Audible Audio Edition
Listening Length: 9 hours and 50 minutes
Program Type: Audiobook
Version: Unabridged
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Audible.com Release Date: September 16, 2008
Whispersync for Voice: Ready
Language: English
ASIN: B001G8MA7G
Best Sellers Rank: #74 in Books > Audible Audiobooks > Romance > Fantasy #147 in Books > Audible Audiobooks > Fantasy > Contemporary #1058 in Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Fantasy > Romantic
Most of Moning's books are connected, but each book was a self-contained story with a happy ending in the spirit of romance. When she went into fiction rather than the romance genre things got violent and ugly...the sex got rough, something you can't do in a regular historical romance.The Fever series is one story split into 5 books and Moning doesn't leave us in a happy place at the end of each book the way a romance does. Things get really ugly in FaeFever, but I have no doubt that in the end Moning will give me what I want... sex with Jericho Barrens.Moning hasn't written a male love interest this ruthless, hard-hearted, nasty or indifferent before. I suspect Barrens wrote the diary pages Mac is reading, if so he has some terrible demons of his own that likely are exactly the kind of demons Mac is now going to have. The horrific ending to FaeFever is exactly what Barrens needs to snap him into shape and admit his love for Mac.This story telling is different than Monings other books because you only get Mac's side of the story and therefore no reassurance about Jericho's intentions or feelings. It's an excellent series, but if I have to wait a year for book 4 I'll scream! Karen...I'm sure you look at these reviews...PLEASE don't make us suffer! :-)
I can agree with both sides of the reviews that have been coming up over the last eleven days. Like most of you, I managed to finish the 315 pages in little to no time at all. I took the warnings about reading at a slower pace to heart, but the pace of the book was such that it was hard to find a stopping point where you would be able to walk away for a few hours or days. I am not looking forward to another long wait for the next book in the series, and I am also irritated with the way things have been left. However, this is the third book of five. You can't expect great things to magically happen all at once with no serious consequence. I'm not agreeing with the ending written, but Mac herself recognizes that tithes are sometimes paid in blood. I would highly recommend that anyone contemplating this series read "Into the Dreaming" first. The references to ITD are increasingly obvious in FF. If you are an impatient reader, take the advice of most and wait for the series to be complete. It is well worth the read, and Moning is still one of my favorite authors to date.
I thought the first couple of chapters were a little slow, but the rest of the book made up for it. Honestly, the only thing upsetting about this series is the endings to each of the Fever Series. It always ends when you're just starting to get somewhere. It's a little frustrating to have to wait for each new series. That's a year per book which means I won't be able to see the end of Mac's story for another two years!! While I know this keeps readers at the edge of their seats, it's a lot to ask of a reader to get excited about a story and then wait for the next installment. Maybe if there was only one more book to Mac's story then I wouldn't complain so much, but Moning has two more in the Fever Series. It's not like Harry Potter where each book had a complete ending. Moning's Fever Series stops incompletely because the story isn't finished. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
It would seem that she submitted the entire series to her publishers up front & they decided to divide the book into 5 parts to make some money. Well the first 2 were great, I love Mac & Barrons, but this book was a joke. Yes, you find a lot of info out which seems to be why this book was done, it was an encyclopedia of info, but no action or intrigue. As for what happens to Mac in the end ---your just left hanging like an idiot. It was a short & fast read & now they will make you wait another long year before the next one comes. Don't waist your time, wait until the entire series is out before reading anymore. I have decided not to read anymore until she ends the series.
I really enjoyed the first books that Karen wrote. In fact I enjoyed them so much I shared them with friends and with my mother. But I find myself a little uncomfortable sharing this series. Okay, So the first two were okay, I enjoy the story line and the mythical creatures, but really wish we could get on with the romance and stop dragging it out so much. It is seriously torture to keep being left with these cliffhangers. Why not just write one big book and put it out all at once and spare the readers the drag out.Finally though I have to say I have a major problem with this series, and that is the seeming romanticizing of rape. It's not cool, it's not sexy and it's never acceptable. So the sex has been edgier here and there and I was saying well okay in the first two books with the edgier sex implications it was a little harsh but not so bad. But I am sickened [Spoiler] that this series ended with a gang bang. It was upsetting and unsettling, I didn't enjoy reading it. Even if you want to argue that its part of the story line and it will change...blah, blah, blah and it won't be treated as acceptable. Did the book really have to end that way? Yeah, that's what I wanted to fall asleep with on my mind.So while I had held out hope that things would get better as the story progressed. The last rape scene has me totally turned off and I think I'm done with this story line. It wasn't sexy, it wasn't sex, it was rape. I'm just not cool with that in my stories.
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