Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning
Paperback, 384 Pages
2007, Dell
ISBN: 0440240980
Series: Book 1 of Fever
Synopsis
MacKayla Lane’s life is good. She has great friends, a decent job, and a car that breaks down only every other week or so. In other words, she’s your perfectly ordinary twenty-first-century woman. Or so she thinks…until something extraordinary happens.
When her sister is murdered, leaving a single clue to her death–a cryptic message on Mac’s cell phone–Mac journeys to Ireland in search of answers. The quest to find her sister’s killer draws her into a shadowy realm where nothing is as it seems, where good and evil wear the same treacherously seductive mask. She is soon faced with an even greater challenge: staying alive long enough to learn how to handle a power she had no idea she possessed–a gift that allows her to see beyond the world of man, into the dangerous realm of the Fae….
As Mac delves deeper into the mystery of her sister’s death, her every move is shadowed by the dark, mysterious Jericho, a man with no past and only mockery for a future. As she begins to close in on the truth, the ruthless Vlane–an alpha Fae who makes sex an addiction for human women–closes in on her. And as the boundary between worlds begins to crumble, Mac’s true mission becomes clear: find the elusive Sinsar Dubh before someone else claims the all-powerful Dark Book–because whoever gets to it first holds nothing less than complete control of the very fabric of both worlds in their hands….
Review
I had no idea what to expect from Darkfever. I was under the assumption it was vampire romance and I was completely wrong. Darkfever is a fae novel and much more urban fantasy than paranormal romance, although it did have a few titillating scenes.
MacKayla is an average young woman, working as a bartender, enjoying her freedom, without much ambition for the future. That all changes when her sister is murdered and she travels to Ireland to investigate after the police give up on finding the killer. Mac soon comes to find that she's far more than average and has the ability to see the fae. This ability puts her in danger, but also gives her an edge while tracking her sister's murderer.
Barrons helps Mac, but grudgingly. He's attractive but his demeanor leaves something to be desired. There seems to be an attraction between Mac and Barrons, but that remains to be seen in future books. The real steaminess comes from Mac's encounters with V'lane, a fae royal whose mere presence makes Mac take her clothes off - literally.
I liked the story in Darkfever, but what I really loved was the humor. It wasn't humor for laughs, but more Mac's general personality and what she thought of this previously hidden to her world. Even with her new found ability, she still thought like a human - wondering things like what's up with the fae always wanting to take women on their knees? It was definitely nod and smile type of humor.
Darkfever is a very good series starter which leaves the reader ready for more.
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