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| Blood Fever | 
 enlarge | Author: Karen Marie Moning
Publisher: Dell Publishing Company
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (7 reviews)
Sales Rank: 76170
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Edition: Reprint
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 4.2 x 1.2
ISBN: 0440240999
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780440240990
ASIN: 0440240999
Publication Date: August 26, 2008
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 Wonderful! March 22, 2008
This is my first series to read by Karen Marie Moning, and I'm loving it! There isn't a great deal of romance yet, but there are obvious hints of jealousy on the hero's part, so hopefully that develops further in the next book or two. Just as the first book in this series, there are elements of humor to keep the plot from becoming overwhelmingly dark. I really like the first-person narration, as it made me feel like Mac is more like a normal girl (aside from her sidhe-seeing powers). I really recommend the "Dark" series if you're into supernatural and like the odd steamy scene.
 a distinct departure from fanstasy romance to pure fantasy February 25, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is not necessarily a progress from Darkfever but a middle story. This series is basically a long story cut into bits and pieces, like it is being published a chapter at a time which I did not like at all.
It also looks like that this series is a distinct departure from the romantic urban fantasy books of K.Moning to pure urban fantasy which I do not appreciate. I like K.Moning's romantic fantasy novels just fine. I did not want a pure fantasy story. Otherwise I'll buy Eddings. And I think those who gave this book a lot of stars are those who had gotten used to the change already and accepted it.
However the writing quality is still masterpiece quality, K.Moning can spin a tale that sweeps a reader from reality which is what a book for entertainment is all about.
All in all, I was not very happy with the story genre deviation from romantic fantasy thus the 2 stars but the writing quality was very enjoyable that is why this book did not garner a 1 star.
KMM is one of the best storytellers around December 15, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I felt once the action started (say, oh about chapter 2, LOL) it never stopped! So much was packed into this book, it left me shocked, excited, scared, weepy and a range of other emotions. I wasn't reading what Mac was going through, I was living it. Of course I want more. It's a KMM book. I always want more. She could write a thousand page book and I would want more. I've always enjoyed her heroines but Mac is shaping up to be one of my all time favorites. Were all of our questions answered? That would be a no. But this is only the 2nd book out of a 5 books series and I look forward to the journey. KMM is one of the best storytellers around and I can't wait for her next book!!!! I would also recommend reading Tino Georgiou's masterpiece--The Fates--if you haven't read it yet.
 Good follow on November 1, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Far more complicated than her original series, much darker and written in first person. The main problem I found was the amount of time between reading her first Mac book and when this second one was available. I'd forgotton the details of the first and it took me several chapters to get back into it and the style of writing.
At last we have a link between this Irish series and the original Scottish series. At first I thought that Barrons may a Ketler, the Druid family keepers of the Compact between mankind and the Seelie. However, I am a bit confused because I thought that in the last of the Scottish series, that the Ketlers had all the Seelie (light) Hallows and that the important thing missing was the book. Now we have Barrons with the Spear and Rowena with the Sword etc. Plus there are a lot of other Seelie artifacts floating around mankind.
However, it's a good series and I will continue reading to find out just who Barrons really is.
Second in the series and just as good as Darkfever! October 26, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Bloodfever carries on directly from Darkfever which was an excellent first novel in this series. The prologue of Bloodfever summarises the events of the previous book so this book could be read as the first in the series if necessary although it might be a little difficult to follow some of the threads. As the book starts we find MacKayla talking to a policeman and discovering that he has begun to discover some information about the Dark Zone - for his safety she wants him to drop it and tries to persuade him that she's now satisfied with the investigation into her sister's death but he takes note of the bruises on her face (from the big showdown at the end of the last book) and is clearly concerned about her. Jericho Barrens appears, MacKayla is banished to her room, and then things start going wrong again.
How is it that the shades are able to get into the Bookstore and the lights have gone out when Mac wakes up again? Who killed the policeman? How can she persuade her father that all is well? Can she and Barrons discover the evil book? Has she really got rid of Malluce? Who are the other Sidhe-seers and are they on her side? The story continues with the same quality of the first book with excellent pacing, amusing side-comments and descriptions from Mac the narrator and enigmas and confusion left, right and centre.
There are a couple of new characters introduced in this book but most of the action is between Jericho Barrons and Mac, and between the various Seelie and Unseelie characters and Mac. Who is Jericho Barrens? And, more importantly, what is he? Mac is trying to find out, has various ideas, doesn't know whether to trust him and yet Barrons seems to be the one person who keeps rescuing her. It's always a great read with some excellent characters and an interesting plot; Mac has clearly done a lot of growing up in this book and she's a more edgy and strong character now.
The setting of this book in Ireland adds a great deal of interest and the author has clearly done a lot of research. However she was tripped up occasionally, such as the scene early on where a policeman looks at Jericho Barrons' driving licence which apparently lists his height as 6'3" and his weight as 245; unfortunately for the author, Irish driving licences don't have height and weight and, if they did, they would be given in metric units, not imperial. There's also another example when a courier company is called Post Haste, Inc., whereas in the UK and Ireland companies aren't Inc but Ltd or PLC.
Like the first book, Darkfever, this book doesn't really reach a particular conclusion and readers will want to get their hands on the next in the series as soon as possible. However the reader doesn't feel shortchanged that the story isn't complete because it's such an enjoyable read and there is plenty to think about. Events are clearly working towards more of a crescendo with the Unseelie forces rapidly multiplying and apparently having an effect on violent and murderous tendencies in the human population of Dublin - it seems that Mac and Barrons, along with various other people, are a small army working to defeat these hordes and I imagine this will be explored in further stories in the series. If they're as good as this and Darkfever then they will be well worth reading.
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