Darkfever (Fever, #1) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Aug 04, 2009 Adele rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

OMG I just did a marathon reading session with this book.
how have I avoided this series before today.
the ending was a bit of a cliffhanger in my books.....I had to actually check that there was no pages torn from the book cause it just ends and I expected more.
well I suppose there is more...in the next book.
OK first thing tomorrow I'm going to the library to get the next book in the series.
definitely on my to buy list. ...more

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Mar 08, 2010 Alisha rated it liked it · review of another edition

Twenty-two year-old "pretty girl" MacKayla "Mac" Lane lives a pretty good life: she's got a pair of loving parents, a sister who's also her best friend, and the security of a "homey" small-town community in Georgia. In the blink of an eye, Mac's world is shaken with the news about her sister's violent (and mysterious) death. In flying to Dublin, Ireland to investigate the details surrounding the murder, Mac finds that everything she thought she knew about her life--even herself--was not what it Twenty-two year-old "pretty girl" MacKayla "Mac" Lane lives a pretty good life: she's got a pair of loving parents, a sister who's also her best friend, and the security of a "homey" small-town community in Georgia. In the blink of an eye, Mac's world is shaken with the news about her sister's violent (and mysterious) death. In flying to Dublin, Ireland to investigate the details surrounding the murder, Mac finds that everything she thought she knew about her life--even herself--was not what it seemed.

I don't know, rating this book was a toughy. I didn't dislike the book, but I can't say it was all that exciting, either. I read the book fairly quickly (in mostly one sitting), but it was mostly because I felt like there was a lot of potential, which might have been successfully realized on the next page, just maybe (maybe!).

...Yeah, that didn't ever really work out so much. The book felt a lot like one really long prologue (as of this writing I've read the first few chapters of the second book in this series, Bloodfever, and it basically sums up the first book to the point that I could've skipped it altogether and been fine starting with the second installment).

All of that having been said...there was some decent world building. I mean that literally, too: the atmosphere, the city of Dublin, the locales, the faerie lore. As for the characters, they were all great big enigmas even by the end of the book, with the exception of Mac, the narrator and protagonist. I'm sure this was the intention, however...just enough tidbits of information were given about some of the main characters (Mac's parents, her deceased sister Alina, her reluctant-partner-in-crime Jericho Barrons, and Barrons' assistant Fiona) to foster a good deal of interest in delving even further into their stories.

The way I'll look at it is, this was a slow burner that has potential to fuel a pretty mean fire in subsequent books.

Addendum to original entry:I suppose it's worth mentioning that this book is the first in a finite five-book series. That's to say, it was planned to be 5 books from the get-go. Doesn't change my rating, but does help me understand some of the reasoning behind the structure and content of the book. ...more

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May 01, 2010 Samantha rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: ebook-own, 2010, group-reads

I wanted to love this one, I really did, but it looks as though this book and me…well, we just weren't meant to be. The beginning really had me hooked on this plot, but later characterizations had me frowning and questioning where this story was going. Practically all the males are heaping shovelfuls of muscle with carnal desire right below the surface (forget that that's actually the power of one of the characters). Barrons was totally condescending, almost for no other point that to show that ...more

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Jan 07, 2010 Thenia rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: magic, paranormal, series, 2010, to-re-read

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Mar 08, 2011 AmyD rated it really liked it · review of another edition

At first, I was annoyed with the main character, just couldn't relate whatsoever. The further I read however, I began to realize how the character develpoment was so important to her character. Now, I am a fan and looking forward to the next one! ...more

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Jan 02, 2011 Logan rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: own-bought-paper, own-bought-ebook, paranormal, 2013-books-read

Probably more 3.5 than 3 stars. Mac's story is fun and dark and cool, but I didn't care for the reflective narration or the fact that it didn't really have an ending. And I really wanted Mac to have some more bark in her. ...more

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