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Darkfever

Karen Marie Moning (2006)

SubgenreEpic Fantasy
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingR
Pages (Standard (250-400))
SeriesFever / MacKayla Lane #1
Setting
CSM age18+
Goodreads4.05

Content levels

ViolenceStrong
Sexual contentSteamy
LanguageModerate

Protagonist archetypes

Vengeance-Driven

Synopsis

MacKayla Lane's life is good. She has great friends, a decent job, and a car that breaks down only every other week or so. In other words, she's your perfectly ordinary twenty-first-century woman. Or so she thinks...until something extraordinary happens.When her sister is murdered, leaving a single clue to her death--a cryptic message on Mac's cell phone--Mac journeys to Ireland in search of answers. The quest to find her sister's killer draws her into a shadowy realm where nothing is as it seems, where good and evil wear the same treacherously seductive mask. She is soon faced with an even greater challenge: staying alive long enough to learn how to handle a power she had no idea she possessed--a gift that allows her to see beyond the world of man, into the dangerous realm of the Fae....As Mac delves deeper into the mystery of her sister's death, her every move is shadowed by the dark, mysterious Jericho, a man with no past and only mockery for a future. As she begins to close in on the truth, the ruthless Vlane--an alpha Fae who makes sex an addiction for human women--closes in on her. And as the boundary between worlds begins to crumble, Mac's true mission becomes clear: find the elusive Sinsar Dubh before someone else claims the all-powerful Dark Book--because whoever gets to it first holds nothing less than complete control of the very fabric of both worlds in their hands....From the Hardcover edition.

Darkfever: content & age rating

Intended for adult readers (18+).

Adult urban fantasy with sexually predatory Fae characters, on-page violence, murder mystery content, and steamy romantic tension. Features mature themes of manipulation and sexual addiction.

What to know going in

This book has strong violence, steamy sexual content, and moderate language. Content notes include murder, death of a loved one, and grief (see the full list above).

Who'll love this

Adult readers will be hooked by Mac's dangerous journey into the hidden world of the Fae while hunting her sister's killer.

Tags

Urban FantasyParanormal RomanceMurder MysteryContemporary FantasyDark Fantasy