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A review by laila220
DarkFever / BloodFever / Faefever / Dreamfever / Shadowfever by Karen Marie Moning
Did not finish book.
2.0
I wanted to like this. The world building is amazing, Mac is the anti-thesis to a lot of female protagonists in YA/NA fiction--she's not a strong Katniss, she's not a book smart Hermione, she's not a clever Annabeth Chase, and she's not a powerful underdog Danaerys . She doesn't have a sad sordid past, she grew up happily in a happy home and seems well adjusted. She's feminine, fun, likes what she likes and likes herself and her body. It was refreshing. Femininity is so often disparaged as "weak" but Mac refuses to let that part of her go.
Its everything else that bothers me and eventually made me give up around halfway through Faefever. The books are slow moving. All the men Mac comes into contact with, her "suitors," are all horribly pretentious men who do not respect Mac, her decisions, or her free will and consent. Jericho Barrons is abusive, V'lane is a privileged sexual predator, Fiona is a jealous woman (color me surprised that women are fighting over a man), the Lord Master is evil and humans are a means to an end to him, Christian is the only semi-decent one but he lied to Mac on their 2nd meeting. There are also too many male characters, not enough awesome women. The women we do meet are pitted against Mac constantly.
I stuck around to the middle of the third book to see if there were any improvements. There weren't. I liked the lore, I wish the characters were better. I can't imagine Mac in a relationship with any of the men she's met. It's frankly disturbing that women are reading this and normalizing and romanticizing the dangerous behavior or Jericho and V'lane. I don't think I'll be coming back to this series and finishing it any time soon, if ever.
Its everything else that bothers me and eventually made me give up around halfway through Faefever. The books are slow moving. All the men Mac comes into contact with, her "suitors," are all horribly pretentious men who do not respect Mac, her decisions, or her free will and consent. Jericho Barrons is abusive, V'lane is a privileged sexual predator, Fiona is a jealous woman (color me surprised that women are fighting over a man), the Lord Master is evil and humans are a means to an end to him, Christian is the only semi-decent one but he lied to Mac on their 2nd meeting. There are also too many male characters, not enough awesome women. The women we do meet are pitted against Mac constantly.
I stuck around to the middle of the third book to see if there were any improvements. There weren't. I liked the lore, I wish the characters were better. I can't imagine Mac in a relationship with any of the men she's met. It's frankly disturbing that women are reading this and normalizing and romanticizing the dangerous behavior or Jericho and V'lane. I don't think I'll be coming back to this series and finishing it any time soon, if ever.