January 28, 2011
January 22, 2011
"Shadowfever" by Karen Marie Moning
**NO SPOILERS - one excerpt
Title: Shadowfever
Author: Karen Marie Moning
Series: Fever series #5
Published: 2011
Genre: Fantasy Fiction
Pages: 594
Synopsis: MacKayla Lane was just a child when she and her sister, Alina, were given up for adoption and banished from Ireland forever.
Twenty years later, Alina is dead and Mac has returned to the country that expelled them to hunt her sister’s murderer. But after discovering that she descends from a bloodline both gifted and cursed, Mac is plunged into a secret history: an ancient conflict between humans and immortals who have lived concealed among us for thousands of years.
What follows is a shocking chain of events with devastating consequences, and now Mac struggles to cope with grief while continuing her mission to acquire and control the Sinsar Dubh—a book of dark, forbidden magic scribed by the mythical Unseelie King, containing the power to create and destroy worlds.
In an epic battle between humans and Fae, the hunter becomes the hunted when the Sinsar Dubh turns on Mac and begins mowing a deadly path through those she loves.
Who can she turn to? Who can she trust? Who is the woman haunting her dreams? More important, who is Mac herself and what is the destiny she glimpses in the black and crimson designs of an ancient tarot card?
From the luxury of the Lord Master’s penthouse to the sordid depths of an Unseelie nightclub, from the erotic bed of her lover to the terrifying bed of the Unseelie King, Mac’s journey will force her to face the truth of her exile, and to make a choice that will either save the world . . . or destroy it.
In a word: PHENOMENAL!!!!!!
Oh my!! Where to start! I adored this book from the first page to the very last. The action, suspense, twists and turns are phenomenal! This books takes the reader up and down, around and back again so much it leaves your head spinning and your heart begging for more.
I was worried that this fantastic fantasy series might not deliver in the end and leave me disappointed, but I worried for naught. Master story teller Karen Marie Moning has delivered a superb fantasy fiction series and book five exceeds beyond my wildest hopes.
I don't want to give anything away, so I am not going to mention what actually occurs or doesn't occur in this book. I will only say that NOTHING is as it seems and MacKayla learns that lesson very well.
What I particularly adore about this series is the AMAZING growth of the heroine. In the first book she is young, naive and self absorbed with her looks and some very shallow things. As the series progresses that disappears and an amazing kickass heroine is born from the rubble. She is strong, determined to do good and help people, passionate, driven and compelling. To put it simply, she's everything a heroine should be.
I was cheering at most parts of this book, and near to tears at others. All the questions are answered and all but one situation is concluded. The hanging storyline is left for the NEW (squee!!), yes NEW storyline set in the same Fever world. I can't begin to express my joy at that little tidbit found at the end of the book!
One of my favorite passages in the book...
Excerpt (page 341-342)
"I was coming," I said irritably. Fingers handcuffed around my wrist Barrons dragged me toward the stairs.
"What part of 'directly' didn't you understand?"
"Same part of 'play well with others' you never understood, O cantankerous one," I muttered.
He laughed, surprising me. I never know what's going to make him laugh. At the oddest moments, he seems to find humor in his own bad temper.
"I'd be a lot less cantankerous if you admitted you want to fuck me and we got down to it."
Lust ripped through me. Barrons said 'fuck' and I was ready.
"That's all it would take to put you in good humor?"
"It'd go a long way."
"Are we having a conversation, Barrons? Where you actually express feelings?"
"If you want to call a hard dick feelings, Ms. Lane." [end]
I totally loved that exchange and many more like it! A fantastic series that I HIGHLY recommend to anyone who enjoys fantasy fiction and hot sexual chemistry between the heroine and her hero. This series and book delivers on ALL accounts.
If you haven't read this series GET IT NOW!!
5++++++ stars!!!!!
To buy it:
Barnes & Noble or Amazon.com
Title: Shadowfever
Author: Karen Marie Moning
Series: Fever series #5
Published: 2011
Genre: Fantasy Fiction
Pages: 594
Synopsis: MacKayla Lane was just a child when she and her sister, Alina, were given up for adoption and banished from Ireland forever.
Twenty years later, Alina is dead and Mac has returned to the country that expelled them to hunt her sister’s murderer. But after discovering that she descends from a bloodline both gifted and cursed, Mac is plunged into a secret history: an ancient conflict between humans and immortals who have lived concealed among us for thousands of years.
What follows is a shocking chain of events with devastating consequences, and now Mac struggles to cope with grief while continuing her mission to acquire and control the Sinsar Dubh—a book of dark, forbidden magic scribed by the mythical Unseelie King, containing the power to create and destroy worlds.
In an epic battle between humans and Fae, the hunter becomes the hunted when the Sinsar Dubh turns on Mac and begins mowing a deadly path through those she loves.
Who can she turn to? Who can she trust? Who is the woman haunting her dreams? More important, who is Mac herself and what is the destiny she glimpses in the black and crimson designs of an ancient tarot card?
From the luxury of the Lord Master’s penthouse to the sordid depths of an Unseelie nightclub, from the erotic bed of her lover to the terrifying bed of the Unseelie King, Mac’s journey will force her to face the truth of her exile, and to make a choice that will either save the world . . . or destroy it.
In a word: PHENOMENAL!!!!!!
Oh my!! Where to start! I adored this book from the first page to the very last. The action, suspense, twists and turns are phenomenal! This books takes the reader up and down, around and back again so much it leaves your head spinning and your heart begging for more.
I was worried that this fantastic fantasy series might not deliver in the end and leave me disappointed, but I worried for naught. Master story teller Karen Marie Moning has delivered a superb fantasy fiction series and book five exceeds beyond my wildest hopes.
I don't want to give anything away, so I am not going to mention what actually occurs or doesn't occur in this book. I will only say that NOTHING is as it seems and MacKayla learns that lesson very well.
What I particularly adore about this series is the AMAZING growth of the heroine. In the first book she is young, naive and self absorbed with her looks and some very shallow things. As the series progresses that disappears and an amazing kickass heroine is born from the rubble. She is strong, determined to do good and help people, passionate, driven and compelling. To put it simply, she's everything a heroine should be.
I was cheering at most parts of this book, and near to tears at others. All the questions are answered and all but one situation is concluded. The hanging storyline is left for the NEW (squee!!), yes NEW storyline set in the same Fever world. I can't begin to express my joy at that little tidbit found at the end of the book!
One of my favorite passages in the book...
Excerpt (page 341-342)
"I was coming," I said irritably. Fingers handcuffed around my wrist Barrons dragged me toward the stairs.
"What part of 'directly' didn't you understand?"
"Same part of 'play well with others' you never understood, O cantankerous one," I muttered.
He laughed, surprising me. I never know what's going to make him laugh. At the oddest moments, he seems to find humor in his own bad temper.
"I'd be a lot less cantankerous if you admitted you want to fuck me and we got down to it."
Lust ripped through me. Barrons said 'fuck' and I was ready.
"That's all it would take to put you in good humor?"
"It'd go a long way."
"Are we having a conversation, Barrons? Where you actually express feelings?"
"If you want to call a hard dick feelings, Ms. Lane." [end]
I totally loved that exchange and many more like it! A fantastic series that I HIGHLY recommend to anyone who enjoys fantasy fiction and hot sexual chemistry between the heroine and her hero. This series and book delivers on ALL accounts.
If you haven't read this series GET IT NOW!!
5++++++ stars!!!!!
To buy it:
Barnes & Noble or Amazon.com
January 14, 2011
Questions & Poll for you to answer
I've got some questions, so all you lurkers quit lurking about in the shadows and tell me what you think.****I've posted a few polls in my right side bar, so please take a moment and vote- thanks!
Now for the questions part. I'd REALLY *elbow to the ribs* (ya I'm talkin' to you) want to hear answers to these questions.
What if the fantasy fiction world become our reality?
1) How would we cope with real vampires, werewolves, fairies (the winged kind) and witches casting spells and charms?
2) Of all the fantasy books you've read, which book would you most like to become reality and why?
3) What heroine in a fantasy fiction book would YOU want to be if a fantasy book suddenly become reality and you were living out the adventures of the book?
To answer my own questions... 1) I'd freak, 2) Harry Potter books because I'd love for school to be that way and I always wanted to own a magic wand, 3) I don't know. I'd want to be some great kick ass heroine but they get hurt a lot and I'm a wimp so I just don't know.
OK, your turn to answer. Let's hear it and please don't forget to vote in my polls!
Thanks!
***sorry the poll response color is so dark, it won't allow me to change the color *sigh*
January 3, 2011
My 2011 Reading Challenges...
I am joining only two reading challenges to start off the year, I might add more later. And of course, here on the Moonlight to Twilight Blog every March becomes the "March Menage Month" where I read as many menage books as I can within the month of March. So stay tuned for that one! *grin*
The first challenge I am joining is Naida's Romance Reading Challenge - I love joining this challenge each year. You read at least 5 romance books and share your reviews on her Mr.Linky challenge post. Go HERE for more details.
The next reading challenge I am joining is a "new to me" challenge. It's the "2011 Support Your Local Library Reading Challenge". The goal is to read between 12 - 100 books borrowed from your local library in the year 2011. For more details go HERE.
My progress in these challenges will be listed in my right sidebar of my blog.
What challenges have you joined for 2011??
The first challenge I am joining is Naida's Romance Reading Challenge - I love joining this challenge each year. You read at least 5 romance books and share your reviews on her Mr.Linky challenge post. Go HERE for more details.
The next reading challenge I am joining is a "new to me" challenge. It's the "2011 Support Your Local Library Reading Challenge". The goal is to read between 12 - 100 books borrowed from your local library in the year 2011. For more details go HERE.
My progress in these challenges will be listed in my right sidebar of my blog.
What challenges have you joined for 2011??
January 1, 2011
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