Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning
Summary:
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….
My Review:
MacKayla Lane’s sister, Alina, was murdered. This sends Mac, a 22 year old beautiful, blonde southern girl on a quest for justice.. or perhaps vengeance. Alina was murdered in Dublin so after a short introduction to Mac in this story we’re off to Ireland and an entirely new world.
Within the first day of Mac’s trip she’s exposed to an Unseelie – a festering ooze of a man called The Gray Man who exists to steal beauty. This, obviously, throws Mac for a loop and from there on…the excitement and adventure grows.
I’ve always been fascinated with Fae. Both Seelie and Unseelie have been topics of interest for me when it comes to Fantasty/Urban Fantasy novels. This book is a re-read for me, but as I was reading it I was reminded of just how much fun it was. Not only do we get introduced to Seelie royalty in the form of Prince V’lane, but also the mysterious, heart-pounding owner of a bookstore on the edge of the darkness, Barrons.
If you are an urban fantasy lover, these books are a must read – but a word of warning. They end on some of the worst cliff-hangers I’ve ever experienced. Before you start reading be sure to have all four books around you, and be prepared to wait on another cliffhanger after the fourth until Moning sees fit to put us all out of our misery.
A side note for you Kindle owners – this book is FREE on Amazon!
