Showing posts with label fever. Show all posts
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Book Talk: Jericho Z Barrons Sex Scene POV




My all time favorite Urban Fantasy Series is the FEVER by KAREN MARIE MONING. Vampire Book Club held an contest to find out who holds the title of Ultimate Alpha and it just so happens our hunky, seductive Jericho Barrons from Fever claims the title, which duh, of course, how could he not.

KAREN MARIE MONING promised us that if he won, she would give is a Barrons sex scene in his POV. It has seemed like months and months and months, but finally the scene has been posted and you can read it HERE






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Review: Shadowfever by Karen Marie Moning

Title:  Shadowfever
Author:  Karen Marie Moning
Series:  Fever, #5
Publisher:  Dell
Release Date:  January 18, 2011
Pages:  594
Rating:  ★★★★★



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 that 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 that contains 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 that haunts her dreams? More importantly, who is Mac 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 make a choice that will either save the world...or destroy it.

++SPOILER-FREE REVIEW OF SHADOWFEVER, BUT IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THE PREVIOUS BOOKS IN THE SERIES THERE MAY BE SPOILERS++

If I had to use one word to describe SHADOWFEVER I would have to say EPIC. This series is all in a epic category of it's own. I can honestly say that it was worth the wait, all the speculating and predicting from the hell-ish cliffhanger in Dreamfever was well worth it. SHADOWFEVER captivated me in a way no book has ever done so before.

SHADOWFEVER was mind-blowing and heart-wrenching. At the end of Dreamfever Mac had killed someone very dear to her and we finally find out who that is. It comes as a big surprise as to who that very special someone was because I kept thinking no, it must be someone else. Chapter 1 of SHADOWFEVER was breathtaking for me because the way that Karen Marie Moning writes is just so astonishing. The chapter killed me. There is so much emotion in how Mac in feeling learning who she has killed that it tears me apart. I was seriously tearing up here. Moning writing is spectacular.

Mackayla Lane She goes through hell. I am really impressed with Mac that I can't even begin to describe it. For a young woman to go through what she has grown through has to have a heart of a true warrior and she has proved again and again that that is what she is, brave, and tough. She could conquer the world if she wanted to. Mac has become one of my all-time favorite heroines.

Jericho Barrons Oh, god this man makes me swoon! Sometimes you want to hate him for being so cold, but than again that sexy voice and body, I want him! We finally get something, we finally get a little clue on what Barrons is and it makes perfect sense why didn't I think of that. We get to see into Barrons head a little bit and know a little bit what he is thinking and what secrets he has held from Mac. And another thing, why he wants the Sinsar Dubh. He is the most perfect dangerous bad-boy that you will get and he has taken my heart. I declare that Jericho Barrons has become my favorite guy in an urban fantasy series or of all-time. I have the Barrons Fever and I don't want a cure!

"Since the moment I laid eyes on Jericho Barrons, I wanted him. I wanted him to do things to me that pink and clueless MacKayla Lane was shocked and appalled and ... okay, yeah, well, utterly fascinated to find herself thinking about."

Darroc aka. LM We have gotten plenty of Darroc and I admit, I have to admit, don't hate me til you have read SHADOWFEVER, don't hate me even then.) I have grown to like Darroc, I didn't even think this has happened. We get a little inside look into him and into how his relationship with Mac's sister, Alina really was and I have to say that he could have been a changed man, not the total crazy dude we all thought him to be. hmmmm..

V'lane All I have to say is OMFG!!! I so didn't see that coming.

My Lovely Mackeltars I love them all! I want more highlander book! Even though they had a role in the book, I wanted more. But at least we got some yummy Christian! I want more Christian. Drustan and Dageus made my heart flutter so I had no doubt in my mind that Christian would too. It is surprising what new change happened in Christian.

This whole entire series has consumed me. Every single book in this series was an addiction that I didn't want to get away from. It was amazing. We had twist and turns and cliffhangers that drove me insane, but let me tell you those cliffhangers were worth it to get to this moment, to get to SHADOWFEVER and find everything out, all the secrets that Moning has kept from us for 5 years. It was so worth it.

It is sad for a series to come to an end. I want more. I enjoyed Mac's journey and will forever love this series. I loved every single one of these characters and YES! There is a spin-off series and I Am dying to read it, but it won't be out for a while. I am in love with Moning's writing and I crave for more.

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SHADOWFEVER CELEBRATION





Title: Shadowfever
Author: Karen Marie Moning
Release Date: January 18, 2011
Publisher: Delacorte Press

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 that 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 that contains 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 that haunts her dreams? More importantly, who is Mac 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 make a choice that will either save the world...or destroy it.


Shadowfever Book Trailer


A letter from Author Karen Marie Moning ...
The Fever Series is all about seeing the truths beneath the illusions and figuring out how to deal with them—or die. While investigating her sister’s murder in Dublin, MacKayla Lane discovers that beneath the beautiful surfaces of nearly everyone and everything she encounters, there’s something else entirely. From the Fae with their deadly glamour, to the siren-call of the Unseelie king’s all-powerful book of dark magic, to Mac herself who starts out young, lovely and innocent only to end up—well, you’ll have to read Shadowfever to find that out—nothing is as it seems.

When I first saw the concept art for the cover of Shadowfever, I was thrilled with how well it encapsulated the entire series in a dual design. Lift the acetate cover of Shadowfever and there’s something else beneath it: a picture of a woman whose back is to the camera (for good reasons, she doesn’t even like to look in the mirror lately) staring off in the distance at something you can’t see (and probably wouldn’t want to anyway) with a tattoo on her back of black wings, like the Unseelie king. But Mac’s human. Isn’t she?

FAN OF THE BOOK? Website / Message Board



Many of us have been going crazy for the Fever Series and It seems like the wait has been forever. Dreamfever's release date was August 2009 and now it is January 2011. We are dying here! Shadowfever may as well be Most Anticipated Book of 2011. We have had questions since book one, but do they get answered in the following books? No. We just have more questions than answers. Like What the hell is Jericho Barrons? What is MacKayla Lane? Who is the beast? Will Mac and Barrons end up together? and the list goes on and on. But finally tomorrow we get all of our answers to our questions.

With Shadowfever being over 600 pages we are bound to get some answers, right? And Tuesday will you Fever fans dedicate your whole day to Shaowfever? KKM has made us go crazy with this release so let us finally celebrate! Finally SHADOWFEVER will be out tomorrow! Let's Jump and Dance And scream til we can't no more. YAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!1IT'S OUT TOMORROW! YAH! YEAH! I'M SOOOOOOOO HAPPY! SHADOWFEVER! MAC AND BARRONS! 600 PAGES!!!! YAH!=D

MY REVIEWS...
Darkfever (Fever #1)
Bloodfever (Fever #2)
Faefever (Fever #3)
Dreamfever (Fever #4)


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Review: Dreamfever by Karen Marie Moning

Title:  Dreamfever
Author:  Karen Marie Moning
Series:  Fever, #4
Publisher:  Dell
Release Date:  August 25, 2009
Pages:  512
Rating:  ★★★★★



He has stolen her past, but MacKayla will never allow her sister's murderer to take her future. Yet even the uniquely gifted sidhe-seer is no match for the Lord Master, who has unleashed an insatiable sexual craving that consumes Mac's every thought-and thrusts her into the seductive realm of two very dangerous men, both of whom she desires but dares not trust.

As the enigmatic Jericho Barrons and the sensual Fae prince V"lane vie for her body and soul, as cryptic entries from her sister's diary mysteriously appear and the power of the Dark Book weaves its annihilating path through the city, Mac's greatest enemy delivers a final challenge...

It's an invitation Mac cannot refuse, one that sends her racing home to Georgia, where an even darker threat awaits. With her parents missing and the lives of her loved ones under siege, Mac is about to come face-to-face with a soul-shattering truth-about herself and her sister, about Jericho Barrons...and about the world she thought she knew.

DREAMFEVER takes you on a deep level with how truly insane you go with how the book ends, believe me. If you haven't read the Fever Series. I advise you READ IT, but ask yourself can you handle the cliffhangers, if not, read them all the exact moment Shadowfever comes out. DREAMFEVER leaves you screaming for more and I mean 100X more than any of the other books in the series. DREAMFEVER is one of those books where you have to stay up til you finish the last page. And after finishing I have a feeling that Shadowfever will be even better.

So, Mac was turned Priya by the Unseelie Princes and when we all think she is doomed she is rescued and brought to the abby, but all Mac craves is sex, sex, and more sex. The ending of Faefever had left us breathless, like what the hell is going to happen next? Leaving us with more questions than answers, but that is what Karen Marie Moning is best known for. In DREAMFEVER, Mac becomes a stronger person and I mean even stronger than when I said she is strong in the last three books. She is taking a stand and coming out on top. Mac becomes even more fiercer as before and I really admire how strong this woman becomes and how to she doesn't let anything step in her way.

I don't want to give too much away and I won't but we don't get a lot of hints but tiny small ones about Barrons. Well, I wouldn't call them hints because I didn't figure out anything with what we got. I NEED to know what Barrons is and we better find that out in Shadowfever. And what is up with V'lane and BArrons? Is Barrons so terrifying that V'lane doesn't even want to get within a couple of feet of him, this is driving me crazy. Mac and Barrons are getting closer to each other and also closer to finding the Sinsar Dubh. The Lord Master is stalking Mac and gives her an ultimatum where she may have no choice but to work for the Lord Master or find a way around it.

I was no longer sexually vulnerable to the death-by-sex Fae Prince.
Jericho Barrons was my poison now.


In the conclusion to DREAMFEVER we get a hell-ish cliffhanger, big surprise, correct? haha. But I am serious. This cliffhanger is the biggest of the biggest cliffhangers of all-time. You have been warned. I am addicted to the Fever Series. One of the Best Urban Fantasy Series of all time. I have no doubt in my mind that Shadowfever will not disappoint. DREAMFEVER leaves you breathless and will leave you with just your mind to picture what the hell is going to happen next. Looking forward to the conclusion to the fever series January 18, 2011. Feel the Heat, Catch the Fever...

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Review: Faefever by Karen Marie Moning

Title:  Faefever
Author:  Karen Marie Moning
Series:  Fever, #3
Publisher:  Dell
Release Date:  September 16, 2008
Pages:  416
Rating:  ★★★★★


He calls me his Queen of the Night. I’d die for him. I’d kill for him, too. When MacKayla Lane receives a torn page from her dead sister’s journal, she is stunned by Alina’s desperate words. And now MacKayla knows that her sister’s killer is close. But evil is closer. And suddenly the sidhe-seer is on the hunt: For answers. For revenge. And for an ancient book of dark magic so evil, it corrupts anyone who touches it.

Mac’s quest for the Sinsar Dubh takes her into the mean, shape-shifting streets of Dublin, with a suspicious cop on her tail. Forced into a dangerous triangle of alliance with V’lane, an insatiable Fae prince of lethally erotic tastes, and Jericho Barrons, a man of primal desires and untold secrets, Mac is soon locked in a battle for her body, mind, and soul.

As All Hallows’ Eve approaches and the city descends into chaos, as a shocking truth about the Dark Book is uncovered, not even Mac can prevent a deadly race of immortals from shattering the walls between worlds—with devastating consequences.…

FAEFEVER left me completely stunned after I finished it, where I was screaming, "WHERE IS THE NEXT DAMN BOOK! I NEED IT NOW!" Moning has been making me go very crazy lately so no surprise, right? Moning's endings make you crave for more and that's exactly what you'll do when you finish this book. I devoured this book. I couldn't stop. But who would want to stop? This book was freaking AMAZING! I want more! I will never get enough of Mac and Barrons, so bring on the next book!

Mac is torn and does not know who to trust. And she is having a hard time making decisions, because there are three guys who want her to find the Sinsar Dubh for him. Darroc and V'lane have motives and since day 1 so has not trusted them, but now she is questioning Barron's trust. But I guess that can be true where she does not know one damn thing about him, but he could share a bit, don't you think? But that doesn't stop Mac from being so attracted to Jericho Barrons.

Jericho Barrons and Mac are having some problems where she can't trust him and he takes matter into his own hands. I think by each book Barrons is becoming a little more human a little bit at a time. But there is still so much that Mac does not understand about Barrons and wouldn't you want to know more? I know I sure do. Mac is the only one who can sense the book and there are many that need her for that, but we also need to think about where does she actually come from, who can she trust? And what the hell is going to happen in the next book, Dreamfever?

Barrons was powerful,broodingly good-looking, insanely wealthy, frighteningly intelligent, and had exquisite taste, not to mention a hard body that emitted some kind of constant low-level charge. Bottom line: He was the stuff of heroes. And psychotic killers.

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Mystified Couples Presents: Mac and Jericho


MACKAYLA LANE
Mac was just another 22 year old young woman but then her life was turned upside down when her sister, Alina was murdered in Ireland while studying abroad. Upon arriving in Dublin she soon realizes that not everything is as it seems. Her life begins to change when everything she sees, is different from what she originally thought. Strange things begin to transpire, she begins to see things a normal person should not be seeing. She is then told by a mysterious stranger that she is not like everybody else, that she can see the Fae(Or Fairy).

JERICHO BARRONS
Jericho Barrons isn't like anyone else out there in the world, for many reasons. The main one would be that he isn't exactly human. He is everything you can't imagine. Strong, Magical, Powerful, dark and demanding. From the beginning he is cold and dark, but what you don't see on the outside is who he really is. Vulnerability isn't something that is a common thing when it comes to Jericho, he likes to hide his emotions for whatever reason. Having a dark past can do that to you, he is intriguing, attractive to boot and everything you would want in a savior. But there are things he hides, and is determined to keep them locked away in the deep part of himself.

THE COUPLE
Mac and Barrons are complete opposites. But you got to admit for those that have read the series, you gotta love this relationship. Ms. Barbie Doll and Mr. Dark and Handsome. Mac and Barrons are not a couple in this book as of now but what to think about the last and final book, SHADOWFEVER? Do you think they have a change in getting together. Does Jericho Barrons care for Mackayla Lane? What about Mac? After DREAMFEVER, has she developed something real for Barrons or is it just attraction? Many fans including me want Mac and Jericho to happen, what do you think?

Thank you KAREN MARIE MONING for creating such amazing characters that we love to become addicted and obsessed with. SHADOWFEVER RELEASE DATE IS JANUARY 18, 2011.
**Character Descriptions from KKM FORUMS.**


He Studied me with his predators gaze, assessing me from head to toe. I studied him back. He didn’t just occupy space, he saturated it. The room had been full of books before, but now it was full of him. About thirty, six feet two or three, he had dark hair, golden skin and dark eyes. His features were strong, chiselled. I couldn’t pinpoint his nationality anymore than I could his accent, some kind of European crossed with old world Mediterranean or maybe an ancestor with dark gypsy blood. He wore an elegant, dark grey Italian suit, a crisp white shirt, and a muted pattern tie. He wasn’t handsome. That was too calm a word. He was intensely masculine. He was sexual. He was attracted. There was an omnipresent carnality about him, in his dark eyes, in his dark mouth, in the way he stood. He was the kind of man I wouldn’t flirt with in a million years.


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Review: Bloodfever by Karen Marie Moning

Title:  Bloodfever
Author:  Karen Marie Moning
Series:  Fever, #2
Publisher:  Dell
Release Date:  August 26, 2008
Pages:  368
Rating:  ★★★★★


I used to think my sister and I were just two nice southern girls who'd get married in a few years and settle down to a quiet life. Then I discovered that Alina and I descend, not from good wholesome southern stock, but from an ancient Celtic bloodline of powerful sidhe-seers, people who can see the Fae. Not only can I see the terrifying otherworldly race, but I can sense the sacred Fae relics that hold the deadliest of their magic.
When my sister was found dead in a trash-filled alley in Dublin, I came over to get answers. Now all I want is revenge. And after everything I've learned about myself, I know I have the power to get it....

MacKayla Lane's ordinary life underwent a complete makeover when she landed on Ireland's shores and was plunged into a world of deadly sorcery and ancient secrets.

In her fight to stay alive, Mac must find the Sinsar Dubh-a million-year-old book of the blackest magic imaginable, which holds the key to power over both the worlds of the Fae and of Man. Pursued by Fae assassins, surrounded by mysterious figures she knows she cannot trust, Mac finds herself torn between two deadly and irresistible men: V'lane, the insatiable Fae who can turn sensual arousal into an obsession for any woman, and the ever-inscrutable Jericho Barrons, a man as alluring as he is mysterious.

For centuries the shadowy realm of the Fae has coexisted with that of humans. Now the walls between the two are coming down, and Mac is the only thing that stands between them....

How is it even possible that this one is better than Darkfever? BLOODFEVER exceeded my expectations as the second in the Fever Series. Moning is a genius. She keeps me coming back for more. If you love Urban Fantasy you will love the Fever Series! Take it from this Urban Fantasy Maniac, Read it! BLOODFEVER continues where Darkfever left off where Mackayla and Barrons continue their quest to locate the Sinsar-Dubh. I liked this one so much, because we get more and more thrown into the Fever World and all kinds of complications happen for our heroine, Mackayla, but she faces them head on and strong.

Mackayla is out to find and kill the one who murdered her sister and search for the Sinsar-Dubh, but some things are too dangerous for her and she just can't face them alone. She needs the help of Jerricho Barrons and V'lane. She is learning to get stronger for herself and she won't take crap from anyone, even Mr. hot and seductive who runs the bookstore. And Barrons. It is exactly the same as Darkfever! I NEED to know more about this guy. I have already fallen for him, but I need something, but he just isn't giving in. I think Barrons likes to stay secretive and mysterious because it makes us girls go crazy.

I think Barrons and Mackayla are too wonderful together. I love their love/hate relationship because I find it so funny at times that you can't help but laugh at the two of them. It is also funny that they are so different from each other Mr. Dark and Handsome and Ms. Barbie doll Clone. I think that I am seeing some change in both of them that the other causes. I can see that Barrons is becoming more likable and alive with Makayla and really caring for her and Barrons is making Makayla a stronger person.

"One day you will kiss a man you can't breathe without, and find that breath is of little consequence."

So finally we get some more V'lane. I love him! I have to say that I love him, but Barrons has my heart. V'lane the sex-by-death fae is someone that maybe is not as bad as we think first off, but I think sometimes, can we trust him? But V'lane really looks out for Mackayla and her well-being. And I can tell he doesn't want to be hated by Mackayla.

I thought that Moning does a great job with the world building, character development and storyline and I really can't wait to see what happens from here. I know that I am going to love the next book, Faefever just as much as I loved BLOODFEVER. I have borrowed these books from the library, but I most definitely will be purchasing them. I just have to have a copy of these exciting and thrilling books.

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