Review: Shadowfever

Shadowfever by Karen Marie Moning

My rating: 0 of 5 stars



20 hour audiobook. Natalie Ross & Phil Gigante are awesome narrators.

Update to review: This portion is written both in the first or the last book of the series.
Karen Marie Moning is a genius. I don't know if she meant this series to have so many levels - but it does...or at least I took that much away with me. The first thing to say is that you have a mega mystery on your hands. There are cliff hangers at the end of each book so I warn you ahead of time - DO NOT GET ONE BOOK. Don't think you can read the first book and blithely run out to get the next book when finished. This series does not work that way. You will go out of your mind until you can start the next book. Fair Warning! As soon as you finish the last sentence in the book you will be compelled to start the next book. I happened to have mine in audio version (all of them). That kept my sanity in check. The books while entertaining also made me retrospective. I questioned human nature as a whole and individually. Each choice/decision we make have consequences (to paraphrase the book). As Mac says, "It's not my fault who I am, the only thing my fault is what I choose to do with it." (Shadowfever) So you can take this series as light entertainment or search for the genius of KMM and look deeper & even introspective into your life choices.

Even though this series has many dark things in it and some very X rated scenes and much bad language I think it would be a good series for young adults to discuss values and how our decisions affect not only us but have a ripple effect. I wouldn't recommend it to all but if they have been exposed to these things in the past (and most have) it wouldn't be harmful and may open a dialogue for them to discuss the core values we have. It would definitely be a series that would keep their attention and therefore give them an opening to talk.
Barrons keeps telling Mac throughout the series to "see me". He warns her to think before she acts. Mac does make mistakes but tries to be honest with herself about her actions and mistakes. Yet she does keep making the same mistakes over and over. Trust issues are a problem with both of them. The books break down human nature and all our weaknesses and examines them yet these books are highly entertaining while giving us food for thought. I know that I will be contemplating this series for a long time.



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