Darkfever

Fever, Book 1

By: Karen Marie Moning

Narrated by: Joyce Bean

Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins

Publisher's summary

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 21st-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.

As Mac delves deeper into the mystery of her sister's death, her every move is shadowed by the dark, mysterious Jericho, a man with no past and only mockery for a future. As she begins to close in on the truth, the ruthless Vlane - an alpha Fae who makes sex an addiction for human women - closes in on her. And as the boundary between worlds begins to crumble, Mac's true mission becomes clear: find the elusive Sinsar Dubh before someone else claims the all-powerful Dark Book - because whoever gets to it first holds nothing less than complete control of the very fabric of both worlds.

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©2006 Karen Marie Moning (P)2006 Brilliance Audio

Critic reviews

"It's a compelling world filled with mystery and vivid characters, and this, combined with the hint of sparks between Jericho and Mac, will stoke readers' fervor." ( Publishers Weekly)
"Joyce Bean captures the beauty, fear, and otherworldliness of Moning's characters." ( AudioFile)

great.. Now where is book 2?

Book 2 and others are missing.. ? why ? where? *cries in fae* this is annoying

Hero sounds like a leprechaun who smoked for years

I almost could not get through this book because of the way the narrator read Barron's voice. He sounded horrible, like the smoking leprechaun mentioned above. I also found the heroine very annoying because we had to hear about her underwear and nail color, etc. every few minutes. I've got book 2 in paperback so I'll try that one of these days. There are so many people who love this series that I feel like I should persist. But it will be the print version.

Awesome

Amazing book! I couldnt stop hearing it until the end, Now i just need to buy the ebook....😊oh yes

Fantastic Irish Fantasy!

I loved this book! I love everything Irish and/or Scottish. This book brings in some Irish mythology entwined with Ms Monings fantastic storytelling. The narrator Joyce Bean did a wonderful job of bringing the characters to life with unique voices for each one. Looking forward to the rest of the series. I highly recommend this book.

books are great / narration for characters awful

I have to agree with many other reviewers here as to the narrator. She sounds much too old to be MacKayla Lane and what she does to Jericho Barrons is rather unforgiveable. He is described as a large and very vibrant man but she makes him sound like a tiny withered old man. I really wish these would be re-done with other narrators and am looking forward to the final two books where the narrators are different

Narrator is awful

I know this series gets good later. I read the books a while back and wanted to read the next Installment, but needed a refresher, so I figured I'd listen to the audiobook version.

I did remember that Mac was pretty insufferable for the first few books, so I battened down the hatches for that, but the narration made it so much worse.

The narrator reads in a very old school Scarlet O'hara southern belle accent, which just doesn't feel right for a modern girl in her early 20s. Maybe if it were set in the 1920s... Her irish accents are atrocious, and the way she voices Barron's is a crime. JZB is supposed to be sexy, but she voices him like an old man that smoked for the last 50 years. Zero sex appeal at all.

I could maybe get past all of the above if the narrator actually read with any emotion whatsoever. It's so jarring to listen to "Mac" talk about her sister's murder so casually without any sort of feeling. It's like a casual recap. Maybe I'm just spoiled after listening to James Marsters' narration of The Dresden Files.

The only thing that's going to keep me going is knowing that this narrator only voices the first 3 books. But I honestly don't even think I can get through 2 more books of this narrator.

Unfortunate narration

My 5 star rating is for the series as a whole. The story starts slower but stick with it I promise it’s worth it. And the Dani O’Malley spin-off is fantastic (you will meet her later) I’ve read and listened to all the books many times. The voice is an unfortunate choice but they switch narrators later in the series and they finally do poor barrons justice when they do. This narrator although her voice is pleasant is a bit too mature sounding to portray Mac also in my opinion.

The Audio Version 😕

Mac sounds like Blanche from the Golden Girls and Beloved Jericho an Angry Leprechaun! 😐

This series is awesome BUT

I LOVE this book series, purchased them all and read each one more than twice. I even listen to the music Playlist on YouTube. However... The audio book is done in a false Southern drawl. No one under the age of 60 speaks like this!! I'm born and raised in the southern states ;living in many. The ONLY person I've ever heard with an accent close to the one used in the book is my mom's and she is 75 years old! I would love an updated version!!

Weak writing for what could be a great story

There has been a lot of books lately that either spin a new story based on known fairytales or just play on the idea of the fay world.
Darkfever brings yet another interesting twist to the idea of the fay and otherworldly creatures, and the story itself is great, Ireland is a great choice of a place in which the world of the fay intertwine with current day life, allowing for what could have been amazing world building opportunity.
Unfortunately, the writing is weak, Mac is an annoying character who at times just doesn't make sense, and it feels like the writers attempt to show her as a "normal" girl who started off not knowing or believing in the supernatural ended up in a very shallow and somewhat unlikable character.
The setting in Irland is almost ignored, there was no specific connection to the Irish heritage or land and in truth, the story as it is could have been placed in any city without having to change anything.

If you are looking for a light easy listen, this book will do the job, I didn't hate it and was happy to finish it, but I'm definitely not compelled to continue with the sequels.