FURY Synopsis
Revenge is an euphoric thing. Trust me on this. Nothing compares to the release you get when you ruin someone’s life. When they’ve stolen important things. Things that didn’t belong to them. Things I revel in making them pay for.
What? Have I offended you? I’m not here to appeal to your delicate senses. I have no intention of placating your wishes or living within your personal belief system nor do I care if you hate me. And you will hate me. Because I’m a brutal, savage, cold-blooded murderer and I’m here for my revenge.
I’m Ethan Moonsong…And this is the story about how I went from the world’s most sacrificing man to the most feared and why I wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world.
Review
A man filled with fury is one who seeks destruction and violence…one who is hellbent on surrounding himself with rage, hate, and the quest for revenge.
In Greek Mythology, a fury is a spirit of punishment – an avenger and tormentor of criminals. One who looks to right injustice but does so in dark and harsh ways.
Ethan Moonsong, Fisher Amelie’s latest hero in her Seven Deadly Sin series, embodies both of those definitions, and his thirst to release that fury nearly leads to his undoing on more than one occasion. There’s a battle waging inside of Ethan – one that he will have help to fight in the form of a girl who allows him to breathe just by being in her presence, but ultimately, Ethan will have to decide what he’s capable of…destruction, atonement, revenge, salvation – these are all a part of his make-up…all within his grasp… but it’s too soon to tell which side will ultimately be Ethan’s fate.
Finley Dyer is the antithesis of fury – she quells Ethan’s darkened soul; she’s the balm and comfort he needs. She has her own reasons to allow the darkness to consume her and to rage against the path that she has been forced to walk, but she chooses not to…she chose a different road – one that readers will realize is just as dangerous as the one Ethan was on without her due to the risks she’s willing to take to unburden herself from her past.
In the second half of the book, Ethan transfers his fury from a cause that has absolutely no merit to one that has more than enough, but that rage and unleashed darkness and passion can get out of hand and result in destructive situations where there’s no coming back from…even with the hope of salvation from the one person he wants to be worthy of – Finley. Because once a monsters created – even one that’s a shield and protector of those in need – misguided deeds can irrevocably alter someone’s path…someone’s future regardless of those who try to ensure otherwise.
Fury attests to the idea that human beings are capable of both heinous and admirable actions and that most of the time those two ideas are not separate but fused together and it’s up to each individual to make a choice which acts will define them.
Ethan and Finley’s story is quite the contemplative read…it delves into the human psyche and forces an examination about what’s truly at the core of individuals, especially those who have been altered by past events. Fisher Amelie does a fantastic job of illustrating Ethan’s torment and the darkness that consumes him, and she also allows readers to understand how/why things change for him, but there is also an emphasis on the fact that there is a part of a person that is never truly gone…it just lays dormant until it feels the need to be unleashed, which absolutely occurs when Ethan gets to Vietnam.
I absolutely love The Seven Deadly series by Fisher Amelie; she creates riveting story lines and characters who are complex and intriguing . As reader, I get to truly understand who each of Amelie’s characters is and why they’ve made the choices they have and what they plan to do to expunge their demons to become whole again. It’s never an easy process and sacrifices most definitely have to be made but that’s exactly how the characters grow because through the darkness, they are intelligent enough to grab on to even the smallest amount of hope and light to get them through.
A complimentary copy was provided in exchange for an honest review.
4.5 poison apples
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Excerpt
I took a deep breath as my fingers found their purchase and pulled out my keys. The key I needed somehow hit home and the lid sprang open, the knives staring at me, daring me. I watched them, waited for them to tell me what to do, but nothing came. They laid still, gleaming in the moonlight waiting for me too, it seemed. I sat in the passenger side seat, one boot still on the gravel, and made the first move. Raising a trembling hand toward the temptation, my fingers felt the cool length of each blade.
The rage still burned in my veins and I felt myself sobering, hesitating. No, I kept hearing. Pick them up, a voice said, so I did. Their weight felt good in my hands, comfortable. I breathed three breaths before gripping their handles and twirling them quickly in my palms. Even drunk, I could slaughter anything that moved. I was made to hunt. And hunt you shall, the voice urged.
I nodded and stood, shutting the passenger side door, tucking the blades into the back of my jeans, and camouflaging them with my shirt. My boots echoed with each step back toward the bar, heavy and dark like the night that surrounded me, like the thoughts in my head.
The adrenaline seared through my body, heightening every nerve, intensifying every sense. My heart pounded like a bass drum in my chest, pressing painfully against my ribs. My skin burned with anticipation.
I reached for the door handle.
“Where do you think you’re going?” a voice whispered, startling me.
I stopped, one hand on the handle. “Finley, go home,” I ordered her.
She stood from her leaning position against the outside wall of the bar, out of the shadows, and walked toward me. Her eyes seared through me. She came to me, stood closely, the heat from her body enveloping me.
“No, I don’t think I will,” she told me, looking up into my eyes. “At least not alone.”
She stood tenaciously, fearlessly. I noted how much taller she was than Cricket and it was a little bit intimidating to me, like what she said was going to happen whether or not I liked it. I respected her and I didn’t know why. I stared at her hard, but she didn’t budge. No, instead, she strengthened her own resolve, her jaw tightening with the decision and glared back even harder. She said and did things with such righteous authority, I felt powerless to her. I’d never felt that way before about a woman. It wasn’t pushy or irrational, it was simply as it was going to be.
My eyes and face relaxed the moment I acquiesced. “Fine.”
Her body followed suit and she nodded once, grabbing my arm and leading me toward my truck. Her hand reached into my jeans pocket, sending an inexplicable electrical charge through me, which I promptly chose to ignore, and yanked out my keys.
“Get in,” she ordered and I obeyed.
She threw herself into the driver’s side and slammed the door shut, sticking the keys in the ignition and turning only once. The engine started, daring not to further goad her. The stereo kicked on, belting something indicative of the moment we were leaving behind us, full of bass and a sharpness so edgy it echoed through my chest and head.
She shoved the truck in reverse, throwing her arm over the back of the bench, and her stare found mine. It was a solid look, packed full with a storm of unspoken words. Without breaking her gaze, she shifted into drive. She held there for a moment, driving her disappointment in me deep down into my soul before finally looking ahead to the end of the parking lot. I know I’m toxic, Finley, I thought, but that didn’t stop my mouth from retching awful thoughts.
“You have no reason to be pissed at me,” I told her, practically begging her to speak.
She didn’t say a word as she pulled out onto the road with more punch than the Finley I knew normally would have, turning toward the interstate. I had no clue where she was taking us, but I wasn’t about to ask.
Just make her turn around, I thought. Tell her you won’t do anything.
I opened my mouth to speak but caught a glimpse of her hair whipping about her determined face from the open windows and forgot what I was going to say. I turned my gaze toward the windshield. The light from the headlights exposing just enough of the road to make me nervous at the speed we were traveling. One hand found the dash to steady myself.
“What’s wrong, Ethan?” she asked.
“Huh?” I asked, whipping my head her direction.
“Too fast for you?”
“No.”
“Liar,” she said, calling me out.
I wiped my palms down the thighs of my jeans. “Slow down,” I said, swallowing.
“Oh, now you want to play it safe?” Her eyes narrowed. “You’re so selfish, you know that?” she asked. I was taken aback. She’d never talked to me like that.
She leisurely drove across lanes as if traveling more than a hundred miles per hour was completely normal.
“What?” I demanded, feeling alert. The adrenaline had sobered me quickly.
“You’re selfish. And stupid. Let’s not forget stupid.”
My blood boiled. “Whatever, Finley.”
“Whatever, Finley,” she mocked. “Don’t you know I’m suffering? That I’m the only person in the world who suffers? Can’t you see that I’m determined to be foolish, Finley?”
“What do you know of suffering?” I asked, incensed.
Wide eyes met mine and her jaw clenched as she pulled over, slamming us to a stop. Her hair flew forward from the force before settling onto her chest and shoulders.
“I know more about suffering than you could ever possibly imagine. You don’t know shit! So you got your heart broken. So what! There are worse things, you know. There are things out there that would curl your toes to know about, Ethan.”
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About Fisher Amelie
Fisher Amelie resides in the South with her kick ace husband slash soul mate. She earned her first ‘mama’ patch in 2009. She also lives with her Weim, Jonah, and her Beta, Whale. All these living creatures keep the belly of her life full, sometimes to the point of gluttony, but she doesn’t mind all that much because life isn’t worth living if it isn’t entertaining, right?
Fisher is the author of The Seven Deadly Series, The Sleepless Series, and The Leaving Series, and was a semi-finalist in Amazon’s Breakthrough Novel Award.
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