I was not sure what to expect reading this. All these hardcore reviewers have given it 5 stars. ALL of them. That was a fist. I can't give it 5 stars though. I feel like Darkfever was a long introduction to a long adventure. Don't get me wrong. Not a boring one. Moning's style is very intriguing and I never felt like stopping my reading. Though after it, I am wondering what happened. Not that much stuff. 
 It was rather refreshing that the heroine did not fall in love heels over head with a mysterious protagonist that screams Wrong like so many books out there. 
 I said something about Moning's style. I think a sample is required: 
 "I understand now. It's the difference between involuntary manslaughter and homicide: the dead person is still dead, and I highly doubt the corpse appreciates any legal distinctions we made over it. By omission or commission, one orange, two candy bars, a bar of pretzels, and twenty-six hours later, I had blood on my hands." How can you put a book down after reading that? 
 There is a detail that quite bugged me. (Rather insignificant, but I have to put it out there). The police insist that Mac's sister was doing drugs?! Hummmm. Didn't they do a tox screen when going through the autopsy? I don't know, maybe I watched too much CSI but still...