Karen Marie Moning

Faefever

Vicky  Nuñez 

Rating 4.5 

WHAAAAT?

This book has the most unbelievable cliffhanger of all times. o.o

Just when I thought nothing more surprising could happen that ENDING happens. If no one has read this series they need to start asap.

Lover of Romance 

I liked this book a lot more than books 1 and 2, part of the reason is maybe because it has been months since I have read the first two books. The heroine isn't my favorite, but I am starting to like her more especially after this one. The tension in Dublin is rising, and so is the tension between V'lane and Barrons. I really love the way that the plot escalates slowly in this one. And get quite a shocker at the end. I am interested to see how things happen in the next book.

Leonor Ribeiro 

Missy Zuber 

Okay book. Not as good as her Highlander series.



Ebook file.

Ley Stanton

There was a particularly disturbing scene near the end of the book, that's why I'm marking this one lower than the previous books in the series.

Elizabeth Neill

Amelia Hruby

The Fever Series

Sarah Escorsa

First reread with my girl Tanya, January 2015.

Original rating: 4
New rating: 4.5

First review: just two months ago. Think I'm going to write another one so soon? Think again. All you'll be getting from me is another episode in the Fever Freak's Facts of Life (abridged version).

Fact #1: Mac went from pinky to badassy

Good girl.



Fact #2: JZB

Do I really need to explain this again? You're joking right?! I thought so. 



Fact #3: Voice lessons

Because JZB wants to know if Mac had sex with V'Lane. And because hopping is fun.



Fact #4: chilling at the beach with V'Lane

Just because.



Fact #5: mother of all cliffhangers, part I

It's a good thing I already know what happens next.



I rest my case. Until next time.

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Original review (November 2014)

MacHalo buddy read starting November, 17 2014.

This book was a DNF waiting to happen. Yes, you read that right, I almost DNFed Jericho Freaking Barrons. Silly little me.

When I finished reading Bloodfever I couldn't get my hands on Faefever fast enough. I had to wait for a few days before I could read it and it was pure torture. So here I am, giddy with excitement as I start reading. The prologue was pretty good: I could have done without the recap about the previous books but I always enjoy Mac's narrative in the prologues for this series (she comes across as a much stronger character than she actually is - more on that later). The first chapter picks up right where Bloodfever ended: with Mac on a Dublin street, after an unexpected encounter with the Sinsar Dubh. I have to say that, as first scenes go, this one was pretty phenomenal. It drew me right back into the story and led me into thinking I was in for some more Fever awesomeness. I was wrong. Things went downhill from there.

The problem? Mac. I found her annoying in book 1 but by the end of book 2 I thought she was getting better and finally losing the silly Ms Pinky 'I was a spoiled child' Rainbows act. 3% into Faefever she was already annoying the hell out of me: Being stupid and superficial {Where the hell is Barrons?! }, saying silly (when not downright ridiculous) things. What bothered me most {Where the hell is Barrons?! }? Her constant blabbering to herself. Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. She just wouldn't stop. {Where the hell is Barrons?! } And in the meantime, NOTHING happened. It was just Mac and her stupid inner commentary. By 13% I'd had just about enough of the general silliness. {Oh look, here's Barrons! Yay! Wait, wait, where do you think you're going?! Come back this minute! Don't you dare leave me alone with that silly girl!} At 18% Mac referred to herself as "ruthless" and I thought I was going to choke on my tea. Ruthless? Mac? What a joke! Come on, my neighbour's bunny is more ruthless than she is! But I digress. So here we were, Faefever and I, on the road to disaster. And it was killing me because I SO wanted to like this book! The repetitions didn't help as KMM felt the need to re-hash some things over and over again. The only highlights here: Barrons, V'Lane and Christian. Thank you gentlemen for saving the day, I probably wouldn't have made it this far were it not for you. [Incidentally, I am now planning to move to Dublin as it seems hot, dreamy, drop-dead gorgeous guys seem to be roaming the streets of the city. Sorry, I digress again] As I reached the 25% mark I was boiling up inside ("stupid stupid stupid stupid") and eye-rolling way too much for my own good. I just put the book down as I couldn't take it anymore and decided to momentarily give up on it. 

Here I have to thank my most awesomest Fever Freaks for their support because without them I would have probably DNFed the book. They kept telling me it would get better and that the rest of the series was absolutely mind-blowing so, after staying away from the book for a day, I decided to pick it up again. And guess what? 

HALLELUJAH, I see the light at the end of the tunnel!!! All it took was a dead body and suddenly Mac put some sense back into her little self!! A miracle I tell you!! After that it was pretty much boom bam bang, scene after scene of pure awesomess!!! I don't want anyone to hate me here so I think I'll just spoiler tag this whole paragraph. (view spoiler)[JZB. The Viper. The V'Lane summoning trick (he can put that thing on my tongue whenever he wants). Sifting inside the abbey with V'Lane. Queen Bitch Rowena. Barrons being positively ancient. The infamous MacHalo (Barrons laughing. Me dying). Voice lessons ("hey Barrons, willing victim here!"). Barrons & Mac's conversation on the bike. Barrons, V'Lane and Mac on the street. Mac & V'Lane beach hopping. Fiona the Bitch is back, yay! The Orb. The Walls. The Unseelie taking over Dublin. The church. (hide spoiler)]
  "Monsters and mayhem and massages, oh my."
And here we come to the shocker/cliffhanger ending. I have to admit that part of it I saw coming. What with that conversation about (view spoiler)[rape during one of the Voice sessions: "Rape isn't something you walk away from. You crawl." (hide spoiler)] I could feel something really fishy was coming. Apparently some readers found the church scene particularly shocking while others gave up on the series because of it. I can't say it shocked me. It was horrible but I think KMM did a pretty fantastic job of it all. And you know what, I'm not that worried about Mac. Well she'll obviously be broken (I think) but the fact that she (view spoiler)[ate Unseelie (hide spoiler)] before it happened will obviously change the rules of the game. We'll see.

So Mac and I are on the way to reconciliation. We're not great friends yet and I still don't think she kicks that much ass but I'm giving her the benefit of the doubt. I used to like V'Lane more than Barrons but I now find myself trusting dear old Jericho more. He is still an ass but I don't think he's that evil. I might very well be wrong though. Who knows what the Constant Jackass will be up to next?

So there you have it my peeps, this was lesson #1 in "how to get from almost-DNF to 4 star rating faster than the speed of light."

Elif Gültekin

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shellybn

Sophie Elaina 

Really enjoyed this addition to the series. The plot seems to be going in a much different direction than I thought it was and it has me a little shook. I loved the first half but the second half dragged a little for me, although the ending really upped the stakes and took a strikingly dark turn. Of course I have to carry on with the next book straight away because I need to know what happens next.

Anastaciya

Kat Kooiman

Sali Nim

Patricia Santos

Opinião do blogue Chaise Longue: http://girlinchaiselongue.blogspot.pt...

Dez anos na advocacia deram uma certeza a Karen Marie Moning. Ela não queria isto, queria sim escrever. Escrever histórias na Escócia, sobre druidas cheias de humor e paixão e depois de inúmeros trabalhos em part-time e muitas horas de escritas ela conseguiu-o escrevendo a série Highlander. A autora que começa a escrever as quatro e meia da manhã religiosamente, que vive nas montanhas de Blue Ridge, tem um Ferrari e casou com um homem que adora livros nunca mais conseguiu resistir ao chamamento da mitologia celta e trocou a Escócia pela Irlanda e os druidas pelos Tatha de Danann. Assim surgiu a série Fever e nós agradecemos.
Karen está neste momento a escrever a segunda trilogia neste mundo e os direitos de Fever já foram vendidos à DreamWorks. Faefever é o terceiro volume da série e está traduzido para dez línguas não incluindo o português.
Desde o primeiro volume que Karen me conseguiu agarrar por completo com uma história obscura e intensa que, de livro para livro, se vai tornando mais viciante, mais densa e poderosa. Com uma escrita fluída e simples mas cheia de garra e humor, a autora conseguiu criar um mundo perigoso e envolvente, cheio de elementos misteriosos, sombrios e fantásticos que nos vão sendo revelados em momentos de puro suspense e repletos de adrenalina. Um ataque aos nossos sentidos que vai melhorando e está cada vez mais perto do clímax, Fever é uma série a seguir e este terceiro volume vem apenas confirmar isso, destacando-se como o volume onde a brincadeira acabou e a guerra a sério pode destruir tudo.
Faefever é uma explosão de emoções e surpresas e mostra bem como esta série é enganadoramente simples. Numa trama em que nada corre como esperado, a história adensa-se cada vez mais e o que não faltam são complicações e reviravoltas que aumentam a nossa curiosidade e nos deixam de boca aberta e, algumas vezes, sem ar. Cada momento é cheio de tensão, violência ou sensualidade, cada capítulo apenas nos deixa ainda mais ansiosos por ler mais uma página, mais um capítulo. Este é o livro em que tudo acontece sem quase nada se descobrir, este é o livro que vai virar o jogo por completo. Com um final de cortar a respiração e capaz de provocar apoplexias e que nos dá vontade de devorar o próximo imediatamente, este livro não é só viciante. É excitante, cru e arrasador. É a prova que esta é uma série a ler dentro deste género.
Já não é apenas uma questão de vida ou morte. Não se pode confiar em ninguém, todos têm segredos e objectivos pessoais, cada um joga o seu próprio jogo, todos querem o prémio final mas ninguém está perto de o conseguir nem de salvar o mundo. O mal é palpável, a derrota é quase inevitável e a vingança pode não ser razão suficiente para apanhar os maus da fita. Cada vez é mais urgente unir forças para conseguir evitar o domínio dos Unseelie mas parece que é tarde demais e que todos irão pagar caro pelo orgulho e ambição. O final do segundo volume prometia um próximo volume mais sombrio e desesperado e assim foi. Brutal e intenso, este é o livro em que vemos tudo se precipitar rapidamente para um fim indesejado, é quando percebemos que ninguém é invencível e que no mundo real o mal geralmente ganha. Agora resta esperar que seja por pouco tempo…
Mac é frágil neste livro e quase se pode dizer que está sozinha. Numa corrida contra o tempo e com demasiados inimigos e amigos incertos, ela não tem ninguém em quem se apoiar nem sabe quem está realmente do seu lado. Isso mostra uma Mac não menos lutadora e vingativa mas sem dúvida mais necessitada de apoio, mais frágil, mais capaz de baixar as barreiras e, inevitavelmente, alguém que acaba por não ver com clareza quando devia. Barrons é um mistério cada vez maior e cada vez mais irresistível. Continuo a não gostar de Rowena e a desconfiar de V’lane cada vez mais e cheira-me que muita coisa vai mudar. As personagens de Karen são como a sua história, sombrias, arrogantes, orgulhosas e cínicas, mais vilões do que heróis, mais negras que as próprias sombras. E é por isso que gosto tanto delas.
Faefever é uma viragem na história. O meu livro preferido até agora apenas me fez gostar ainda mais desta série e deixou-me capaz de devorar o resto sem dó nem piedade. Karen Marie Moning afirma-se mais uma vez como uma autora a seguir, capaz de criar uma história que ainda agora começou.

Faefever

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