It's been nearly a week since I finished book 5, and since I read 2-5 within 4 days, I have a hard time telling them apart. So I'll keep these short. I mostly repeat my recommendation from [b: Darkfever|112750|Darkfever (Fever, #1)|Karen Marie Moning|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1392579949s/112750.jpg|108558] if you like your urban Fae fantasy with a strong dash of dangerous hero syndrome (will they or will they not?), an abundance of convoluted secrets, lies and intrigue and a cool-at-last heroine, you just have to make it through book 1. Everything gets better with book 2.

I hated Pink Mac. But I like Dark Mac quite a bit. In this second book Mac has transformed from the original Barbie stereotype into a much more relatable and far less reluctant (but still) heroine. Barrons is remains the bad-ass he always was ...

As I predicted in my review of [b: Darkfever|112750|Darkfever (Fever, #1)|Karen Marie Moning|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1392579949s/112750.jpg|108558] the romance element becomes stronger after Mac has turned away from the Pink Side. After all the Dark Side has cookies and Barrons ...

PS: It took me all of book 1 to realize the cheap word play on V'Lane.