Book two in the Fever Series.
***Review Originally written 8/12/2012***
**Spoilage Alert**
4.75 Stars
Mackayla Lane - or is it O'Connor? Meh, doesn't matter.
Wow. Man, I enjoyed this book. Not enough to five-star it, but damn it was almost there. I wish I could give it more but the critical bitchy reviewer side of me that wished she had just a touch more of this and less of that just would not allow it. I waited two days after finishing Bloodfever to write this review so, naturally, my mind has had time to pick it apart.
This is not me saying this book was bad. Because this book was flippin' awesome. I felt like Mac had seriously grown up and realized that shit was real and her pink nail polish, gold sandals and fluffy Mac brain weren't going to keep her alive. Which I appreciated greatly.
Book two picks up just days where book one left off and jumps right back into Mac's world of unsightly Unseelie - Haa! That's funny - and a
I have to admit, when I'd first picked up book one, Darkfever and read about a Death-by-sex Fae, I assumed there'd be some in these books. Sex, that is. But - and that's a sad but - I haven't come across any sex yet and I'm halfway into book three. Barrons and Mac together are so flipping hot I'm mentally undressing them both at various points in the book and manually having them hump each other like I did my barbies and kens when I was younger.
Don't even act like you haven't.
Still, no sex between
I've drawn the conclusion that Ms. Moning lacks the skill to write a good fight/action scene because every time one would feel as if it were coming up, she'd drop us one of these: I won't bore you with the details of a fight and since I'm telling this story... and so on and so forth.
NOOOO, woman! Are you out of your mind?! The action scenes are necessary if your entire world is about to erupt in a war between mankind, Fugly Mc. Nasty Unseelie creeping through the nearest doggie doors and Fuck-me-to-death Seelie Fae that pop up whenever and are so hot women drop panties at their feet. Action is a definite yes. Especially since we haven't gotten any sex yet. Jheeeze.
Barrons is...interesting. I don't know how far Moning plans to drag out the whole big-bad-secret of what Barrons actually is but I sure hope she doesn't push it too far. What with his strength, ability to see the Fae and every inhuman quality Mac points out about him every time the man pops up on a page, I'd say I'm getting tired of being kept in the dark. And from what we know of the dark, tis not a very nice place to be lass.
Dani. First impression. I don't like her. I appreciate Moning bringing in new characters with Christian, Dani, Rowena making a bigger appearance, hot jogger dude who Mac told to 'fuck off' and...there was someone else, too. *Shrug* I do not like the foul mouthed, cliched Irish ginger who is barely five minutes out of diapers. Especially since she brags about how many Unseelie she kills and says 'Fecking' every fecking two sentences. She's, like, 14. Who the feck let's her go out by herself with one of the only two weapons in the world that can kill Fae?
Ohh, wait. That's right. Crazy Rowena. Don't like her either.
V'lane - which just looks like Villain to me - aka our Death-by-Fuck-Me Fae, gets his meeting with Mac after she and Barrons try and steal an amulet that has already been stolen. He snatches her out of her world and they talk. She stays and plays volleyball with an Alina-illusion and SUDDENLY Mac gets this reserve of power in her mind that she draws on to remove the illusion.
That was the first time I rolled my eyes for this series. Sadly, not the last.
Apparently, she's been in Faery for a month. Blah, blah, Mac goes back home to the bookstore in her bikini and new tan, blah - oh! Barrons trashed the bookstore and everything in her room because he's obviously the emotional type who betrays said emotions at every turn of the page. No. No. I didn't like it. Barrons takes pride in appearances. Thus, the reason for the store to begin with. In my view of Barrons, he wouldn't destroy his store in a fit of anger, worry or whatever just because she was gone for a month. Yes, the hottie would be mad as hell but he would've found other means to vent said anger.
I'll pull a Mac and skip over quite a bit of the next stuff. *Grin*
Cliffnotes version: Malluce isn't dead, he kidnaps her and hides her underground in a Burren, *shrug* beats her, etc, etc. Turns out, he eats Unseelie to say strong. Yuck. Blah, blah Barrons comes to save her, she eats Unseelie herself, Barrons kills Malluce because she was dicking around in the fight that was very staccato and beige.
NOW, here's the good shit. Mac gets angry for him killing Malluce and they get all hot tempered. Eventually, they wind up on the dirty floor ripping each other's clothes off.
Let me just say, I've never been so starved for a sex scene in a book in my entire reading career. And when I didn't get any from Barrons and Barbie, I was PISSED.
Lord Master came before anything could go further. The bastard.
I really, really liked it. Would read it again and again. Will eventually.
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