Laura the Highland Hussy's Reviews > Shadowfever
Shadowfever (Fever, #5)
by Karen Marie Moning
by Karen Marie Moning
Wow. Epic.
I am going to make this spoiler free so it may be vague and it may not be very insightful. Also, I'll probably come back later on and write a better review so I won't feel bad adding spoilers then. But now, it's just too new for me to spoil it.
Whew. I think that this was a great book. It took me through Mac's highs and lows, it pushed me and pulled me in so many different directions I began to feel like the Sinsar Dubh was this book and it has not only been stalking me, but my friends as well, for the past year.
I also want to mention that Barrons said "not to believe anything was dead until I'd burned it, poked around in its ashes, then waited a day or two to see if anything rose from them."
The only thing I didn't like was Mac's over-analyzing herself to no end. Literally it started when the Beast died and didn't end until the book did. That wouldn't bother me except Mac would say that she was done labeling herself, didn't need a label for others...and then she'd start wondering who she was. Again. And she'd figure herself out, for a while, and go back to trying to figure out who/what she was.
The only thing that made it work, is that Mac was conscious of doing it.
But back to the actual book. Wow. I had several WTF?! moments. And OMG moments, and I think a lot of questions were answered...But a lot of questions were brought up as well. I know 2 things: 1) The next series will be set in the Fever world...the NEW Fever world. 2) the title of that series was in Shadowfever. I don't know who (I thought it was Christian MacKeltar) and I never saw anything that jumped out and screamed "title" at me. If anyone knows, PLEASE tell me!
The ending was a good ending for Mac...and a bit of a non-ending for the Fever world. I'm assuming that it will lead into the next series for the unknown main character (who I still think is Christian-there were just too many unknowns with him).
V'Lane- ummm...never saw that coming.
Barrons- saw that coming
Mac- WTF moment! That's what she is?! I had NO CLUE!!!
Dani- Wow...that, well, wow. didn't see that coming either.
Mini spoiler:
Adam Black, Daegus, Drustan, Cian and Christopher MacKeltar are in this one. Adam Black...sigh...
expected more from him though
And I'll leave you with this:
Instead of THE END typed at the bottom of the last page, it says:
The End... and the next page says ...for now...
ETA: this is from KMM's website:
... I may find myself at some point in the future, dying to re-visit the Highlands again and totally in the mood to lose myself in love for no other purpose than love's sake.
I guess the answer is: no plans to write a straightforward Highlander romance right now but I never say never.
Remember, the Keltars figure prominently in the Fever series, and Christian will be getting his own play--just not the way I did it in my Highlander series. I need a little more nitty, gritty reality in his tale. He's becomes quite the complex man.
http://www.demonloversbooksandmore.co...
I am going to make this spoiler free so it may be vague and it may not be very insightful. Also, I'll probably come back later on and write a better review so I won't feel bad adding spoilers then. But now, it's just too new for me to spoil it.
Whew. I think that this was a great book. It took me through Mac's highs and lows, it pushed me and pulled me in so many different directions I began to feel like the Sinsar Dubh was this book and it has not only been stalking me, but my friends as well, for the past year.
I also want to mention that Barrons said "not to believe anything was dead until I'd burned it, poked around in its ashes, then waited a day or two to see if anything rose from them."
The only thing I didn't like was Mac's over-analyzing herself to no end. Literally it started when the Beast died and didn't end until the book did. That wouldn't bother me except Mac would say that she was done labeling herself, didn't need a label for others...and then she'd start wondering who she was. Again. And she'd figure herself out, for a while, and go back to trying to figure out who/what she was.
The only thing that made it work, is that Mac was conscious of doing it.
But back to the actual book. Wow. I had several WTF?! moments. And OMG moments, and I think a lot of questions were answered...But a lot of questions were brought up as well. I know 2 things: 1) The next series will be set in the Fever world...the NEW Fever world. 2) the title of that series was in Shadowfever. I don't know who (I thought it was Christian MacKeltar) and I never saw anything that jumped out and screamed "title" at me. If anyone knows, PLEASE tell me!
The ending was a good ending for Mac...and a bit of a non-ending for the Fever world. I'm assuming that it will lead into the next series for the unknown main character (who I still think is Christian-there were just too many unknowns with him).
V'Lane- ummm...never saw that coming.
Barrons- saw that coming
Mac- WTF moment! That's what she is?! I had NO CLUE!!!
Dani- Wow...that, well, wow. didn't see that coming either.
Mini spoiler:
Adam Black, Daegus, Drustan, Cian and Christopher MacKeltar are in this one. Adam Black...sigh...
expected more from him though
And I'll leave you with this:
Instead of THE END typed at the bottom of the last page, it says:
The End... and the next page says ...for now...
ETA: this is from KMM's website:
... I may find myself at some point in the future, dying to re-visit the Highlands again and totally in the mood to lose myself in love for no other purpose than love's sake.
I guess the answer is: no plans to write a straightforward Highlander romance right now but I never say never.
Remember, the Keltars figure prominently in the Fever series, and Christian will be getting his own play--just not the way I did it in my Highlander series. I need a little more nitty, gritty reality in his tale. He's becomes quite the complex man.
http://www.demonloversbooksandmore.co...
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Reading Progress
| 01/18/2011 | page 35 |
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6.0% | "OMG I have it in my hands!!!!" 11 comments |
| 01/18/2011 | page 49 |
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8.0% | ""The hunter is now the hunted."" |
| 01/18/2011 | page 109 |
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18.0% | "Oh Mac, noooo..." |
| 01/18/2011 | page 148 |
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25.0% | "What. The. Fuck." 27 comments |
| 01/18/2011 | page 237 |
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40.0% | "You're kidding me right? My kids have to eat? They need a juice? A bath? Don't they know mommy's reading Shadow freaking fever?!" 8 comments |
| 01/18/2011 | page 594 |
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100.0% | "Wow. I think this book was quite a ride. Just wow." |
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Enjoy... we won't see you for a while. It sucked me in and the shockers just keep coming...
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Laura 'Highland Hussy' wrote: "Kasey, have you read any of the Fever series yet? It's intense"No, Laurie. I have all the books but didn't want to dive in until the series was complete (or close to it), since I've heard so much about the cliffies in each book. I didn't want to hang on for MONTHS waiting for the next installment to know what happens next. So, now that it's here, I plan on reading one after the other, back to back. :D
Good! I hope you love it! I'm glad you have the whole series, you're right that it has some killer cliffhangersAnd thx Jen:)
Kasey, I LOVE that I've been reading this series book by book over the years. I feel so connected to these books! Every time a new one would come out I would be able to dive back into this world over and over again. I infected MANY of my friends with Fever, and forced them to come along with me on the waiting train. It was really REALLY hard to read a book, know that it would most likely end off in a cliffhanger, but I truly don't regret it. Now, most importantly. . . does anyone have a great new series for me to start until Moning's next book comes out? :-)
Vicki, are you looking for a similar Dark feel to it?Or more of a romantic series?
These are some of my favorites



and if you'd prefer romance, I can find you some great romances..Mine is a time-travel Scottish Romance,

As far as pnr there are greats like Lara Adrian's Midnight Breed series, Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark-Hunters, Gena Showalter's Lords of the Underworld and Alien Huntress series, and my all time fave series is Kresley Cole's Immortals After Dark series.
FlibBityFLooB wrote: "Yay! I finally finished. LOVED IT. I'll miss the series *sniff*"I know! I saw that KMM is taking a bit of a break before writing the next book/series so I'm kinda bummed, but who can blame her?
I can blame her, I'm not ok with her taking a break. If it were up to me I would invent some sort of pill to magically give her all the strength and health in the world, while simultaneously taking away all need to sleep. I think she'd like that, don't you? :-)
I don't really know what I'm in the mood for right now. It's a really strange feeling coming down from my Shadowfever high. A part of me wants something as involved as the Fever series, while another part want something light and airy. I'll look over some of the suggestions you gave me. Thanks. :-)
Vicki wrote: "I can blame her, I'm not ok with her taking a break. If it were up to me I would invent some sort of pill to magically give her all the strength and health in the world, while simultaneously takin..."Lol!!! :)
Great review, m'dear! & I'm totally looking forward to Christian's series! I love that he becomes the complex man... ;)
you know what? I've heard that Christian might be getting a Highlander book...I am super confused now.Although I'd love to have another Keltar book! :)
But she's for sure doing something with Dani.
That's weird because I could have sworn I read somewhere that she didn't want to do any more Highlander books for a while...either way, no matter what world, it will be Christian & awesome!
I think it might just be a rumor, as the part I posted was straight from KMM's website. But, with her you never know.
LOL, I'm so cracked out on lack of sleep I forgot I read it in THIS REVIEW. *slaps forehead* My bad, gurl. ♥ you anywayyyyyyy


