Darkfever (Fever Series, Book 1)

MacKayla Lane is a bright, colorful, and overall happy girl.Her sister is murdered in Ireland, the only clue left to her is a strange message on her cellphone, the same cellphone she had dropped in the pool. Mac feels guilty that she had missed her sister's last call she'd ever make.She decides to go to Ireland to avenge her sister and to find out answers. What Mac finds in Ireland is that she sees things she has never seen before, monsters who prey on human flesh and more. Mac is thrown outside of her pretty world into a horrid one where she has to be constantly on guard in order to survive. Mac meets Jericho Barrons, a man who seems to be looking for the same thing she is; a book called the Sinsar Dubh. Mac is on a mission and she has to win.

Dark Fever will keep you up all night reading.
You feel like you are on the adventure wth Mac everystep of the way.Moning does a great job with the Fever series, the novels aren't all about sex and romance. If anything they are more about mystery and adventure. She blends in so many good aspects to make a good story.
How scary would it be to be in Mac's place? Your sister dies in Ireland and all of a sudden you can see monsters all around you? Wow.

I'd have to say Mac is a strong character.She changes a lot in the book, necessary developments,and Moning does excellant work in bringing this about. The books are not confusing and everything happens in chronological order.
Dark fever left me waiting desperately for Blood Fever to come out. I HAD to know what happens to Mac. Moning is an author you want see good things from for the rest of your life. Her books leave you wanting more and more! I want to cry everytime I get to the last chapter because I dont want the book to end because its that good.

I found this book to be an ok read. I found Mac the main character to annoying and shallow, way to obsessed with her appearance. The detailed descriptions of Mac clothes and appearance were way over done. When I read a book I really don't care if a character's outfit matches her pink manicure and pedicure. Maybe in the next books the author won't be as descriptive. I don't find the main characters likable and the story dragged. But I did finish it.

This is the first and last book I've read by Moning. It was truly awful. The characters were so annoying. Mac, the main character, was shallow, petty, unimaginative, self-righteous, and boring. All she did was talk about her hair and accessories and criticize what everybody else was wearing. She had no depth at all, and her main goal in life was to be a slacker, living off her parents, in a podunk town. And what was with Jericho? All he did was shout orders at her (which she never questioned), constantly jerk her around physically and leave bruises (and she never fought back), order her to keep her mouth shut at parties (which she mindlessly did), and made her wear a bunch of slutty outfits (she didn't want to, but she couldn't go against his orders, could she?). It was quite sickening. The dialogue was mainly her getting verbally abused, and her response would be something witty like, "Huh?" The plot was weak and stayed unresolved at the end. There was basically no action, and the Southern stereotypes got old too. There was absolutely no point to this book. I love reading and am addicted to books, so I've come across some bad authors in the past, but Moning has got to be one of the worst. The only way you'd like this drivel was if you were missing most of your brain.

When I first bought this book I was expecting another story along the lines of Moning's "Highlander" books. What I found was an enthralling urban fantasy that sucked me in and left me hanging.

The Fever books are NOT a series, they are a true serial, something you don't find very often. The driving plot extends through all three books, so you won't find any resolution in this book, only questions.

In this installment, MacKayla, or Mac, is dealing with the shock of her sister's death. Determined to find answers, she travels to Ireland and finds herself thrust into a strange world.

I love that this book constantly raises questions without offering easy answers, and that the answers, once found, come with questions of their own. We get a real feel for Mac and how she is forced to transform herself from and average American party-girl to a tough woman who is able to fight for her life.

While this is not a romance, there is tension between Mac and her one ally, Barrons. He is, at once, her only hope and possibly her greatest enemy. Despite the antagonistic nature of their tenative relationship there is a small thread of attraction between them. Even so, this is no romance and should not be misconstrued as one.

I highly recommend this book and this three book serial to fans of Moning as well as anyone who loves urban fantasy. It is intense with plenty of action and a storyline that will make the reader question everything that happens from cover to cover.

Follows the story of a young woman who travels across the world to find out what happened to her sister.. And soon she discovers that the lines of reality are blurred with magic...and she's thrust into that new world..completely unprepared...her only link, is a shifty stranger she's just met.
With characters of fae to vampires.
Good story, intriguing characters...