Darkfever (Fever, #1) by Karen Marie Moning * *
Darkfever is a novel that is in the very popular supernatural YA category. Mercifully, this first installment of the series skips the trope of the girl falling madly in love at first sight with a mysterious man, though there are signs that it's in her future. Still, not just yet. I rated it just 2 stars, because it was just okay. I can't say it was terrible, like New Moon , which was 1 star, but I also can't say that I liked it. It was just okay. The reason for it is not in the story itself, or the writing. The story was fine. It kind of blew some of the plot on the first page. The story is told from the perspective of a future Mac, the main character, who doesn't just tell the story, but also comments on it, almost like she has an agenda, like self-reflection. Therefore, foreshadowing is a big thing in the narration. It's also not very fast-paced, because it does stop often to make room for what we could call "fillers". One kind of filler that drove ...