I couldn't stand Mac in this book, she came across as wimpy, whiny and annoying and I wanted to slap her more than once. And she also gives girls who love pink (like me) a bad name in this book. She makes us all look like a bunch of whiny wimps. You can love pink and have backbone and be brave. Anyway, she gets to Ireland and ends up working in a bookstore called Barrons Books and Baubles owned by a guy named Jericho Barrons. Barrons is in a word, an enigma. He can see the fairies, in spite of the fact that there are not supposed to be male fairy seers and he is also incredibly wealthy and there's no mention of how he got so wealthy either, he seems to be a businessman of some kind. He's also very intelligent. And did I mention seriously hot? He has an accent and has dark skin and is muscular and, I'm digressing again. Barrons was a far more interesting character than Mac, like I said he's an enigma and frankly nearly everything about the man is a big fat question mark. So on the whole for the characters, they weren't my favorite part of this book, but at least on the whole they're pretty interesting. The plot on the other hand is very interesting and was definitly enough to hook me, I enjoyed the world building and Moning's mythology quite a bit. If you didn't like this book, I would advise reading book 2 before you give up on this series entirely. It gets quite a bit better and things really start to pick up and get interesting and Mac does a complete 180 from how she is in this book, she is no longer wimpy, whiny or annoying. But don't skip reading this book, in order to understand and enjoy the rest of the series and to be able to put things in context, book 1 needs to be read. In conclusion, this is a good start to what emerges to be one of the best urban fantasy series on the market today and although it's not perfect and the later books are better, this is worth reading. ...more

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Jun 02, 2012 Carrie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: urban-fantasy, own, part-of-a-series, karen-marie-moning, rrrc, fae, ireland, 1st-in-a-series, fever-series, you-want-me-to-read-what

I will admit was a little wary going into it, I had read

Beyond the Highland Mist (Highlander, #1) by Karen Marie Moning

a few years ago and I wasn't a huge fan of it so I didn't know what I was going to be getting with this one.

I was very impressed. Such a great improvement from the other book by her I had read. Really looking forward to reading the second book in this series. I enjoyed it that much I'll probably give her Highlander series another go.

I can't wait to find out more about Jericho Barons. ...more

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Aug 30, 2018 Becky rated it it was ok

Shelves: urban-paranormal

I just can’t connect with this girl.

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Jan 14, 2017 Nicole rated it it was ok

Shelves: 2017, urban-fantasy

This could have been an interesting urban fantasy if it lost about 50 of the nail polish references. The whiny narrator's constant focus on lipstick, nail polish and clothes made this almost unreadable. ...more

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