Book 37, 2014
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chez_jaeTonight, I brought my book home from work and read the final three chapters. It was Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning, and it's the first in her series featuring sidhe-seer MacKayla Lane.
When Mac's sister Alina is murdered in Ireland, Mac travels to Dublin to put some pressure on the investigation. While there, she learns that she is one of a small number of people who can see the Fae, both the good and the bad. Mac quickly realizes that Alina was a sidhe-seer, too, and that her sister became involved in something that led to her death. All Mac has to go on is a cryptic message that Alina left on her voice mail, which tells Mac they must find the Sinsar Dubh.
Mac's quest to even learn what the Sinsar Dubh is leads her to Jericho Barrons, owner of an upscale book store in Dublin.
The story was fast-paced and very entertaining, as Mac learned more about her abilities, while Jericho uses Mac's talent for sensing Objects of Power to search for the book, the Sinsar Dubh. I had one major complaint with the book. It's told in first person pov, by Mac, but nearly every chapter ended with foreshadowing. It was aggravating to read!
It was the last time...Little did I know...Looking back on it...
Maddening. For that reason, what would have been a four-star book only gets three.
★★★
When Mac's sister Alina is murdered in Ireland, Mac travels to Dublin to put some pressure on the investigation. While there, she learns that she is one of a small number of people who can see the Fae, both the good and the bad. Mac quickly realizes that Alina was a sidhe-seer, too, and that her sister became involved in something that led to her death. All Mac has to go on is a cryptic message that Alina left on her voice mail, which tells Mac they must find the Sinsar Dubh.
Mac's quest to even learn what the Sinsar Dubh is leads her to Jericho Barrons, owner of an upscale book store in Dublin.
The story was fast-paced and very entertaining, as Mac learned more about her abilities, while Jericho uses Mac's talent for sensing Objects of Power to search for the book, the Sinsar Dubh. I had one major complaint with the book. It's told in first person pov, by Mac, but nearly every chapter ended with foreshadowing. It was aggravating to read!
It was the last time...Little did I know...Looking back on it...
Maddening. For that reason, what would have been a four-star book only gets three.
★★★
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Date: 2014-06-19 07:46 am (UTC)I did wish there was a bit less sex. I'd never considered myself a prude until this series!
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Date: 2014-06-20 02:17 pm (UTC)Lots of sex, you say?
*titters*
There really wasn't any in the first installment, other than Mac tearing her clothes off whenever V'lane was around.
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Date: 2014-06-20 03:55 pm (UTC)XD I'm terrible, I know, I shouldn't care. But especially the last couple of books have PLENTY! Although they move more towards 'horror' than 'urban fantasy' in the last few books...