Fever Series By Karen Marie Moning

I am a huge fan of the HBO TV series True Blood because I am a huge fan of Charlaine Harris' Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire Series. Therefore I listen to a weekly podcast called Last Bite. At the end of the podcast, the hosts do a segment where they tell the listeners about the books they are reading at the moment. One of the hosts' was talking about The Fever series by Karen Marie Moning. It sounded ok and when I heard that you could download the first book, Darkfever, for free here or here, I immediately did just that. I read it in about a week. I give it a 5 out of 5 stars. Darkfever was not like anything I had ever read. This series is in the romance section, but I am confused as to why. It has more action and suspense and you only get romance in Faefever and Dreamfever. I finished Dreamfever in less than a week. The next day I was at Borders with my coupon in tow ready to buy Book 2, Bloodfever, but they were sold out of it! So I ordered it and had it shipped to the store. It was the longest wait EVER! Not really, it was only 3 days, but it seemed like it took forever. When I went to pick up Bloodfever, I also bought Faefever since I was there. I finished both over the next three days. Luck would have it, Borders sent out a 40% off coupon the next day and after work, I picked up Dreamfever. I am a little obsessed with this series. The characters are so intricate and intriguing that I could NOT put these books down. Here is the synopsis of Darkfever:

"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..."

I know what you are thinking, Fae? Not exactly my favorite book subjects either, but man o man did I forget about my predjudice fast! MacKayla is thrust into a world she was not ready for and completely not expecting. She meets a "man" named Jericho Barrons that helps her along the way and a fae prince named V'lane that may or may not be on her side. Both of them will melt your pants off, no kidding. You will see what I mean when you read this. The story line builds and builds throughout each book. The characters are ever changing and little bits of their true identities get revealed in each book. By the end of Faefever, which ends in a horribly intense cliffhanger, you are so in love with these characters, they are all you think about. Dreamfever was unbelievable. So much happens in this book, it is a little overwhelming, but in a good way. It is funny, sad, shocking, sexy, adventurous, and irresistible. I can't say enough about it, but I don't want to give anything away. Anything that I could tell you specifically about the plot line will give something away that adds to the suspense of the book. And if I thought Faefever ended in a cliffhanger, Moning will have you falling off the cliff at the end of Dreamfever. Who is it?!!. Sorry, I am all in a tizzy about the end I just can't control myself. This is definitely one series I will be reading multiple times. Just download the first book because it is free and then I guarantee you will be at the library or bookstore trying to get your hands on the rest of the series. Shadowfever is the next and last book of this series. I don't know when the release date is, but rest assured, I will be at Borders that day waiting for it to open.