Title: The Furies
Author: Katie Lowe
Pages: 384
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date: 2nd May 2019
Blurb from Goodreads:
1998. A sixteen-year-old girl is found dead on school property,
dressed in white and posed on a swing. No known cause of death.
Four girls know what happened.
And until now they’ve kept their silence.
Four girls know what happened.
And until now they’ve kept their silence.
Violet is returning home, back to the sleepy coastal town which holds so many memories.
In 1998, after a tragic accident claimed the lives of her father and sister, she joins Elm Hollow Academy, a private girls’ school with an unpleasant history of 17th century witch trials.
There she is drawn to Robin, Grace, Alex and their charismatic teacher, Annabel; she is invited to join them in their advanced study group.
There they learn about art, literature and the grisly history of the school. Though Annabel claims her classes aren’t related to ancient rites and rituals, she warns them off the topic, describing it as little more than mythology. However, the more the girls learn, the more they start to believe that magic is real, and that together they can harness it.
But when the body of a former member of the society is found on campus nine months after the she disappeared, fingers are pointed at those closest to her. Leading Violet to wonder whether she can trust her friends, teachers, or even herself.
My Review:
*I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Thanks to HarperCollins UK, HarperFiction and NetGalley*
In 1998, Violet
attended Elm Hollow Academy after the deaths of her father and sister
in a car accident that she walked away from without a scratch.
The private girls'
school has a history linked to the witch trials, and Violet finds
herself drawn to three girls and a teacher who leads their study
group about the dark history of the school, art, feminism and
literature.
When a girl that
went missing, who was part of the group, is found dead on the campus,
Violet wonders if there is more to the study group than there seems,
and whether one of her new friends could have killed her.
Is magic real?
Can Violet trust her
friends and herself?
The blurb for The
Furies really intrigued me - I liked the idea of a study
group/society at a school as well as a body being found and the
possibility of magic - but in the end, this wasn't for me.
I didn't really like
any of the characters, apart from maybe Grace who I felt sorry for.
Violet was okay but she didn't really seem to have much personality -
at times it felt like she was just trying to be Robin.
I didn't like how
toxic some of the relationships were, but it was interesting to see
the dark side of friendships and what people can be capable of doing.
The plot was okay
but took me a while to get into. I did lose interest towards the end.
The writing style
wasn't one of my favourites and I struggled with it to begin with.
I am disappointed
that I didn't enjoy this more.
Overall, this was an
okay read.
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