Fury (Fury, #1) in And So It Begins Reading Challenge

Jun 22, 2011 Darlene rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: ebook, 2012-dusty-bookshelf-challenge, 2012-ya-mythology-challenge

Emily (“Em”) Winters and Gabby Dove are best friends. Em breaks The Golden Rule when she fools around with Gabby's boyfriend, Zack McCord, while Gabby is away on Christmas vacation. Zack's best friend, Chase Singer, walks in on Em and Zack in a clinch, but he promises to keep things quiet. Em turns out to be the bigger fool when she realizes that Zack has no intention of breaking up with Gabby and that she is just one of a long string of girls who Zack has been fooling around with on the side. Emily (“Em”) Winters and Gabby Dove are best friends. Em breaks The Golden Rule when she fools around with Gabby's boyfriend, Zack McCord, while Gabby is away on Christmas vacation. Zack's best friend, Chase Singer, walks in on Em and Zack in a clinch, but he promises to keep things quiet. Em turns out to be the bigger fool when she realizes that Zack has no intention of breaking up with Gabby and that she is just one of a long string of girls who Zack has been fooling around with on the side. When Gabby returns from her holiday and finds out what happened, she drops Em like a bad habit but stays with Zack - go figure! Em is ostracized by her peers, and she becomes a little freaked out by a blonde girl who seems to turn up wherever she goes. She has no idea why this person is following her, but she feels threatened by her.

Meanwhile, Chase has met a beautiful red-haired girl named Ty, who is turning his world upside-down. Chase works hard at his preppie image, and he hopes that people forget that he’s the poor kid from the trailer park. Ty single-handedly tries to destroy Chase’s image when she takes compromising pictures of him and posts them all over the school. Chase can’t figure out why Ty would want to ruin his reputation like that.

This is Miles' debut novel, and I found myself caught up in the story even though I didn’t understand what was really going on. I did not like Em or Chase at all, and what kept me reading was to see their comeuppance. They both win the prize for "How Not To Be A Friend." It is an unusual way to hook a reader, but Miles pulled it off. All is revealed in the last 50 pages. Although this is a Young Adult title, there are sexual situations so I would recommend this for those at the upper end of the age-range.

I really enjoyed the book, and I’m looking forward to reading the next book in the series, Envy, which was released in September 2012.

I must comment on that simply stunning cover! It is total eye candy, and I would buy that book off the shelf in a heartbeat based on the cover alone! ...more

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Jan 30, 2013 Zey rated it did not like it

Shelves: meh, annoying-heroine, no-just-no, paranormal, oh-god-kill-me-now, hall-of-shame, i-hate-it, books-i-would-love-to-burn, just-plain-bad, dont-like-it

Don't be fooled by the 1 star. The actual rating is 0. And no, I did not finish reading this garbage disguised as a book, and yes, I still rated it. Who cares? This book is just plain bad. Notice the fact that it's the only book in my "did-not-finish" shelf and you may have a fair idea how bad this book is (view spoiler). I am self confes ...more

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