BLOODFEVER
Author: Karen Marie Moning ISBN: 9780385339162 10/2007 PARANORMAL Publisher: DELACORTE
Type: Mystical/Faery
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I used to think my sister and I were just two nice southern girls who’d get married in a few years and settle down to a quiet life. Then I discovered that Alina and I descend, not from good wholesome southern stock, but from an ancient Celtic bloodline of powerful sidhe-seers, people who can see the Fae. Not only can I see the terrifying otherworldly race, but I can sense the sacred Fae relics that hold the deadliest of their magic.
When my sister was found dead in a trash-filled alley in Dublin, I came over to get answers. Now all I want is revenge. And after everything I’ve learned about myself, I know I have the power to get it….
MacKayla Lane’s ordinary life underwent a complete makeover when she landed on Ireland’s shores and was plunged into a world of deadly sorcery and ancient secrets.
In her fight to stay alive, Mac must find the Sinsar Dubh—a million-year-old book of the blackest magic imaginable, which holds the key to power over both the worlds of the Fae and of Man. Pursued by Fae assassins, surrounded by mysterious figures she knows she cannot trust, Mac finds herself torn between two deadly and irresistible men: V’lane, the insatiable Fae who can turn sensual arousal into an obsession for any woman, and the ever-inscrutable Jericho Barrons, a man as alluring as he is mysterious.
For centuries the shadowy realm of the Fae has coexisted with that of humans. Now the walls between the two are coming down, and Mac is the only thing that stands between them.… |
 RRAH's THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS: 
While I enjoyed its predecessor DARKFEVER to some degree, BLOODFEVER seems to have put Moning back on my radar as a top-notch writer. The characters have evolved, the scenes are more detailed, and the plot(s) is more complicated. With added magic, evil, and who I think is a distant relative of my favorite leading man, Daegus, BLOODFEVER is a definite winner.
While I have to say these Fever books remind me a lot of the writing of C.E. Murphy and Lori Handeland, they are just different enough to be original. There is less romance, but a lot of sexual interest, and I think if I stick with them a hero and heroine relationship will develop. Not that I am sure just who the heroine will pair up with yet. because while her interest is in one man, she has many to choose from.
So, if you liked DARKFEVER at all, then you will probably enjoy BLOODFEVER. However, it still is nothing like the historical magical/paranormal love stories Moning previously wrote. To everyone that is hung up on that fact, I say get over it. Writers are allowed to evolve and change even if readers don't always want them to. They have to follow their artistic muse.
Shannon Johnson |
