Feverborn by Karen Marie Moning
Series: Fever (#8)
Rating: ★☆☆☆☆
In Karen Marie Moning’s latest installment of the epic #1 New York Times bestselling Fever series, the stakes have never been higher and the chemistry has never been hotter. Hurtling us into a realm of labyrinthine intrigue and consummate seduction, FEVERBORN is a riveting tale of ancient evil, lust, betrayal, forgiveness and the redemptive power of love.
When the immortal race of the Fae destroyed the ancient wall dividing the worlds of Man and Faery, the very fabric of the universe was damaged and now Earth is vanishing bit by bit. Only the long-lost Song of Making—a haunting, dangerous melody that is the source of all life itself—can save the planet.
But those who seek the mythic Song—Mac, Barrons, Ryodan and Jada—must contend with old wounds and new enemies, passions that burn hot and hunger for vengeance that runs deep. The challenges are many: The Keltar at war with nine immortals who’ve secretly ruled Dublin for eons, Mac and Jada hunted by the masses, the Seelie queen nowhere to be found, and the most powerful Unseelie prince in all creation determined to rule both Fae and Man. Now the task of solving the ancient riddle of the Song of Making falls to a band of deadly warriors divided among—and within—themselves.
Once a normal city possessing a touch of ancient magic, Dublin is now a treacherously magical city with only a touch of normal. And in those war-torn streets, Mac will come face to face with her most savage enemy yet: herself.
I’ve gone back and forth about continuing this book ever since KMM apologized for defending a pedophile. Originally I wrote a protest review stating that I would never read her work again, and I stand by that. I won’t. Because there are some things I can’t forgive, and defending a 49 year old man who plead guilty “to the charges of accosting a child for immoral purposes and possession of sexually abusive images of a child”, a child who was just 14 years old, whom he met while volunteering at her school so there’s no “I didn’t know she was so young!” bullshit going on here, is unforgivable.
And what’s even more offensive is flat-out lying about his charges, claiming that there is more going on than what’s being reported, making it seem like the VICTIM, a 14 year old girl, is somehow at fault, and then standing idly by while your rabid fangirls begin to victim blame and shame that child in the most disgusting and disturbing ways imaginable.
The reason I took my review down was because I didn’t want to deal with those rabid fangirls myself, who were rage-bombing the comment section below and one-starring all my books. But you know what? Fuck it. In for a penny, in for a pound.
So, no, KMM, I don’t believe you’re sincere when you apologize. I’ve seen you defend men before when they were sexualizing and abusing a 14 year old girl via that horrifically offensive blog post you wrote in response to fans freaking out about the pedos in Iced and the way they treated Dani. I remember you TELLING me that I read it wrong, that it wasn’t disturbing or inappropriate. That it was okay for grown ass men to treat a CHILD that way.
I loved the first five Fever books, I really did. But I will never pick up another book by this woman. My thoughts go out to the 14 year old victim in all of this. I pray she hasn’t seen the things KMM and her rabid fangirls wrote about her.
For more information about what went down, direct quotes in which KMM claims to have more “information” than what we do, and examples of when she flat-out lied about what was going on, read these articles:
Bibliodaze: Defending the Indefensible
Jenny Trout: Don’t Do This Ever
Red Hot Books
Jeaniene Frost: Victim Blaming and Phil Gigante
I almost cry reading this, this is so tragic, so sad, I can’t believe what that poor child is going throught, this make me so mad. Is terrible, there’s no words to describe how awful all this is, and the author is such a ********, what kind of human being defends a pedophile??? I hope she goes to hell.
I know. It’s so sad and so enraging at the same time 🙁
THIS needed to be said. It makes me boil with anger how fans mindlessly defend their idols and attack anyone who has a different opinion. I just hope that the 14 year old girl knows that she’s not at all to be blamed and that it’s NOT her fault.
I liked the Fever series enough but nowhere in hell am I going to read another book by KMM. Victim-blaming and defending a pedophile is unforgivable.
Thank you. I’m still so frigging angry about it. And that GR told me that my anger wasn’t appropriate. That poor girl. I just want to rage so hard for her.
I had no idea about this! Yet, it really doesn’t surprise me considering Iced and Burned. I kinda just stared at my KMM books and, though I really like the original Fever books, I don’t know how I feel about them sitting on my bookshelf.
The first five Fever books were my all-time favorite series. My heart is broken over this turn of events. I’m in the same place as you. I don’t want them on my shelves anymore, but I don’t want to give them away either unless people get addicted and support her as an author without knowing the full-story of the pedophilia-apologist woman behind the books.
EXACTLY my thoughts. I’ll never support this woman or her writing again. I couldn’t have said it better
I’m still upset over this. Never has a BBA made me so angry. Because I loved her so much, and was already mourning the series. As you well know, the first five were my favorite of all time. And then with the pedos in Iced. And then with that clusterfuck that was Burned. And then moving on from defending pedos in literature to DEFENDING PEDOS IN REAL LIFE. WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK, KAREN???
Yes! I recommended these books so much for so many years, and honestly this whole thing is devastating and enraging to me. Prior to this real-life incident I was steady giving her the side-eye because of her statements with Iced, but I’m so angry over this that its completely ruined any enjoyment I can even have looking back with nostalgia.
She made a mistake and apologised. She probably didnt have all her facts straight. I dont for one moment believe she is a pedophile apologist. She made a mistake so pls let us all forguve het and move on. I wont be reading the fever series for entirely different reasons.
Did you even read through all the articles I linked? I’m guessing not, since they make it clear that KMM knew about this situation MONTHS before she spoke out about it, and STILL supported Gigante. That is, until, the massive backlash. Only then did she apologize. Only then did she claim to “not have known all the facts” AFTER she had told people that WE were the ones who didn’t know the whole story, alluding to the fact that SHE knew the whole story. This is nothing but her PR people demanding she fix this.
She apologized after she used the full weight of her name to say that WE did not have all the facts, and there was more to the story than we knew.
Maybe, just maybe, she was mistaken. Maybe she didn’t really know the extent. And I can even see not wanting to believe something like that of a friend. But that doesn’t excuse the way she opened up the door, carelessly, for the victim to be blamed. I’m not okay with it.
If you want to forgive her, fine. Do it. I don’t care. But we have the right to *not* forgive her as well. I’m not okay with how this all went down and I’m not inclined to forget about it.
^ This.
If what you said she did is correct then I agree it is disgusting.
I do think that this is not the platform to publish your opinion. If I click on the review of a book, I want to read a review of the book. Your opinion of the author is not what I am looking for. Please don’t rate a book based on your opinion of the author. Feel free to write an article specifically about the author. Do not misrepresent what your article is.
Are you seriously trying to tell me what I can and cannot write about on my own damn blog? Just stop that mess. Also, if I was a person in the LGBT community, I would want to know what authors use the revenue from their book sales to actively donate to campaigns against LGBT rights. If I am a person of color, I want to know which authors have been caught being racist assholes. If I am a person who was molested as a child, I want to know which authors have defended pedophiles. Because I don’t want to give my money to these people. Which, to me, makes what they do when they’re not writing HIGHLY important to know. If you don’t agree, fine, go read one of the million other book blogs that doesn’t care about these things.