Shadowfever

The story is essentially enjoyable, but some of the characters have gone stale. Dani is a great character, but the story told from her perspective—the prose used—is incredibly irritating. I know it's meant to sound like a kid, but it's over the top. There was too much telling and not enough showing: it seemed like certain situations were contrived just so a conversation could take place that explained things. I usually like first-person storytelling, but here it grated. If there's going to be such detailed, long dialogue, I think third-person works better; otherwise, it just doesn't make sense to me.

I keep hearing the series has ended—and indeed, this book certainly feels like a conclusion, of sorts—but more *fever books keep getting published. I'm kinda confused, but I'll keep reading. O.o Speaking of conclusions, it felt very, very weird to me to omit resolution between Dani and Mac from this book.

(Find my thoughts on this book and the entire Fever series here at The Book Barbies.)

You know how we say “ALL THE FEELS” about books all the time? This book makes that look like an understatement. I elated, crushed, enthralled, repulsed, confused, amused, and surprised. I cried both sad and happy tears. Quite the emotional roller coaster, but hands down, my favorite book of the series.

Side note: NEVER in my life have I been so tempted to look to the back for spoilers. And speaking as the world's biggest spoiler-phobe, that's saying something.