Waiting on Wednesday: Burned by Karen Marie Moning

Waiting on Wednesday

"Waiting On Wednesday" is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking The Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

Burned

Dani O'Malley Trilogy: A Fever Novel #2

Author: Karen Marie Moning

Release Date: April 2014

Publisher: Delacorte Press

The next book in #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Marie Moning's Fever series featuring beloved characters Mac and Dani O'Malley. Iced, the latest in the series, ended with a BANG and Burned will pick up right where that left off, delivering another shockingly suspenseful adventure set in the Fever world.

Story Locale: Ireland

Series Overview: Moning's new urban paranormal trilogy is connected to the world of her blockbuster Fever series that fans have grown to know and love, picking up right where Shadowfever (1/11) left off. Featuring beloved characters from the Fever novels, including Christian MacKelter, Ryodan, Mac and Barron and others, this seductive series hinges upon a powerful, tough-talking teen sidhe seer as she battles dark forces to bring justice to light.

Book Review: Shadowfever

Shadowfever
Fever #5
Author: Karen Marie Moning
Pages: 594 pgs
Reading Level: Adult
Published: January 18th 2011
Review Source: Purchased


This is the final book of the series and one of the best. Love the way that the author pulls you in with  her very descriptive writing, makes you feel that you are in the scene along with the characters. Beware that the writing  is very sexually explicit and not for the weak of heart. I read her other series with the highlanders (also a must read ) and love that she brings them in and combines them in the story. This book is so exciting, when you think that you are finding answers and  beginning to understand the reasons for the events, only to get slammed with other twists and turns. It is a mind bogging  book, so be prepared to be sleepless and absorbed until the very clever ending to a great series.

Summary: “Evil is a completely different creature, Mac. Evil is bad that believes it’s good.”

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 who 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, containing 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 haunting her dreams? More important, who is Mac herself 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 to make a choice that will either save the world . . . or destroy it.

Read Yara's review for Shadowfever HERE

Book Review: Dreamfever

Dreamfever
Fever #4
Author: Karen Marie Moning
Pages: 362 pgs
Reading Level: Adult
Published: August 25th 2009Review Source: Purchased 


The 4^th book in the series, which must be read in order , because the author just jumps in and follows the thread from the previous ones. You will get some answers, but a lot of more questions as to whom  some people are and what will be developing.  At the end the plot builds with unanswered questions that gives you the feeling that the rug was pulled from under you and makes you look forward to the next book.

Summary: 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.

Read Yara's review for Dreamfever HERE

Book Review: Shadowfever by Karen Marie Moning

Shadowfever
Fever #5
Author: Karen Marie Moning
Pages: 594 pgs
Reading Level: Adult
Published: January 18th 2011
Review Source: Purchased
Available: Amazon

Summary: “Evil is a completely different creature, Mac. Evil is bad that believes it’s good.”

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 who 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, containing 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 haunting her dreams? More important, who is Mac herself 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 to make a choice that will either save the world . . . or destroy it.

We finally get the conclusion to the Fever series. The author does not disappoint when it comes to this finale. The plot continues to give us so many twist and turns. Just when it seems you think you know, you get the rug pulled from right under your feet. Many thing keep getting unraveled and binded again and again. This was my only issue with the book, I felt it was all thrown in this last book everything we have been waiting to find out. My sister in law describe it perfectly with me yesterday on the phone, we both read it at the same time. She said "This 5th book is just like a Spanish soap opera, the last day of the show is when they cram everything into 1 hour." I completely agreed with her, that was exactly how it felt while I read the book. I still think the way the author write is excellent, I really can't name tomany that give you what she gives you in her words. The suspense, emotions, intrigue, and passion is well balanced. The book finally does answer all that has been going on, but don't you think you have it figured out until you read the last couple of pages. The character development through out the series until this final chapter is great, I really enjoyed how each character stayed true to themselves and grew. What is the best part of reading these books, I will have to say its the emotion you feel from each character the way the author writes it.

I will try and talk about the plat and characters a bit without spoilers, which will be hard of course. MacKayla has grown to be such a strong indepent woman in a matter of month since she moved to Dublin. I think MacKayla and Katniss from The Hunger Games are my favorite females in books for the strength and fight in them. Mac discovers Barrons secret and well everything begins to unravel there. We learn of new secrets and new deceptions. We also know certain people are not who they are or think they are. They are still on the hunt for the Sinsar Dhu or at least we think they are or is it chasing them.

If you do decided to read this series, make sure you either buy the whole series or have a way buy the book instantly. The cliffhangers are intense and you want to be able to have the next one in line so you don't yank your hair out. This series is not, I repeat not for the YA audience.

Book Review: Dreamfever

Dreamfever
Fever #4
Author: Karen Marie Moning
Pages: 362 pgs
Reading Level: Adult
Published: August 25th 2009
Review Source: Purchased

I held on to this book for over a year, so I could read when the 5th book would be released. So the time has finally come and I'm glad I did it that way. The author knows cliff hanger. She creates such big cliff hangers that with previous books I threw the book at the floor when I was done. Not because it was bad just because the way she left it off till next book. Dreamfever starts off real Hot and Heavy, that you can blink or you might miss a word. Karen writes such well described characters and such suspense. You heart will be racing as you read these pages and then you will be tortured with the ending.

Mac is back and starts of where she is turning into Pri-Ya by the Unseelie Princes. You ask what is Pri-Ya read the series and find out. This book is not for anyone under the age of 18 possibly 21. There is tons of sexual situations , not always the love dovey type. So if you are a teenager you might want to hold off reading this series for a couple of years. Mac is then rescued by her real good friend that only 13 years old Dani. Dani is one tough little girl for her age, a few fear her. Barrons of course comes to take Mac from the Abbey where Dani brought her after the situation on Halloween. Barron helps Mac recover and she finally breaks free from being Pri-Ya. I don't want to give to much away. If you want to read a intense and dark series, this is the one. The Author once said when she thought of this story, it came to her as one piece, so she has broken it into 5 pieces, so the endings are murder to us the readers but oh so good. I am now currently reading Shadowfever #5 and its keeping pace with all the rest so far. Look for the review soon.

Summary: 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.

Two more book reviews

Beyond the Highland Mist
by: Karen Marie Moning
Pages: 416

My Stars: 4 stars

A dark and sexy highland hero, a villain who's almost as sexy, and a heroine who's a riot. Adrienne is independent, funny and trying desperately not to fall in love with the most beautiful man in the Highlands. I could see the castle at Dalkeith on the sea, and could smell the heather on the hills. Read below for 2nd book in the series review.


Product description:

He would sell his warrior soul to possess her. . . .

An alluring laird...

He was known throughout the kingdom as Hawk, legendary predator of the battlefield and the boudoir. No woman could refuse his touch, but no woman ever stirred his heart--until a vengeful fairy tumbled Adrienne de Simone out of modern-day Seattle and into medieval Scotland. Captive in a century not her own, entirely too bold, too outspoken, she was an irresistible challenge to the sixteenth-century rogue. Coerced into a marriage with Hawk, Adrienne vowed to keep him at arm's length--but his sweet seduction played havoc with her resolve.

A prisoner in time...

She had a perfect "no" on her perfect lips for the notorious laird, but Hawk swore she would whisper his name with desire, begging for the passion he longed to ignite within her. Not even the barriers of time and space would keep him from winning her love. Despite her uncertainty about following the promptings of her own passionate heart, Adrienne's reservations were no match for Hawk's determination to keep her by his side. . . .

To Tame A Highland Warrior
by: Karen Marie Moning
pages: 400

My Stars: 4 stars

I thoroughly enjoyed this book.
Grimm and Jillian were intriguing characters, when
combined they were awesome. The plot was exciting. THIS IS A GREAT SERIES TO PICK UP!

Synopsis

A Woman’s Tender Touch

He was born to a clan of warriors of supernatural strength, but Gavrael McIllioch abandoned his name and his Highland castle, determined to escape the dark fate of his ancestors. Hiding his identity from the relentless rival clan that hunted him, he called himself Grimm to protect the people he cared for, vowing never to acknowledge his love for ravishing Jillian St. Clair. Yet even from afar he watched over her, and when her father sent an urgent summons, "Come for Jillian," he raced to her side - into a competition to win her hand in marriage.

A Warrior’s Steely Heart

Why had he run from her so many years before? And why return now to see her offered as a prize in her father's manipulative game? Furious, Jillian vowed never to wed. But Grimm was the man she loved, the one who urged her to marry another. He tried to pretend indifference as she tempted him, but he could not deny the fierce desires that compelled him to abduct her from the altar. She was the only woman who could tame the beast that raged within him - even as deadly enemies plotted to destroy them both....

AND AS ALWAYS ,

LOVE, PEACE AND TWILIGHT