The males always sound male and the females always sound female. It’s a method I’ve only heard in the Fever series but it really works. Ross performs all the female POV and female dialogue, Mr. I may have forgotten someone.Īs has been the case for the previous three books, Natalie Ross and Phil Gigante share the narration. While Mac has the lion’s share of the narration, there are a number of POV characters – Dani, Barrons, Christian, Lor, Kat and a new character called Jada. She and Barrons have been searching the silvers for a way to rid her of it – which explains their absence in the previous book. It talks to her and tries to get her to do evil things. Mac has been lying low because she has a copy of the Sinsar Dubh inside her. But it does solve the problem – even as it creates new ones. I won’t say it neatly solves the problem of Dani’s age and a possible love interest with Ryodan or Christian MacKeltar because it didn’t feel particularly neat. This has profound impact on Dani but listeners have to wait a fair amount of time to know exactly how. Near the start of Burned, Dani (aged 14 as she was in Iced) encounters Mac and flees through the silvers (mirror-like objects which are used as portals to different worlds). It ended with a question, posed from the author – did this really happen or not? That question is answered at the very beginning of this book and if the words sound familiar – well, there’s a reason for that (that’s a hint – you do not need to go find The Alpha Alternative. That scene (a sex scene from Barrons’ POV) was originally written as a result of a promise to fans after Shadowfever did well in a competition. Fans of the series will no doubt have already listened to (or read – or both) The Alpha Alternative. There is a lot going on and it’s difficult to describe the plot without giving away major spoilers, but I’ll do my best. It’s best to start at the beginning ( Darkfever).

In case listeners don’t already know – this is not a series where you can just jump in anywhere. It felt a little squished around the edges and made to fit.

For me, it was obvious that Burned does not fit seamlessly into the Fever universe. I saw an interview with the author where she said that she felt the book was better for the new direction. It’s quite a departure from the previous book, Iced. I believe this part of the series was planned to be five books but will now be three (taking the Fever total to eight). Originally planned to be another book mainly from Dani’s POV, that idea was rolled into a book which mainly focuses on Mac. The Fever series took a bit of a right turn with Burned.

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