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Faefever by Karen Marie Moning

10 reviews

dreamreader's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Not quite as enjoyable to me as the first two books in the series. This one felt vaguely repetitive in a way that the others didn't. Mac's inner monologue is tiring, because it's mostly the same thoughts over and over again. She still makes poor decisions and acts based on incomplete information, but I don't mind that so much because it gives her room to grow as a character. I just didn't fully like the character she was in this book, and the way anything outside of character interactions felt a bit repetitive and dull. I also fully didn't expect the ending and didn't love it, not only because I'm worried for Mac now, but because I despise the type of action that took place in those final scenes. I didn't love reading it. Anyway I will 100% continue the series because I know that this is a "it gets worse before it gets better" situation and I still don't know nearly enough about Jericho Barrons, who is the single most interesting character so far.

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samantha_ellen's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Started this straight after b2 & wow I was not ready! This ratcheted everything up a notch. We got some answers but even more questions. You really have no idea who to trust.

I’m not gonna lie that ending was BRUTAL & if CWs trouble you I will let you know there is SA. While it’s on page it isn’t descriptive in any way, but it emotionally impacts you non the less. I couldn’t believe it. So much happened in this book & i can’t even begin to imagine how this will imapct the world from here

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writingbugsal's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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xoeybear's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

I first read these books in 2017 and I’m currently doing a re-read.

Holy crap there’s so much fucked up shit in this book series and in this book in particular.

Please make sure to heed trigger warnings if you’re planning on reading this w/o knowing anything about it.

That said, I thoroughly enjoyed the plotting of this book and Mac’s character growth. This is probably the stage of her arc I like best. But omfg pls stop saying “s*vage” on every other page, KMM. I beg you. I know the late 2000s were a wild time, but a lot of this stuff is painful to read in 2024.

Still had fun with this book but I kind of wish I could read a censored or updated version of the story.

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hannabklein's review against another edition

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dark tense

3.75

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colleenmdavis's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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naturally's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

jericho barrons..i know what you are! ....i think!

it's a toss up between the unseelie king, or the fourth unseelie prince (aka war). either way, he is unseelie! faefever ends with mac being gang raped by famine, death and pestilence AKA the 3/4s of the dark princes that came to earth during samhain. war was notably missing...war was also a theme in the visions seen when mac and jericho kissed in the cave during bloodfever. additionally, mac mentions that the princes were covered in tattoos...jericho has red and black tattoos, iirc. the claims that he is the unseelie king are supported by: (1) his ability to touch the spear and other dark hallow objects, (2) the shades/v'lane fearing him, (3) the shifting silvers in his study. i would further argue that he dead woman in his arms was/is the corpse of his human concubine who killed herself. and when not with mac, he spends his time in the realm he made for his deceased lady love

i love the growing inclusion of the sidhe-seers and the druids/mackeltars. mac clearly has a hunger to bond with her sidhe-seer sisters/make female friends, which is a refreshing change from the not-like-other-girls attitude that tends to plague urban fantasy heroines.

as usual, when one question is answered, three new ones pop up! whomst tf is the dreamy-eyed boy???? i'm beginning to think the lord master is NOT alina's murderer??? WHAT TF IS JERICHO???????????????????

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