"Fantastic Faes"

Faefever is the third in the series and I would strongly advise you not to read them out of order (Darkfever, Bloodfever, Faefever). Each tale in the series is closely tied in to the one before it. Without the knowledge of what went on in prior reads, it would be very confusing. I'm a big fan of Karen Marie Moning but at the moment I'm, well, bummed. This book ended with quite the cliffhanger. I have on a very, very sad face. I absolutely loved the book. Hate cliffhangers.

MacKayla Lane receives a torn page from her dead sister's journal and she makes a decision to find her killer. She is unwittingly sucked into an unbelievably crazy world of Celtic myth that includes bad fairies, druids, dark hallows, evil plots, mystery and unfulfilled sexual desires with men who, let's say, lack scruples. Oh, and Mac is a sidhe-seer, which in the land of Fae is a person their power is ineffective on.

Moning's writing is intelligent, fantastic, and although this is a dark fantasy, somehow believable. The story was gritty and pretty darn scary at times. Oh, right, and there's some sex. There are quite a few, um, delicious Fae's in this book. All of them are after Mac in hopes of using her sidhe-seer ability to sense Hallows, which are eight ancient relics - four light and four dark.

One of the Fae is V'lane, a death-by-sex Fae. *grin* Then you have the Lord Master, Mac's sister's old lover and killer. Add in Jericho Barrons who is so darn mysterious I still can't figure him out. And, lastly, there's Christian MacKeltar, a young, yummy, Druid. I, personally, would be all over V'lane. But that's another story altogether.

Here's a little taste of Moning's expertise: "The princes adopted static form, became males so unutterably beautiful that looking at them was a moment of such exquisite perfection that it hurt my soul, and I gibbered wordlessly." I totally devoured this book. Now I'm strung out. I want and need to know what happens next. All I can do is wait for the next installment, "Dreamfever". Come on, Ms. Moning, more please.

Reviewed by Kathy Rollins
Posted October 10, 2009