READING: Burned (Fever #7) by Karen Marie Moning

Publication date: January 20 2015
Published by: Delacorte Press
Genre: Adult, Romance, Urban Fantasy, Paranormal, Fae, Mystery, Suspense
Rating: 

MacKayla Lane would do anything to save the home she loves. A gifted sidhe-seer, she’s already fought and defeated the deadly Sinsar Dubh—an ancient book of terrible evil—yet its hold on her has never been stronger.

When the wall that protected humans from the seductive, insatiable Fae was destroyed on Halloween, long-imprisoned immortals ravaged the planet. Now Dublin is a war zone with factions battling for control. As the city heats up and the ice left by the Hoar Frost King melts, tempers flare, passions run red-hot, and dangerous lines get crossed. 

It’s a world where staying alive is a constant struggle, the line between good and evil gets blurred, and every alliance comes at a price. In an epic battle against dark forces, Mac must decide who she can trust, and what her survival is ultimately worth.

Burned was a huge let down, simple as that. 3 stars are given just because I still love the series that Fever once was.

Plot: really, what was the meaning of Burned? Just a rehash of what happened in previous books, but worse. Only actual plot was the introduction of Jada, which was really shocking and sooo cool, and the attempt to save Christian in the last 50 pages or so. And those were the only 2 good elements of the book, I'm afraid. 
I mean ↓

what happened to the black hole at the bottom of Chester's? What happened to the Unseelie Princess? What is happening with Cruce and the Shidhe Seers(not enough said about it

The rest of the book had no structure, which ultimately, led to characters doing stupid, silly and offensive things, because what else is there to do? There was no story! Oh, and a lot of fucking inner dialogue! Mac wasn't a big conversationalist in this one, and she only interacted with very few people. As a result, we kept reading over and over again how horny she was, among other silliness of that level. Score!
Characters: the story around Lor, Ryodan and Jo was simply inane, didn't belong in Fever books. The whole Ryodan-Jo situation was bad enough to begin with, imo.
Also, what happened to Mac? How did she become such a whiny, mopey little girl? She used to be a strong, opinionated, female warrior and now what? Just casually hanging around at BB&B, doing nothing? The only thing she actually did was↓

save Christian at the end and that's because she was invisible! Which, was the stupidest trope ever. For one, because Buffy did it first and much better, and two because it considerably weakened her character. Like all she cared about was admiring how sexy Ryodan was when invisible, spying on him and Barrons while invisible, again, basking in their sexuality. WE GET IT! They are animalistically sexual, it has been mentioned like a million times. Fever books used to be way more than sex. What happened? I wanted to yell at her to grab her sword and just wreak havoc on the Fae, Sinsar Dubh be damned. That's what Jada did when she got it. I think Mac is getting too comfortable and complacent, especially with the Nine coming to her rescue all the time.

Speaking of sex...

was Barrons's scene at the beginning supposed to be sexy? I hope not, because it wasn't. I can't say that he raped Mac, but he definitely took advantage of her grieving state, violated and abused her. Erasing her memory was sick, and that he had the nerve to act annoyed after Mac found out, was just unbelievable. And Mac let it go waaaay too easily, if you ask me. I mean, how can you trust a person like that? She knew what and how Barrons is, sure, but her accepting this, made me feel like Barrons is no different than any other fucking creep out there. And I was not ready to think of him that way, nor did I want to. Moning is way, way better than this. She managed 4 books with no Mac-Barrons sex (I don't count the Priya ones which were addmittedly awesome) and it was still full of sexual tension where it needed to be, and it was perfect. Why resort to cheap tricks now?

In a nutshell, Burned was a huge disappointment, and I am legit scared of what's to come. I'm afraid Moning is taking the series on another path that I am not seeing myself being a fan of.
Taking a break now, and resuming with the next 3 on a later date.