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Shadowfever (Fever, #5)

Karen Marie Moning

Start date: March 1, 2011

Finish date: March 31, 2010

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May 05, 2011 D.G. rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: awesome-narration, urban-fantasy, audiobook, reviewed

**3 stars for parts I & II/ 5 stars for parts III-V**

Great end to the series, full of great twists and surprises. My only complaint is that I wish it had had tighter editing, especially in parts I and II.

Now, I understand that drowning the reader with information is Ms. Moning’s special style of red herrings (very 21st century.) Like a good mystery writer, she gave enough clues about the important questions that (theoretically) we could have figured it out on our own. But by making expert use of **3 stars for parts I & II/ 5 stars for parts III-V**

Great end to the series, full of great twists and surprises. My only complaint is that I wish it had had tighter editing, especially in parts I and II.

Now, I understand that drowning the reader with information is Ms. Moning’s special style of red herrings (very 21st century.) Like a good mystery writer, she gave enough clues about the important questions that (theoretically) we could have figured it out on our own. But by making expert use of the first person narrative, the author lulled us into believing that we were completely in Mac’s head, showed us significant details but then had Mac dismiss them and fed us so much other stuff that our attention was constantly diverted and at least in my case, answers to most of the questions came as a surprise. The dénouement was built on layers of revelations, and like a woman in the cusp of multiple orgasms, I kept wondering in awe There’s more?!? I tip my hat to you, Ms. Moning…very well done.

But I think that at least in the first two parts, this information overload was taken to excessive levels so it’s no wonder that it took me 5 days to finish this one when I listened to Dreamfever in less than 36 hours. I got tired of Mac’s constant reminiscences of her life in Georgia and endless descriptions of men. In the previous books, we only had to contend with Mac’s panting over Barrons, V’Lane and (sometimes) Christian and the Lord Master. But in this book we had the McKeltars, Barron’s Band of Grumpy Men, the Seelie Court plus the usual suspects. Was it really necessary to give detailed descriptions of over 15 men? At some point, I couldn’t keep track of who looked like what.

Something else that bothered me was the back and forth regarding Mac’s identity. I wouldn’t have been surprised if she had turned out to be the long lost daughter of Santa Claus and Chewbacca. IMO, this is one of the important things in the plot that wasn’t handled as skillfully as who killed Alina or why did Barrons want the book.

Going back to the things I liked, I definitely enjoyed the musings about the nature of good and evil and the ties between creation and destruction. I completely understood the Mastermind (the guy who was behind all this) and thought he had a point. The Unseelie were created imperfectly by a being that thought nothing of them and then left to rot for eternity. In a sense, they got my biggest sympathies, even though they weren’t good for humanity.

The narration was simply outstanding. Although for obvious reasons I was more enamored of Phil Gigante’s voice (Barron’s was just perfect), I also give kudos to Natalie Ross. I don’t think I would have hated Mac as much in previous books if she had been the narrator from the beginning.

~~It was obvious from the ending that there will be more books set in this world so I’m definitely looking forward to more.~~

Update: As you can see from the last line in this review, I fully intended to continue the series. However, after reading reviews of books 6-9, I realized it's a better idea to pretend the series ended here. I know I'd be disgusted with #6 and it seems the rest of the books have been disjointed and not as well planned as the first 5 books.

If you finished this book and are tempted to continue, I'll ask you to reconsider. Most of my friends who have, regretted the decision. ...more

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Mar 14, 2011 The Flooze rated it liked it

Shelves: urban-fantasy-paranormal, glutton_for_punishment, vanquished_2011

The Fever series has been an exceedingly frustrating ride. I can’t say Shadowfever exorcised my irritation with the author’s choices, but I will admit this: the final book was satisfying in ways I didn’t think possible.

As made clear through my myriad rants, Moning’s choice of lead was a poor one. Sure, taking a small town girl and plopping her into the middle of a Fae conflict is a great way of introducing readers to a strange new world. Unfortunately, Ms. Lane is a character I could not connec ...more

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Sep 03, 2011 Sarah rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: romance, favorites, 2011, fae

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Jan 20, 2012 Christal rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: urban-fantasy, dystopian-post-apocalyptic, magic, lesser-known-creatures, fae, female-lead, war

Ok, so I did love this one. I won't say that I loved this series as a whole because I thought some of the first books were pretty weak, but this particular installment had everything I love in a UF. I finally believed that Mac and Barrons were good together, but I was sad about what happened with Dani. I am now looking forward to the Fever world novels. :) ...more

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May 07, 2012 Samantha rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012, ebook-own

There is something about this series, I'll give it that much. Practically everyone I like to exchange opinions about books with on this site has read them and loved it. Me, well not so much. I decided to finish it after having already checked it out from the library once and giving up. This time I was able to finish it, but it wasn't anything life-changing in reading for me. I may try her spin-off series with Dani, but I probably won't continue with this series (unless once again everyone is sin ...more

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Jan 18, 2011 Qylie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: book-group, favorite

YUM YUM YUM!! When I started this first book in this series I thought "This is alright, I guess I'll continue" The last book in this series is amazing!! I didn't know how the series was going to be able to wrap up, it had so many loose ends in the previous book. Shadowfever tied up all the loose ends and questions that we had from previous books but it did leave me with other questions. Half way through the book I was feeling edgy because I didn't think that it would be possible to end the book ...more

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Jan 18, 2011 Kimberly rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2011

Wow!
This ended the way you would expect it to end.

WOW! I might have to re-read this series just to do so!

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Aug 03, 2010 Thenia rated it really liked it

Shelves: magic, reviewed, paranormal, series, 2011

A very complex book, with lots and lots of spins and turns, keeping you guessing till the end. It manages to tidy the series up nicely, although I found a couple of things in it a little over the top.

All in all a good book and a solid end to the series (or is it..?).

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