FAEFEVER
Fever Series #3
Author: Karen Marie Moning
Source: Library

Hardcover: 352 pages
Publisher: Delacorte Press; 1St Edition edition (September 16, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0385341636
ISBN-13: 978-0385341639

SUMMARY:

He calls me his Queen of the Night. I’d die for him. I’d kill for him, too. 

 When MacKayla Lane receives a torn page from her dead sister’s journal, she is stunned by Alina’s desperate words. And now MacKayla knows that her sister’s killer is close. But evil is closer. And suddenly the sidhe-seer is on the hunt: For answers. For revenge. And for an ancient book of dark magic so evil, it corrupts anyone who touches it.

As All Hallows’ Eve approaches and the city descends into chaos, as a shocking truth about the Dark Book is uncovered, not even Mac can prevent a deadly race of immortals from shattering the walls between worlds—with devastating consequences.…

MY THOUGHTS:

Just when I thought I was warming up to Barrons being a better whatever he is, the author throws me for another loop and has me pulled in another direction!  Barrons was starting to grow on me.  Yes he is still a jackass, but I have learned that he has his reasons that he refuses to share.  This book though, he pushed me to my limits.  I was outraged with the way he was treating Mac.  I can’t believe he got so pissed off by a small gesture of birthday cake!  Here we have Mac that is thrown into this war of Fae, and that man–and I use the word man skeptically–won’t give her an inch of nice.

page 140:
“It’s not like you don’t keep secrets from me!” I finally shouted against his ear.
“I don’t keep ones from you that involve the fucking Book,” he snarled over his shoulder.  ” That’s our deal, isn’t it?  If nothing else, we’re honest with each other about the Book.”
“I don’t trust you!”
“And you think I trust you?  You haven’t been out of fucking diapers long enough to be trusted, Ms. Lane! I’m not even sure you should be allowed to handle sharp objects!”

Then we have V’lane who has been trying hard to forge some type of trust with Mac.  He may have ulterior motives, but so far he is the only one who is trying to give her any type of information that she could use.  Rowena, the supposed Grand Mistress of the Sidhe-seers, is nothing but a nasty and mean lady that I wish would fall on that Fae Sword of hers.  


There were points in the book where I got so frustrated because Mac will not choose an ally.  I understand that there are many players in the game, but come on!! Pick one and stand by your decision.  I am still holding out hope that Barrons will be her proverbial Knight In Shining Armor that she needs.  


The ending of this book left me with my jaw dropped and thinking that Mac can’t take much more.  The author is taking me on a wild ride and it is one that has not slowed down much at all.  I will say that this book in the series so far is my least favorite.  It could be because I am expecting certain things and the author is refusing to give it to me.  The authors seem to like pushing their readers to the breaking point just as much as they push their characters.  I will hold out hope that there will be some light at the end of the tunnel though.  The author states at the end of the book that it is about light and that this story is not about darkness.  So far all I have read is darkness and I am feverishly waiting for that light! 


MY RATING:

BLOODFEVER
Fever Series #2
Author: Karen Marie Moning
Source: Purchased

Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages
Publisher: Dell; Reprint edition (August 26, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0440240999
ISBN-13: 978-0440240990

SUMMARY:


I used to think my sister and I were just two nice southern girls who’d get married in a few years and settle down to a quiet life. Then I discovered that Alina and I descend, not from good wholesome southern stock, but from an ancient Celtic bloodline of powerful sidhe-seers, people who can see the Fae. Not only can I see the terrifying otherworldly race, but I can sense the sacred Fae relics that hold the deadliest of their magic. 

When my sister was found dead in a trash-filled alley in Dublin, I came over to get answers. Now all I want is revenge. And after everything I’ve learned about myself, I know I have the power to get it…. 

MacKayla Lane’s ordinary life underwent a complete makeover when she landed on Ireland’s shores and was plunged into a world of deadly sorcery and ancient secrets. 

In her fight to stay alive, Mac must find the Sinsar Dubh-a million-year-old book of the blackest magic imaginable, which holds the key to power over both the worlds of the Fae and of Man. Pursued by Fae assassins, surrounded by mysterious figures she knows she cannot trust, Mac finds herself torn between two deadly and irresistible men: V’lane, the insatiable Fae who can turn sensual arousal into an obsession for any woman, and the ever-inscrutable Jericho Barrons, a man as alluring as he is mysterious. 

For centuries the shadowy realm of the Fae has coexisted with that of humans. Now the walls between the two are coming down, and Mac is the only thing that stands between them….

MY THOUGHTS:

Yes, I caught the Fever! I read the first in the series quickly, and book two was devoured even quicker!  In Bloodfever, the search for the Sinsar Dubh is still going strong.  There is so much going on in these books that I had to take my time with this one and try to absorb it all.

Barrons is still on my radar as a sexy something, V’lane is still as sexual as he was in the first book, Mac is still trying to figure it all out, and the author keeps throwing more surprises and tension at you with this one!  Can I just say that my heart almost broke in the cave after Malluce pummeled Mac! I wept for her and then Barrons came along and squeezed my heart even more. *sigh* Tender moments for Barrons is too far and too few, but when he does have one it makes me melt along with Mac. 

page 95:
MAC:I wiped my mouth with the back of my hand at the memory. “It was like being owned.”
BARRONS: “Some women like that.”
MAC: “Not me.”
BARRONS: “Perhaps it depends on the man doing the owning.”
MAC: “I doubt it.  I couldn’t breathe with him kissing me.”
BARRONS: “One day you may kiss a man you can’t breathe without, and find breath is of little consequence.”

The hunt is still on for the book and I keep picking up on certain clues just like Mac does.  Just when you think one player of the game is on her side, the rug slips out from her and everything changes.  Like Mac, I am wondering which players on the board will be the ones to trust and which ones are stabbing her in the back. 

The witty humor between Barrons and Mac is written wonderfully.  I love how Mac is starting to get a backbone now and she is willing to smart off to Barrons when he needs it. 

 page 166:
“I couldn’t tell the difference between the two of you anymore!” he roared.
I smashed my fist into his face. Lies roll off us.  It’s the truths we work hardest to silence. “Then you weren’t looking hard enough! I’m the one with boobs!”
“I know you’re the one with boobs! They’re in my fucking face every fucking time I turn around!”
“Maybe you need to get a grip on your libido, Barrons!”
“Fuck you, Ms. Lane!”
“You just try.  I’ll kick the shit out of you!”
“You think you could?”
“Bring it on.”
He grabbed a fistful of my T-shirt, and dragged me up against him until our noses touched.  “I’ll bring it on Ms. Lane.  But remember you asked for it.  So don’t even think about trying to tap out on the mat and quit the fight.”

Overall a great book that is keeping my fever high and about to reach critical levels soon! The tension between Barrons and Mac is getting high and looking for release that I hope is coming soon in future books.  I need more of the series and I can’t wait to start the next book!

MY RATING:

Outstanding Book That Will Stay On My Bookshelf
For Rereading! 5 STARS

FINS ARE FOREVER
Fins #2
Author: Tera Lynn Childs
Source: Around the World Tours

Reading level: Young Adult
Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books (June 28, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0061914681
ISBN-13: 978-0061914683

SUMMARY:

On Lily Sanderson’s eighteenth birthday she’ll become just a girl—still a mer girl, true, but signing the renunciation paperwork will ink Princess Waterlily of Thalassinia out of existence. That leaves plain old Lily living on land, dating the boy she loves, and trying to master this being human thing once and for all.

The seafoam on the surf comes when a merboy from Lily’s past shows up. Tellin asks Lily for something that clouds her view of the horizon. There’s a future with Quince on land, her loyalty to the kingdom in the sea, and Lily tossing on the waves in the middle. Will she find a way to reconcile her love, her duty, and her dreams?

MY THOUGHTS:

I just love it when a sequel can live up to the expectations that a reader has after reading the first book in a series!  With Fins Are Forever, the author did an amazing job of making the second book just a fabulous as the first!


Lily is getting ready to turn eighteen and give up her place as future Queen of Thalassinia.  She loves the human world and is looking forward to a future with Quince on land.  She thought she just had problems with trying to figure out the answers to the SAT questions, but little does she know that bigger problems are about to arrive in the form of her cousin Doe.  After Doe is exiled from Thalassinia, she must live with Lily on land and learn to accept humans.  Doe loathes humans since the death of her parents a while back and can’t stand anything about them.  This all starts to change though when Doe meets Brody, Lily’s previous crush. 


Without getting into too many spoilers, I will say that some of the antics that Doe initiates was hilarious and typical of her spoiled brat personality.  I could feel the frustration that Lily was going through in dealing with Doe on land.  Even though this is a young adult paranormal read involving an underwater kingdom, the author makes the characters feel like regular humans with ordinary teen problems.  Okay, well sometimes they are ordinary teen problems and sometimes they are mermaid problems!  


Another amazing and fun book written by a fabulous author!  Fins Are Forever is a wonderful follow-up sequel to Forgive My Fins and it definitely did not disappoint! 


MY RATING:

Outstanding Book That Will Stay On My Bookshelf
For Rereading! 5 STARS