laurenjodi's review against another edition
3.0
Bloodfever
3.5 Stars
Note: This review is for the audiobook narrated by Joyce Bean. I'm getting used to her male voices but Barrons still doesn't sound right.
The intricate world-building, compelling mythology and symbolism together with Mac and Barron's intense hate/love relationship manage to keep my interest going in this series despite its shortcomings.
As in Darkfever, the main problem with Bloodfever is the heroine. Barron's comment that Mac is "a spoiled little girl" is right on the money. She remains the immature, self-absorbed and TSTL twit from the previous book although she has, thankfully, reduced the number of times that she rants on about her hair, clothes and the color pink.
JZB is still an enigma and every new facet revealed makes him even more intriguing. There is something acutely primal about him that is oh so appealing. V'lane, on the other hand, is so smarmy, sleazy and sordid - it is incomprehensible to me that so many reviewers swoon over him.
The writing has improved with fewer non-linear transitions and abrupt chapter endings. Unfortunately, Mac still rambles on incessantly about inconsequential things and her mind wanders at inopportune moments to dwell on supposedly profound insights into human nature (while being tortured, for example). There is also an excessive rehashing of events from book one and it is only halfway through that the plot begins to develop and the action gets underway.
Overall, a slight improvement on the first book and I will continue if only to see if Mac truly becomes worthy of her abilities and to get answers to my unanswered questions.
3.5 Stars
Note: This review is for the audiobook narrated by Joyce Bean. I'm getting used to her male voices but Barrons still doesn't sound right.
The intricate world-building, compelling mythology and symbolism together with Mac and Barron's intense hate/love relationship manage to keep my interest going in this series despite its shortcomings.
As in Darkfever, the main problem with Bloodfever is the heroine. Barron's comment that Mac is "a spoiled little girl" is right on the money. She remains the immature, self-absorbed and TSTL twit from the previous book although she has, thankfully, reduced the number of times that she rants on about her hair, clothes and the color pink.
JZB is still an enigma and every new facet revealed makes him even more intriguing. There is something acutely primal about him that is oh so appealing. V'lane, on the other hand, is so smarmy, sleazy and sordid - it is incomprehensible to me that so many reviewers swoon over him.
The writing has improved with fewer non-linear transitions and abrupt chapter endings. Unfortunately, Mac still rambles on incessantly about inconsequential things and her mind wanders at inopportune moments to dwell on supposedly profound insights into human nature (while being tortured, for example). There is also an excessive rehashing of events from book one and it is only halfway through that the plot begins to develop and the action gets underway.
Overall, a slight improvement on the first book and I will continue if only to see if Mac truly becomes worthy of her abilities and to get answers to my unanswered questions.
atra's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
dylan_dr3's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
jaxp1302's review against another edition
adventurous
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
ashleywrites's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
nannasa16's review against another edition
4.0
Badass Mac, I kinda like you (especially when you're eating Unseelie Rhino-boys).
kendallthefire's review against another edition
3.0
I can't say that I hated this book but I was extremely disappointed. In the first book, there was not enough character building for me but it was overshadowed by the wonderful world that was created. In this book, there was no world to build so I needed more from the characters but it fell short. In the last review, I said that in time I would start to love JB and MK but they are still a mystery to me. What is Jericho Barrens? How do we still not know anything about him? Why is he so secretive and why does he hate vlane? I feel like nothing really was fixed or explained, the plot didn't go forward. I was bored until the last 30 pages. Blood fever seemed like a filler novel that could have easily been skipped.
amandatyas's review against another edition
5.0
The second book was even better than the first. Ahhh can’t wait to read the third.
zoealyce's review against another edition
5.0
Loved it! Loved it! Loved it!!!
I didn't feel the ending coming at all, the book kept me so involved. I'm really starting to warm up to Barrens, and I want him to proclaim his undying love for Mac! (As if that would happen though haha)
In the last half of the book we really start to discover the answers to some of the biggest questions raised in the first book, I can't wait to see what's in store for the next :)
I didn't feel the ending coming at all, the book kept me so involved. I'm really starting to warm up to Barrens, and I want him to proclaim his undying love for Mac! (As if that would happen though haha)
In the last half of the book we really start to discover the answers to some of the biggest questions raised in the first book, I can't wait to see what's in store for the next :)