SHADOWFEVER is the rabidly-awaited conclusion to Karen Marie
Moning's Fever series and packs as much of a punch as its
prequels. Now a convert to Moning's writings, it was,
however, with trepidation that I first picked up the
inaugural book of the series, Dreamfever, almost two
years
ago . There was something so ludicrous about the idea of a
pink-loving, sun-worshiping blonde southern belle heading
to Ireland in search of her sister's murderer and becoming
wrapped up in a sordid supernatural underworld. Much like
many of the book's other characters, from the brooding
bookstore owner Jericho Barrons to Fae prince V'Lane, the
idea of protagonist MacKayla Lane wielding something more
threatening than a martini shaker seemed so far-fetched that
I worried that this entire series would be nothing more than
a farce.
I could not have been more wrong. Moning isn't afraid to
wield the elements of her genre heavy-handedly (there's
plenty of internal dialogues consisting mostly of pronouns,
long lustful gazes, incredibly beautiful people, sex that
changes worlds, etc.) but, most pertinently, these elements
are in some of the steadiest hands they could be. The
transformations that Mac undergoes in these five books are
real and vital and extremely well-written, fully investing
the reader in her fate and that of her world. Moning
clearly understands emotions and, even more importantly,
knows how to accurately represent their power. SHADOWFEVER
is the apex of all Mac's changes, where more than one
shocking twist is expertly pulled off. I can almost
guarantee that fans will not be disappointed by the end to
this series.
New readers would do best to start with Dreamfever, as it
is a virtual certainty that only confusion can come from
starting off with SHADOWFEVER. Fans of Sherrilyn
Kenyon and Christine Feehan should find MacKayla's romantic
exploits to be well within their purview and will enjoy her
sexually-tense interactions with, well, just about everyone
she meets. Furthermore, it's impossible not to cheer her on
as she comes into her own power and starts kicking some
serious ass (fae, human, monster, you name it). If you
want to see your afternoon, evening, and the early hours of
the morning swiftly disappear, start these books now and
enjoy.
“Evil is a completely different creature, Mac. Evil is bad
that believes it’s good.”
MacKayla Lane was just a child when she and her sister,
Alina, were given up for adoption and banished from Ireland
forever.
Twenty years later, Alina is dead and Mac has returned to
the country that expelled them to hunt her sister’s
murderer. But after discovering that she descends from a
bloodline both gifted and cursed, Mac is plunged into a
secret history: an ancient conflict between humans and
immortals who have lived concealed among us for thousands of
years.
What follows is a shocking chain of events with devastating
consequences, and now Mac struggles to cope with grief while
continuing her mission to acquire and control the Sinsar
Dubh—a book of dark, forbidden magic scribed by the mythical
Unseelie King, containing the power to create and destroy
worlds.
In an epic battle between humans and Fae, the hunter becomes
the hunted when the Sinsar Dubh turns on Mac and begins
mowing a deadly path through those she loves.
Who can she turn to? Who can she trust? Who is the woman
haunting her dreams? More important, who is Mac herself and
what is the destiny she glimpses in the black and crimson
designs of an ancient tarot card?
From the luxury of the Lord Master’s penthouse to the sordid
depths of an Unseelie nightclub, from the erotic bed of her
lover to the terrifying bed of the Unseelie King, Mac’s
journey will force her to face the truth of her exile, and
to make a choice that will either save the world . . . or
destroy it.
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