Feverborn

This review contains minor spoilers.

Feverborn picks up where Burned left off and is another solid installment of entertaining story telling. Its not epic, none of the last 3 books seem to have reached the pinnacle of the first 5 but in comparison to other offerings in the same genre its still really good.

The black wholes which have sprung up on the sites previously iced by the Hoar Frost King are getting bigger. Soon theyll destroy the fabric of earth and the Fae realm which has been tied to it. Desperation makes for strange bedfellows.well..questionable bedfellows. Which is how Ryoden, Jada, Dancer, Mac, and Barrons end up working together again to save the world; with Christian along for the ride since discovering that the dearly beloved Ryoden sent him home with was not in fact his uncles remains. Both Mac and Dani/Jada have to lay low since the Dublin Daily outed them as being tools of the Sinsar Dubh -or more specifically they outed Mac and pulled a Fake News on Dani/Jada.

As usual its always an interesting time in the Fever world. Macs dead sister is running around Dublin looking disheveled and confused. A monstrosity known as the Sweeper is hunting for broken things to fix. (The Unseelie King was VERY clear with Mac NOT to talk to it or its minions). Cruce is plotting away with Papa Roach to escape his prison and take over as the new Seelie/Unseelie ruler. And who knows what Ryoden is up to with Uncle Dageus in the dungeon.

Random character thoughts:
Shazam My favorite character the mopey wizard/koala bear/cat manic-depressive binge-eater. The fact that Jada loves Shazam warms me up to Jada. It must be the animal lover in me I want my own Shazam. I think Hunters are my second favorite characters. Obviously, Im an animal lover above all else.

Mac I like that she isnt as passive as she was in Burned; although I suppose I really cant blame her for being concerned that shes the repository for the ultimate evil and could possibly complicate things even further by letting its psychopathic, homicidal tendencies loose to run amok.

Dani/Jada Dani aggravated me with her immaturity. Jada in her one-dimensional-ness seems equally immature but in a different way. However, towards the end as D/J spends more time in the world and more time around people who are significant to her the integration of the two pieces of her personality start to form a more likable whole. Plus, she loves Shazam.
Barrons I think he is the perfect alpha hero. Hes figured out the balance between being protective (getting Macs spear back) and respecting her as an equal by allowing her to make her own decisions while having her back. Funny how Try to stay alive, Ms. Lane actually ends up sounding sexy. Damn shame everything is fade to black.

Ryoden still Meh. Bossy little bugger. He has not figured out the perfect balance.

The book is GREAT – AWESOME! The male audible performance in this book is horrifically bad. Why did they switch actors. This guy did a voice for Barrons that sounded like a 70 year old guy. It was AWFUL. The story is great. The girl performance is wonderful and then this guy ruins the entire book for me. I am not sure he took the time to read the book and find out Barrons is a powerful animal of a man. Why in the world did he make him sound feeble. Kind of ruined the story for me. So you might wanna skip the audio presentation of this one and just read it.

This is one of my all time favorite series. I have three. I love a series that makes me feel like I’m part of the world, i escape there, i want to live there, be a part of it. This series allows each character the perfect growth due at the right times and even in surprising unpredictable ways. Im not reviewing this book, because you can’t read just one. I’ve read this series several times, each time is better than the last. The audio version is great as well weigh character voices and acting in ways you’d expect the characters you sound. Although they do change the narrator’s in this book and i prefer the previous ones, particularly the male choices, but their still great, they even do sound effects. I recommend reading it yourself first. Or not you do u. I listen to them in my car. You will not be disappointed with this series.

Feverborn is the eighth book in the Fever series. While this can be read as a standalone, I do not recommend that. If you do, be sure to read through the glossary to get an understanding of the characters, places, and objects first. There is violence and sexual situations.

While I loved the first five books in the Fever series, the last two books were not nearly as good. I was truly hoping to get back to that magic of the early books with Feverborn. Sadly, this book was disappointing in that. While it was okay, and I was glad to get some answers, it could have been so much better.

This book ends on the mother of all cliffhangers.
It’s another amazing ride in the world of Mac, Jada (Dani) and the nine.
I really love Lor in his brotherly love and protection of Jada.
One thing is for sure, the author managed to create amazing characters with supreme sense of humour.
This series are absolutely addictive… on to the next one!