So over the weekend I found myself completely in the thrall of Moning's Fever series. It's not every day I run into a series earns a solid place on my "Favorites" list, but this series earned itself an unequivocal place of honor. It may even make my top 10 favorite series of all time list. It's a series I can see re-reading many, many times.
This is actually a review of the whole series (no spoilers, I promise). Since I held off on reading this series for so long because of the first few chapters of the first book, I thought I'd put in a good word in hopes of giving anyone still on the fence about reading it the courge to dive in. You won't regret it - I promise. :D This series is FANTASTIC!
Here's a list of the books:
Darkfever
Bloodfever
Faefever
Dreamfever
Shadowfever
Basic storyline involves the Fae must like so many other urban fantasy book these days. But it's a darker version of the Fae we find in this series. It's them on our turf, invading our world.
What sets this series apart from many of its urban fantasy counterparts it the complexity, epic scope, and unpredictability of the story. It's a many layered story - the first book starts with a mystery that turns into an epic world altering adventure as the story moves on. It's party post-apocalyptic adventure, part mystery, part romance, part suspense. It defies genre stereo types. The story is rich, dark, and unpredictable. There are plots within plots throughout the whole story. Just when I thought I had part of the story figured out, I found out my theories were wrong. But I never felt like the author was over complicating things and her truths when she revealed them never disappointed. She just kept me guessing up to the very end - and that in and of itself is a noteworthy accomplishment as it can be pretty hard to surprise me.
The characters are very likeable. I'd actually looked at this series earlier, but decided not to read it because the sample chapters from the first part of the first book made it seem like main character MacKeyla, is a glorified fashion hungry, pink obsessed Barbie doll. I pegged her as a silly girly girl from those chapters (which is not my cup of tea at all). You might be inclined to do the same thing, but I encourage you - read on. You'll fall in love with Mac, I promise. She's strong, kind, determined, but reasonable (I dislike the common urban fantasy theme of bull headed spunky heroines that constantly make silly mistakes because they are too stubborn to see reason - Mac lacks that folly). She also is powerful in her own right but not invincible. One of the biggest themes present in this series is a strong admonishment to not judge a based on a person's words or appearance - but judge them based on their actions. Mac becomes an amazing character - actually she always was one, I just had a hard time getting passed her pretty pink nails, and cute shoes. The side characters are fantastic too - Barrons being a personal favorite, Dani, V'Lane, Christian - I liked them all.
Sadly romance is not a major theme in this story - it's present (and yummie), but takes back seat in the face of the world altering events occurring in the rest of the story. Even though it doesn't take center stage, the I found I really enjoyed the romance elements of the story. This author tends to create sort of strong, exceedingly mysterious, possessive, alpha male types. Normally too much alpha throws me off, but it really worked in this story and I found myself suitably swoony. I found it interesting that I sort of fell in love with the males of this story slowly, right along with Mac, and for the same reasons. I wasn't so sure about some of them in the beginning, but their actions won me over (there's that theme again).
I'd read a some Amazon reviews that warned that the first book started off a bit slow and was a bit weaker prose wise than the rest of the series, but I actually really enjoyed the first book, the series just kept getting better the farther I read. I had such a hard time putting any of the books down - I'd read until I fell asleep, and then pick up again the next day. The story from start to finish was amazing, and the end was completely satisfying. All loose ends were tied up beautifully.
Another thing I appreciated about the series is the wisdom present in it, and the moral quandaries the story raises. There's the aforementioned lesson about judging based on actions not words that's a constant theme. But there's also an ever present question of right and wrong, good and evil, black and white. The lines aren't so clearly drawn here, and you as the reader have to sort of puzzle through and make your own judgments right along with Mac.
Okay, so I think I've gushed enough. I highly recommended series! I'd say even a must read for the urban fantasy genre.
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It's one of the best feelings ever when a book exceeds your expectations!
*4.5 Stars*Ok, so I’ll admit that my expectations for this book weren’t very high, but to be fair I think that was part of the reason why I ended up enjoying it so much! The murder mystery aspect reeled me in at the beginning but the direction the story took from there will have me sticking around for the rest of Mac’s journey for sure!I saw a lot of myself in Mac so while I was warned that it was possible I would get annoyed with her, all of my grievances were exactly what I expected from her character so I couldn’t be too mad about it. While her reactions could be deemed foolish given the things she was literally seeing right in front of her, she was also a complete skeptic grieving the traumatic loss of her sister and then had everything she thought she knew about the world blow up in her face. All of this to say that while I did get frustrated with her at times, watching her get immediately wrecked following those little tantrums, whether it be verbally from Jericho or physically by a foe, made them easier to tolerate! 🤣 I also knew that her character growth would be a highlight of this series since Mac from the prologue and Mac from chapter one sounded like two completely different people! I’m really looking forward to seeing her grow into a strong FMC!On to the more important things, I LOOOOOVVVEEEEE Jericho so far! I recognized that name immediately and while we know literally next to nothing about him and probably shouldn’t trust him, I definitely see the appeal! 🤤 Him calling her Mac and painting her nails at the end?! SWOON! I know that this is a serious slow burn romance but man am I ready for all of the angst and tension!Something else I found SO refreshing about this book was the writing. Maybe it’s that Darkfever is traditionally published or maybe it’s the slow burn, but the fact that this whole book was focused on the storytelling with a little bit of romance had me LIVING! Maybe I just needed a break from the super spicy writing style of my usual indie books because this felt like a breath of fresh air! There were also many moments where I had to use the dictionary feature of my kindle because I was seeing so many new words, LOVED THAT!All in all, don’t go into this series for the spice because while some characters are lust personified, there is basically no romance so far! 🤭 If I didn’t know that there would be romance in the later books I’d be a bit skeptical but I think the goal with this one was to set the scene for Mac’s story. Well mission accomplished because I am already so invested in this story and these characters it’s crazy! I cannot wait to continue with Bloodfever and see where we go next on this journey with Mac!
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Great read. Keeps you guessing
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 24, 2023
