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She's eccentric and brilliant, and Felicity can't shake the pull she feels to her. So when Ellis asks Felicity to help her research the Dalloway Five for her second book, Felicity can't say no.

Given her history with the arcane, Felicity is the perfect resource. And when history begins to repeat itself, Felicity will have to face the darkness in Dalloway—and herself.

I haven't had many good days lately. She has great friends, a decent job, and a car that only breaks down every other week or so. In other words, she's your perfectly ordinary twenty-first-century woman. Or so she thinks When her sister is murdered, leaving a single clue to her death - a cryptic message on Mac's cell phone - Mac journeys to Ireland in search of answers. The quest to find her sister's killer draws her into a shadowy realm where nothing is as it seems, where good and evil wear the same treacherously seductive mask.

She is soon faced with an even greater challenge: staying alive long enough to learn how to handle a power she had no idea she possessed - a gift that allows her to see beyond the world of man, into the dangerous realm of the Fae When twelve-year-old Amy becomes ill and loses her powers, she suspects that it's connected to the new teen club that has opened near her school.

It's late summer , and the streets of Philadelphia are abuzz with mosquitoes and rumors of fever. Down near the docks, many have taken ill, and the fatalities are mounting.

Now they include Polly, the serving girl at the Cook Coffeehouse. But fourteen-year-old Mattie Cook doesn't get a moment to mourn the passing of her childhood playmate. New customers have overrun her family's coffee shop, located far from the mosquito-infested river, and Mattie's concerns of fever are all but overshadowed by dreams of growing her family's small business into a thriving enterprise. But when the fever begins to strike closer to home, Mattie's struggle to build a new life must give way to a new fight-the fight to stay alive.

The future is curious. We color our hair; tattoo our skin; pierce our ears, brows, noses. We lift weights, run miles, break records. We are flesh and blood and bone. The future is no longer about who we are--it's about who we want to be. The glimpses into some of the shit he went through broke my heart.

I have a feeling that we have only just begun to scratch the surface of this character and what they are capable of. I hope that the next book gives us more development for these characters as well! I found this much more effective than him just simply opening up about everything that he endured. View 1 comment.

Mar 13, Acqua rated it it was amazing Shelves: assassin , love-cover , q-allcast , db , so-all-consuming , best-mcs , dystopian , predictable , zfavs , q. Was this completely predictable? Did I care? Not even a little, and that should tell you something about how well-written these characters are.

The Fever King is the first book in a futuristic sci-fantasy series set in what is left of the once-United States. It's a story that talks about a lot of interesting themes, and I'm going to get to that in this review, but first I want to talk about w Was this completely predictable? It's a story that talks about a lot of interesting themes, and I'm going to get to that in this review, but first I want to talk about what this book made me think about predictability. I think we often use "this was predictable" to mean that a book was boring and banal.

And I mean, that's often true, especially for books in which predictability isn't the point - I Sometimes a book is predictable because it took the path you wanted it to have, because it developed in a way that made sense, because the author didn't decide to sacrifice a perfectly solid and entertaining storyline for the sake of shock value.

And as long as the main character isn't naive or unobservant for no reason - and here, that wasn't the case - I'm not going to penalize a book for doing what it should have done.

And did this book go there. The Fever King is set in a country with an internal refugee crisis and an external persecution problem, as it's the only state in the world that doesn't imprison people who have magical powers, and it's a story about how people react to personal and generational trauma, a story about whether and how much the goal can justify the means. If you know anything about me, you should also know that this last sentence is probably the thing I like to see the most in fiction.

Because it makes for terrific villainous characters. And this was no exception. I can't tell you as much as I'd like about the character I'm talking about - because while it's a very predictable storyline, I'd rather write a spoiler-free review - but I found him really fascinating and awful, and isn't that the best combination?

As usual, the characters that make me think "I want to know more! He's the son of immigrants, and after he survived a deadly virus and became a witchling, he's thrust in a world that represents everything he has always hated - and to see how conflicted he is, how he's desperately looking for allies and at the same time kind of wants to go back?

He was a really interesting character to read about. And his romance with Dara? The way they start out suspicious of each other but grow closer anyway and still don't really know what's the right thing to do I have a lot of feelings, it must be that I just really like reading about confused young gays who are trying their best to do the right thing.

The other side characters weren't that developed, but seeing how marginal most of them were, it wasn't that much of an issue. This also meant that there isn't a woman who has a relevant role in the whole book , which I It looks like a horrible place to be in, but it also has one of the most interesting magic systems I've read in a while , both because it includes superpowers I had never seen in a novel before - the main character main's power is technopathy , basically magical hacking - and because it's based on knowledge ; you can get new powers if you study for example, you can get telekinesis from physics.

What I liked less about the world is that I often had no idea how anything looked like , but I can't say I didn't like the writing either, because this is the kind of story that felt effortless and that I went through in less than two days, two days during which it took over my head and I couldn't think about anything else.

Update [May 11, ]: I didn't love it quite as much on reread some weaker parts re: writing were more noticeable , but it still kept my attention and I started the sequel immediately after turning the last pages, so yes, this is a great book View all 7 comments. I had no idea that I need this book in my life until I stumbled upon the synopsis. That sounds so intriguing! My gay romance radar went on autopilot and my inner queer faerie is slaphappy!

XD I had no idea that I need this book in my life until I stumbled upon the synopsis. Apr 08, Hamad rated it liked it Shelves: reads , e-books , recommendations. The book came out during the time I had my finals back at university.

I still wanted to read this because it sounded interesting and I now know what is happening so let me explain. I have been reading many great debuts lately but I always keep this is mind.

I think the execution of this book was OK at best! I found out that I was right and the author is doing her PHD in science! The book was not long but I found myself dozing off a couple of times while reading it. The writing was not bad to be fair but I think it needed to be more flexible and alive! There is a reason why I mostly avoid Dystopian novels these days and that is because I swear they all have the same plot, at least that is what I feel!

There is always a virus and a prodigy and betrayals and I knew what would happen in this book after finishing just a few chapters! Their actions and conversations also became redundant at some point! I think TFK was a book that I have read many times before in different books, the characters were not easy to connect to and there were repetitions!

I am not going to continue the second book when the book comes out but I will be reading the web comic as it may be better and easier to read!

Sep 21, Silvia rated it really liked it Shelves: sent-for-review , mm-romance , arc , release I was sent this book as an advanced copy by the author for reviewing purposes, but all opinions are my own. You could say it's about intergenerational trauma and what it does to the individual and to a community. The Fever King is a book that will draw you in and make you care about the characters and the story. That is to say, Noam is a joy to read and he manages to make you smile and laugh even amidst all the stuff that goes on in the book.

Sometimes I found like this could have been toned down a little, and at times I felt like the type of narrative used was more proper of a first person POV than the third person used here, but that's just a personal preference.

That's something I wish was more present in books with magic because it's always so interesting to see and much better than when magic has no explanation or rules. I encourage you to read Victoria Lee's words about some of the themes that shape this book. I'm not going to lie, I struggled a lot for months!

I also read an early copy and I don't know how much the final product will be edited , but I fully plan on rereading it because the only problems I had were in the writing, which to me feels somewhat debut-y. I felt like the worldbuilding could've been better interwoven into the plot instead of being sometimes dumped in a big bulk.

Those are just my personal preferences though, and I don't want anyone to think that this isn't an incredible debut. There were so many points that made me laugh out loud and others made me SCREAM because they were some of the most evil things I've seen done by an author, and I mean that in the best way possible of course.

But in that case you can gently go fuck yourself and it's your loss I guess, because e v e r y o n e in this book is wonderfully queer. TWs: list of trigger warnings on the author's website , plus a few I feel like adding: sickness resulting in death of a child, mention of c.

Holy shit. View all 3 comments. Apr 19, Elle ellexamines marked it as tbr Shelves: x-tbr-lgbtq. View 2 comments. Sep 10, Romie rated it it was amazing Shelves: bi-mc , queer , young-adult , owned , releases , all-time-faves , poc , read-as-an-audiobook , favourites , gelibteh.

Jul 14, Monica rated it liked it Shelves: netgalley. Really enjoyed this! It kept my interest thru the entire story. I only wish it had been longer and more developed. I would definitely read a sequel! The universe. An infinite cascade of chaos. A series of impossible accidents is the only reason we even exist. Here's something I don't say often, but even though the premise didn't get me too excited, the execution was incredible. I thought I was tired of dystopian books, but The Fever King proved that new twists can be put onto a genre that's been trod into the ground.

It's a book that's poignant in this day and age, exploring how trauma, especially intergenerational trauma, affects people, and what happens when they come out as survivors. I loved reading Noam's story. Noam is stubborn and determined and keeps trying to do what he thinks is right.

The narrative voice in this was so good. It was authentic and engaging, and even though it was written in third person, I felt as if I was in Noam's head more than in a lot of first-person narratives. I also came to love Dara a lot--can I give him a hug? Both Noah and Dara were such complex and real characters and I loved the dynamic between them.

Yes, it could be prickly and angsty, but I could tell they really did care for each other even though all the miscommunication which was written so much better than most miscommunication tropes are. The worldbuilding and magic system was so interesting as well--where magic is a virus that can kill, and is based on actual science. I don't see many books that can be categorized as science fantasy but this is definitely one of them.

The fracturing of the post-nuclear United States was interesting--a bit confusing at first, and I'm still not sure what the exact timeline is, but it didn't impact my enjoyment of the book. A lot of the backstory to the world comes through documents and videos showing Calix Lehrer's life. Lehrer was such a fascinating character and I definitely want to see more of him in sequels. Even though the characters were excellent and the worldbuilding was great, what stood out to me was how tight the plot was.

I actually gasped out loud at a few points and even though there were some things that I saw coming, the twists still managed to get me in some way or another. The world of The Fever King incorporated history and current events that cause discomfort--riots, refugee camps, epidemics, biological warfare. I wasn't expecting this book to be as brutal as it was, but it deals with all types of trauma in a way that's just so raw.

Almost all of the characters have experienced some type of heavy trauma either before or during the book's events and cope with it in ways that are probably more harmful than not, but they're survivors: they keep existing and keep pushing boundaries. I really enjoyed reading The Fever King and will definitely be on the lookout for the sequel when it comes. If you want to see a clever new twist on the dystopian genre, characters that you'll fall in love with, or just desire for your heart to be shattered by yet another book--read The Fever King.

You won't regret it. Thank you to the publisher for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review. Dec 28, Tucker TuckerTheReader rated it liked it Shelves: young-adult , dystopian , arc-physical , finished-copies-physical , science-fiction. Let me preface this mini review by saying I have talked to the author and she seems really nice.

I have nothing against her. That said, I unfortunately did not enjoy this as much as I hoped I would. I was expecting a lot of sci-fi which there was but not as much as I was expecting. I had trouble staying focused on the story. But that's mostly because I had some personal things going on while I was reading this. All in all, I loved the writing style.

The story intrigued me at first but slowly Let me preface this mini review by saying I have talked to the author and she seems really nice. The story intrigued me at first but slowly petered out towards the end. Me: so there's this book. I really want to read it but it doesn't come out until March.

Therapist: You know what to do about that right? Me: Kidnap the author and hold her ransom for an ARC of her own book?! Thank you to Brilliance Publishing for sending me an Advanced Reader Copy and thus saving their debut author from a kidnapping. Nov 24, Vicky Again rated it it was amazing. I love it so much? I could scream about this book all day, honestly.

Honestly, Victoria Lee is a master at creating characters I love and feel intensely attached to. I want them to have a happy ending. All I want from the sequel, The Electric Heir, is for Noam and Dara and everyone else to happily retire in a beautiful countryside and skip through fields of daisies. Is that too much to ask? I loooove sci-fi and the setting feels very sci-fi to me. They write how different causes and things give those who protest different goals and ideas and it pulls them to decide what is their priority.

This is real. Others disagreed with her methods. Black rights? So many different activists who had different views on how to acheive equality throughout American history.

And the virus added a little bit of a fantasy element, which I loved reading! Most people who get the virus die, but the few survivors now develop special abilities, and the protagonist Noam is one of them. The smart take on social issues in a fantasci setting. From immigration to religion and their links to politics, Lee weaves this into the story without making this a book whose primary focus is these issues.

Anyone who says that this book is too political should be reminded that the existence of any person who is a minority is inherently political. You can ignore it, but when it comes down to it, political issues give rights and take them away, and it almost never does this with non-minority groups.

Lee makes the social issues in the books prominent and there, yet woven into the story to not make it the focus. Lee captures your attention right away with a heavy introduction feat. And from there, it only gets more and more tense as Noam joins Level IV and meets new people—some good and some bad—and gets intertwined with this viciously complex plot.

And the ending. The ending killed me. I have no words. Everyone needs to read this just so we can all scream about the ending from our houses and vibrate the earth with the sheer force of our shrieks. Please read it. Apr 10, Fadwa Word Wonders rated it it was amazing Shelves: releases , bipoc , young-adult , fantasy , neurodivergency-mental-illness-rep , favourites , all-time-favourites , lgbtq-m-m , religious-non-muslim-mc.

Original review posted on my blog : Word Wonders CW: mention and description of suicide, illness, death, violence, fascism, drug use, excessive drinking, pedophilia, statutory rape, abuse in all its forms, manipulation, trauma, murder, gore, generational trauma, ableist language, slut-shaming.

Do you ever rate a book five stars and the more you think about it the more you realize just how much more you love it and how you wish you could give it a billion more stars? I finished this book two weeks ago and yet the more I think about it then more I realize how much I underestimated my love for it. Can someone please explain what the fuck? Too political. Too queer. But I think what those people mean too real. I know I did. I adored it with every rotten fiber of my heart. The concept of this book is a great one and I loved the angle the author approached it with.

The Fever King is set in a future US that has been divide into different nations. The powers the person ends up getting are more often than not influenced by their affinities pre-infection and they can learn other skills, if they understand the science behind them. My science nerd brain was well fed. And all of this was extremely easy to grasp. Noam, our bisexual Colombian Jewish main character, survives the infection that kills his dad and wakes up with technopathic powers.

And listen. This book not only draws parallels with what is currently happening in the US but it also explores inter-generational trauma when drawing a parallel with the Holocaust, and space was explicitly made for that discussion by making the main cast Jewish. Is the line the same for everyone? Does this line even exist in such an oppressive and borderline genocidal climate? Are things really either or and not somewhere in the murky grey middle?

Troubled soft Dara who just wants to live on a farm and stargaze until he grows grey and old. And through the whole book, I just wanted someone to wrap him in a -consensual- hug, tuck him in bed with a good book and some hot chocolat. All of it. It was extremely hard to read but also extremely cathartic. Which…is another real part of this book, trauma not only affects you but it also affects the way you interact with people and if you ask me, it adds some kind of urgency and intensity to the way you care about people, which can turn toxic if not handled well, and I feel like this book navigated that line so very well, showing both sides of the coin.

Their romance was so slow-burn and tentative and I lived for the few sweet moments they had. I love that girl to pieces. If you see a Google Drive link instead of source url, means that the file witch you will get after approval is just a summary of original book or the file has been already removed.

Loved each and every part of this book. I will definitely recommend this book to fantasy, fantasy lovers. Your Rating:. Your Comment:. Home Downloads Free Downloads Darkfever pdf. Read Online Download.

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