Review: Shadowfever by Karen Marie Moning

*Spoiler Warning!  While I won’t reveal any major plot points, I am assuming you have read the other books in this series.*

The Fever/MacKayla Lane series concludes with this much-anticipated fifth book. Mac continues on her search for her sister’s killer and for the answers to questions about her own mysterious background.

The fourth book closes with Mac killing a mysterious beast, which turns out to be Barrons himself, Mac’s protector and “friend.” Mac is of course devastated but once she finally pulls herself together she continues her mission to find the Sinsar Dubah.

Now that Barrons is dead (or is he!?), Mac must join forces with Darroc, an evil & powerful dark prince who is just as desperate to get his hands on the Sinsar Dubah as she is. She must get her hands on the holy book if she has any hope in restoring peace to Dublin.

Well, my fellow Fever fans, we finally get the answers to all the questions we’ve been asking about Mac!  She’s come a long way from the whiney, immature girl we met in the first book.  She’s evolved and matured quite a bit and I don’t find her nearly as annoying as I thought I would.  It’s humorous that she refers to herself as different “version” throughout the book: Mac 1.0, 2.0, etc. 

Yes, some questions weren’t answered.  We still don’t know what/who Barrons is. However, I feel as though Moning answered enough of my other questions that I’m okay with this.  Sometimes it’s fine if questions are left unanswered at the end of a series.  It allows readers to come up with their own conclusions.

I’d be remiss not to mention the cover! Gorgeous, isn’t it? When you remove the cover, however, you notice another layer beneath.  Simply amazing.

While I enjoyed Shadowfever because many of my questions were answered, I do have a few issues with the book. My complaint about this book is that Mac was way too introspective, particularly in the first 150 pages. I just wanted to get past all of it to get back to the action, back to the storyline.  The second issue I had was the book’s length.  Holy cow..over 600 pages. I think this book would have been better suited to be split into two.

That said, I’m quite happy with how the series was concluded.  Despite my few issues with the book, I do highly recommend it, and the other books in the series.  If you haven’t started the series yet you are in luck!  You don’t have to wait for the books to be released in order to continue the series!

*Warning: foul language, erotic sex scenes, violence*

Thank you so much to TLC book tours for allowing me to participate in the tour for this entire series.  It is one for which I have fond memories!  Please be sure to check out the other stops on the tour:

Friday, January 21st:  Smexy Books

Monday, January 24th:  Loves to Read for Fun

Tuesday, January 25th: A Buckeye Girl Reads

Wednesday, January 26th:  Hanging with Bells

Monday, January 31st:  All Things Urban Fantasy

Tuesday, February 1st:  Mindful Musings

Wednesday, February 2nd:  Rundpinne

Monday, February 7th:  Supernatural Snark

Tuesday, February 8th:  The Book Pushers

Friday, February 11th:  Bewitched Bookworms

Monday, February 14th:  Truth, Beauty, Freedom, and Books

Tuesday, February 15th:  A Novel Menagerie

Friday, February 18th:  Dark Faerie Tales

Monday, February 21st:  Drey’s Library

Tuesday, February 22nd:  Stacy’s Place on Earth

Thursday, February 24th:  Jenn’s Bookshelves

Friday, February 25th:  The Lost Entwife

Monday, February 28th:  Luxury Reading

About Karen Marie Moning

Karen Marie Moning is the internationally bestselling author of the Highlander and Fever novels. Her books have appeared on the New York Times, USA Today,and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists, and have one numerous awards, including the prestigious Rita. She lives in Georgia and Florida with her husband Neil and the world-traveling cat, Moonshadow.

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