Burned (Fever, #7) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Jan 23, 2015 Regina rated it really liked it

Shelves: favorite-authors, urban-fantasy-uf, should-i-or-shouldn-t-i, favorite-series, hopeful-but-worried, please-let-this-be-better, i-am-a-sucker, please-be-better

I really enjoyed this! After Iced, I was so skeptical but Burned reaffirmed why I enjoy KMM's books. I had no expectations, maybe that isn't true -- I had negative expectations. I thought this book would suck. I strongly disliked Iced, here is my review on GR to see how strongly I disliked it. I did not believe that KMM could salvage this series. Yes, there are some crazy plot devices that I am not a fan of and perhaps too many buried messages from KMM to her readers answering or responding to n I really enjoyed this! After Iced, I was so skeptical but Burned reaffirmed why I enjoy KMM's books. I had no expectations, maybe that isn't true -- I had negative expectations. I thought this book would suck. I strongly disliked Iced, here is my review on GR to see how strongly I disliked it. I did not believe that KMM could salvage this series. Yes, there are some crazy plot devices that I am not a fan of and perhaps too many buried messages from KMM to her readers answering or responding to negative reviews on Iced but still despite those things I came close to loving this book. I never thought I would find my self in this position but I am now longing for more Mac and waiting for Fever #8. Note, the only spoilers in this review are marked.

Look, Burned is not the first five books of Fever. That exquisite obsession I had with those books will never apply to the spin-off. However, for me the series is back on track and I found it very enjoyable. Yet ..., I did think it was annoying (funny?) the various times that KMM seems to step out of the story and address her readers to explain her mistakes in Iced and reason with us as to why she did what she did. (view spoiler)

So I have a list of explanations and almost apologies that KMM presents in Burned to her readers, anyone else notice these? These almost seem to be an answer to every bad review I read about Iced.
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Plot devices. This book is full of plot devices to tell a story that may have been originally plotted out one way, but after Iced (I believe) had to be told another way. I think these plot devices could make or break the story for many readers. For me, the big one was funny in the sense that I thought it was funny that KMM would do it. And I think it was slightly lazy, but in the end it kept Mac in the story and I enjoyed it. But ... these devices need to be discussed.

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Okay you may have heard, there is a cliffhanger. But can KMM write a book without one? This was the best cliffhanger that KMM has ever written. She had some doozies before - the cliffie at the end of FaeFever, then the one at the end of The Kiss of the Highlander or the one at the end of The Dark Highlander. This cliffhanger brings good news, so I am okay with it. But also, I just can't get worked up over KMM's cliffhangers anymore - sorry honey, I am over it.

In the end, I like that Mac's story is not over. Really, it was not over at the end of Shadowfever, she still had so much going on! So give me more Mac. ...more

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Sep 17, 2013 S H A R O N rated it did not like it

Shelves: urban-fantasy, dnf, 2016

Alright it's been almost three months so I'm putting this one back on the shelf for now. Hopefully I will pick it back up at some point in the future as I'd like to continue with the series. I mean, I made it this far...I want to finish the series when it reaches its ultimate conclusion. But for some reason I just could not get into this book. I don't know if it's the sharp switch from Mac in book #5 to Dani in #6 and now back to Mac in this one. By the end of Iced I was used to Dani and was ok ...more

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Jun 18, 2015 Courtney rated it really liked it

Shelves: urban-fantasy

I like that Dani grew up. I wish we were in her point of view more. I want her story to be completed in her view. I want to hear how Jada/Dani are reconciled into one person. I don't understand all the hate for these two books. They are perfect additions to this series. ...more

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Dec 26, 2011 Lili rated it really liked it

I loooved this little piece from JZB's point of view, very interesting... but I would've liked it way more if it was a scene from another book, at least the 2nd or 3rd since this was still too early in the series, I don't think I even liked her then.
Still... pretty good treat. ...more

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Feb 14, 2018 Rebecca rated it really liked it

3.5 stars. Slow to start. Didn’t get good till the end. Then of course she leaves it with a cliffhanger. The type that has you turning the page back and forward like surely your book is missing a chapter.

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