Audio Review: Fever Series by Karen Marie Moning

With a my new job came a commute, a 3 hour a day commute. That is 15 hours a week that I can't have my nose in a book.  However, that is the perfect time to have my ear buds in and listen to a book.  It was through a similar situation many years ago that I discovered J.D. Robb and the In Death series.  I wasn't sure what I wanted to listen to, so I hit the local library to see if I could get any ideas.  As it turned out, they had DarkFever and Bloodfever by Karen Marie Moning. Once upon a time I had tried to start this series, but became so disgusted with MacKayla that I didn't make it to Chapter 2. This seemed like a great opportunity to try the series again but not cut into the time I have for books that I enjoy. So I checked them out and ordered the rest from the interlibrary loan system.  Most of the time, I listened to these along side my sister, who works at the same job site, in a different department. We were carpooling, so she was listening along side me.

Let me just start by saying that I really, really didn't get interested in MacKayla as a character until the second half of book 4.  As for the much beloved Jericho Barrons, most of the time I thought he was an insensitive asshole. To be very honest, my favorite characters were Dani O'Malley and Lor.  Dani had a depth of personality that made her snarky, wisecracking attitude worth reading. As for Lor? Just something about his attitude and remarks that kept him stuck in my head. Thank goodness that Dani has her own series now and Lor plays a bigger roll in it.  But that is a review for another Sunday.

It was a bit disconcerting to find out that the last two books had different narrators than the first three. Once you have listened to Joyce Bean as MacKayla Lane, that is the voice you want to continue. Don't get me wrong, Natalie Ross did a good job, it was just disconcerting to have to relearn the characters.  Though I will admit that Phil Gigante was awesome doing the male voices. Each person had a distinctive voice and was easily recognizable.  Something that I have come to discover is not the case in all audible books.

If I was to do a rating based on each individual book and average it, the score would only garner 2 stars. Let's just say that it ended on a high note and be done with it. Overall, Mac had tremendous growth as a character, but it took her so long to get to a state that I actually cared to know what was going on with her that listening to this felt at times like self-torture.  Honestly, I just don't get why everyone seems to love this series so much.  Mac was a self-obsessed brat and Jericho was an obnoxious asshole. On the other hand it does help to explain the whole Twilight farce.

Darkfever

When her sister is murdered, MacKayla Lane journeys to Ireland in search of answers. There, she makes a startling discovery: She’s a sidhe-seer, which gives her the rare power to glimpse beyond the realm of Man, and into the dangerous realm of the Fae. As the boundary between the worlds begins to crumble, Mac becomes a target. But her mission is clear: Find the Sinsar Dubh, an ancient book that contains the key to controlling mortals and Fae alike, before the enemy seizes it.

Bloodfever

In her fight to stay alive, Mac must hunt the Sinsar Dubh—a book of the blackest magic imaginable. Pursued by assassins and surrounded by mysterious figures she knows she cannot trust, Mac finds herself torn between two powerful men: V’lane, the ancient, immortal Fae Prince, and Jericho Barrons, a man as seductive as he is dangerous.

Faefever

When Mac receives a page torn from her sister’s journal, she is stunned by its desperate contents. Now that Mac knows her sister’s killer is close, she’s on the hunt for revenge. Forced into a precarious alliance with V’lane, the lethal Fae prince, and Jericho Barrons, a man of deadly secrets, Mac is soon locked in a battle for her body, mind, and soul.

Dreamfever

When the walls between Man and Fae come crashing down, Mac is caught in a lethal trap. Captured by the Fae Lord Master, she is left with no memory of who or what she is: the only sidhe-seer alive who can track the Sinsar Dubh. Clawing her way back from oblivion is only the first step Mac must take down a perilous path, from the battle-filled streets of Dublin into the realm of the Fae, where nothing is as it seems.

Shadowfever

In an epic battle between humans and Fae, the Sinsar Dubh turns on Mac, and begins to mow a deadly path through those she loves. Who can she trust? But more important, who is Mac? Does an ancient prophecy reveal her destiny? Mac’s journey will force her to face the truth, and to make a choice that will either save the world . . . or destroy it.

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