Title: Fury
Author: Charlotte McConaghy
Series: The Cure (#1)
Publisher: Momentum Books, Pan Macmillan
Published: March 25th, 2014
Pages: 348 pages
Format: eBook
Source: Provided by CBB Book Promotions & publisher for tour.
Summary:
In the tradition of Divergent comes a novel about a world where negative emotions are stolen … and only those with fury can stand up and fight.
Eighteen-year-old Josephine Luquet wakes naked and covered in blood that is not hers on the same day every year—when the blood moon is full. Josi has not responded to the “Cure”—an immunization against anger mandated by the government—and believes herself to be a threat to others.
Then she meets Luke. Luke has had the Cure but seems different to the other “drones”—and he’s dead set on helping Josi discover the truth about herself before the next blood moon.
But time is running out. Is Luke willing to risk his life to be near her? Does he truly understand what violence she is capable of?
Raw and full of passion, Fury is a story of love in a dystopian world, and how much we are willing to forgive in the struggle to remember our humanity.
I am stunned beyond words. Fury is freakishly incredible! I don’t even know
where to start, my mind is like: awesome awesome awesome awesome. It’s a book
you have to check out soon because it seriously blows your mind away. I can
still feel the adrenaline rushing through my veins from the thrill of the ride.
explosive story about a world where the fury (or anger) feeling has been taken
away from almost every human being thanks to the “Cure”. They can’t
get angry or even understand what being angry feels like. Supposedly it was
meant to make the whole society less dangerous, but instead, they only made
people somewhat lose their humanity. Josephine hates the drones (that’s how she
calls them) and she hates the government
or the so-called Bloods that started all of this in the first place. Yet,
there’s nothing she hates more in the whole world than the monster she becomes
every 16th of September. The one that’s uncontrollable and kills everything
that crosses its path.
chilling to learn about what this side of Josephine was capable of doing. She
IS a heartless monster, like a bloodthirsty animal. And it was heart-breaking
considering that she is a really nice person,
so smart and brave, who has been suffering these transformations alone with no one to look after her or to
confide into. She has never had a real friend before or even made skin contact
with another human, and she’s usually ignored by everyone since people sense
that she is different.
into Josephine’s life right from the start of the book. He drastically turns
her life upside-down wanting to help her find something that will cure her. He
is persistent, calm and patient with Josephine. He struggles to make her trust
him and even more to not fall in love with her. Because he can’t. It’s
forbidden. It’s dangerous. And the web of lies he has been threading may be the
worst thing yet. Oh, Luke. I still like him though. Okay, love him. *swoons*
cool thing about this book is the way it’s written. Most of it is actually
Josephine’s memories as she recounts them to her psychiatrist-Anthony, trying
to make him believe she is a dangerous monster. We also get Anthony’s and
Luke’s point of views thrown in the mix, and I can’t believe how smoothly
everything flowed. You know, I think Fury is the best book with multiple point
of views I’ve ever come across. I loved it.
could tell you everything about this book, I’m even struggling right now to not
spoil it to you. It’s that, and I’m also abstaining from using every praising
gif that I can find on the internet. This book is so so good, and I know it’s
one many will come to like very much, be it for the extraordinary characters,
the heart-pumping action or the fascinating concept that keeps you page turning
to the very end.
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Okay, I'm pretty much in love with this review. I think this would convince anyone (everyone!) to read this book. Thanks so much for hosting a tour stop and sharing your thoughts!
Yay, I'm so glad you liked it. I loved Fury with all my heart and I want everyone to know about it. 😉
Great review, Melissa. I loved this book as well and can't wait for my review to post on Monday.
Terri M.
Second Run Reviews
Thanks, Terri! I'm happy to hear you loved Fury as well. Looking forward to read your review. 😀
Wow this books sounds amazing 🙂 Thanks for the heads up and great review!!
Chanzie @ Mean Who You Are.
It is Chené! I hope you get a copy soon. 😀
+JMJ+
Josephine makes me think of werewolves, who often black out when they transform and have no idea that they've been doing monstrous things. But now Fury raises the idea that even "monstrous" emotions like anger are part of being human. Juxtaposed with the werewolf legends, it makes me wonder if the majority of us non-lycanthropes simply suppressed something essential within ourselves . . . causing us to think of those who can still tap into it as monsters.
Good point! Maybe we do have that kind of power, only I don't know if I would like to have it. As cool as it sounds to be something extraordinary, I'm very afraid of the monster.