 | Title: Fury
 Sexual Content: Kissing. Scenes of sensuality Rating:
Okay – A few good points, but with significant flaws. Library/swap/borrow if you want. |
Description
Sometimes sorry isn't enough....
It’s winter break in Ascension, Maine. The snow is falling and everything looks pristine and peaceful. But not all is as it seems...
Between cozy traditions and parties with her friends, Emily loves the holidays. And this year’s even better--the guy she’s been into for months is finally noticing her. But Em knows if she starts things with him, there’s no turning back. Because his girlfriend is Em’s best friend.
On the other side of town, Chase is having problems of his own. The stress of his home life is starting to take its toll, and his social life is unraveling. But that’s nothing compared to what’s really haunting him. Chase has done something cruel...something the perfect guy he pretends to be would never do. And it’s only a matter of time before he’s exposed.
In Ascension, mistakes can be deadly. And three girls—three beautiful, mysterious girls—are here to choose who will pay.
Em and Chase have been chosen.
"Achingly gorgeous. Fury seduced me."--Lauren Kate, New York Times bestselling author of Fallen
"A fresh dark twist on paranormal, with surprises around every corner. FURY kept me up all night!" --Nancy Holder, NYT Bestselling Author of WICKED and CRUSADE
Review
FURY is the story of two loosely connected—at least initially—characters whose amoral actions cause them to become the targets of Furies, mythological creatures whose sole purpose is punish. The chapters alternate between Em, the rich girl in love with her best friend’s boyfriend, and Chase, the poor football star who values popularity above all else.
The biggest problem I had with FURY are the characters. They just aren’t very likeable. Given the premise, I expected there to be reasons why the Furies would target these two characters, but I didn’t expect to struggle with wanting them to defeat the Furies as much as I did. They both crossed serious lines, Chase specifically, that made it challenging to get upset when the tables were turned on them. And Em, well, she was more stupid than mean, but I couldn’t muster much sympathy for her either.
Another problem I had was how little we actually learn about the Furies themselves. They sort of flit in and out of a few scenes here or there, but never for long and never leaving the kind of impact I expected from a book titled FURY. Even when we learn that these three girls are Furies, information about where they came from, why they are so ‘furious’ at wrong doings, and how they choose who to punish is noticeably scant. I understand that as the first in a series the author may not have wanted to reveal all, but a little information would have gone a long way.
Overall, I’m left feeling much the same as I did when I finished Lauren Oliver’s BEFORE I FALL. I just don’t know if I really liked this book or not. I know the writing was vivid and expressive. I know the Greek Mythology premise of Furies was a refreshing addition to the Paranormal YA genre. I know that the story felt uncomfortably realistic in several places. But the characters are just not the sort you want to root for, even as they fumbled through various redemptive acts, and the plot was never really engaging or exciting enough overcome that. Since apathy is the the dominating emotion I feel having finished FURY, I’ll probably pass on the next two books in this trilogy, ENVY and then ETERNITY, which will be published presumably in 2012.
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I didn't really care for this one for many of the same reasons. Seems like this is going to be one of those you either love or hate it not much in between.
ReplyDeleteI hear ya. This book wasn't what I expected at all. The lack of actual Fury-related content and the fact that Chad is such a douchebag were real turn-offs. I'm skipping the rest of this series too.
ReplyDeleteKristina - The other reviews I've seen have been pretty similar in terms of what they didn't like. I have seen a few raves though.
ReplyDeleteCarmel - It's too bad, isn't it? This had so much promise.
I always have a hard time when the story starts out slow. I kept waiting for the story to actually start. It seems like we spend a lot of the story building the basis for the furies to come in, and I really just wasn't that interested.
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