Book Review: Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning

Adult Paranormal > Fantasy

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 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…

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I am sooo glad that I read Darkfever only now. Why? Because I don’t think I can wait for months before the next book is released (I already have books 2-5!). And so, it is with happiness that I will tell you: this is THE Fae Adult Paranormal Romance series to read. 😛

Mac is a walking contradiction. And she adores pink, fashion, and boys. When her sister died, her preferences did not change. If there’s anything, she rigorously stuck to them, justifying that this is the only normalcy of life she will have since then. Me and Mac? We are going to be good friends. =) She’s feisty, challenging, and a little violent (LOL).

Barrons is not your typical bad boy. He is bad boy personified. He has no redeeming qualities… because there is nothing to redeem. He knows he’s bad, and he constantly flaunts it. Sigh, there is no sense rooting for him. But unwillingly, I do. Jericho Barrons is my No. 1 Bad Boy! *grins*

V’lane the sex fae prince exhibits human traits far more than Barrons, and that’s not a lot. So what does that say about Barrons, huh? Nothing. Or everything. I’m not worried about Mac going for V’lane. I can always blame it to the fae charm, right?

Gritty, unabashed, and ferocious – that’s how I will describe Darkfever. It is narcotic enough for me to continue reading the series. (For there is no way that Barrons is a like a shadow, dark in all aspects.)

And I will get my fix!

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DARKFEVER by Karen Marie Moning

Ebook, 255 pages

Published October 31st 2006 by Dell Publishing

3/5 stars