Hey, I love Green Day, but Mac was not cool. And the pop culture references (Green Day, Harry Potter, Rolling Stones, Addams Family, etc.) pulled me repeatedly out of the story and gave me the impression the author wanted me to think Mac was cool due to some of the things she likes. The monsters are monsters, the cops are inept, blah blah blah. She remembers the next day an easy detail to forget no doubt. Later in the book she even forgets shes living in an enormous bookstore and purchases maps of the city at a gift shop. Mac tells us she loves books, but they’re not really mentioned again, except for the magic book they’re seeking and to let us know Mac thinks Fleur Delacour was miscast in the Harry Potter movie. I thought that was a ridiculous way to describe the place, but it briefly raised my hopes that there might at least be a little book talk. She also mentions that Beast gifted Beauty the library on their wedding day which is incorrect, but lets just skip that. Mac is soon staying in Barrons Books and Baubles, a cavernous bookstore Mac likens to the library in Beauty and the Beast. Maybe his smoldering glances at Mac’s boobs were supposed to make him more likeable, and he does save Mac in the end, but that just made me question his judgement because I wanted to kill her halfway through the book and that feeling never really went away. He starts out as an arrogant douche and pretty much stays that way throughout. I would get totally thrown when the death-by-sex Fae would show up and there would be some weird sex scene like Mac masturbating in broad daylight in the middle of the street or being naked on all fours in a crowded museum because I would forget how old she was.īarrons isn’t much better. The dialogue throughout the book is painful with Mac sounding like a snarky, immature 14-year-old the entire story. When describing why she likes museums, Mac tells us, “I should probably pretend it’s because I’m so erudite and scholarly and love to learn, but the truth is I just love shiny, pretty things.” If this honesty was supposed to be endearing, it failed miserably. At one point Mac even mentions after trying to disguise herself, “I might never manage ugly, but at least I bordered on invisible.” Really. Her vanity and concern about her appearance are endless.

Then her main concerns in life are her hair, her wardrobe, her fingernail polish, her tanned legs, the color pink, and her sister’s death. That is, until her sister is killed in Dublin. Our heroine Mackayla “Mac” Lane is a vapid, 22-year-old bartender whose main concerns in life are her hair, her wardrobe, her fingernail polish, her tanned legs, and the color pink.

This was one of the worst books I’ve read in a while, and the lead characters were incredibly shallow and unlikeable. I am mind-boggled that, at the time of this review, this book has over a 4 star rating.

Karen marie moning dark fever