Yet, this is the face that all other female faces at Hunter High are unfavorably compared to. My nose is too pointed and prominent to be considered an iconic profile in this culture of perky and pug-nosed Anglo-Saxons. My almond-shaped eyes – a legacy from my ancestors – sit a little too close together, giving me a penetrating gaze. I am not perfect by contemporary standards. Someone tall and straight, dressed always in black, unruffled in every way down to the clean, classic lines of my designer clothing.
(Fantasy.In times past, all dramas started with a prologue, the before before the beginning.Įnter the character to tell you what you need to know. Fans of Wolfson’s heartfelt realistic novels will relish her fleet prose and these new characters as she examines the theme of justice versus revenge.įor readers moving beyond Percy Jackson into the more complex realm of teen angst, this is an enthralling and chilling tale that uses Greek mythology to create a timely fable. Here, Ambrosia, in Greek theatrical tradition, expands on her long-standing hatred and the mythology from which the current drama has sprung. Meg’s candid narration is occasionally suspended by Ambrosia’s diary entries into The Book of Furious. But the girls become ever harsher, drunk on the corrosive power, and inflict mental anguish upon their victims before they, too, must face their personal demons. At first, the Furies are gentle and fair with their justice, punishing wrongdoers by burdening them with a sense of shame. Ambrosia stokes their rage and directs them to their natural calling as the Furies, deities of vengeance. Seeing this, Ambrosia, immortal goddess– cum-classmate, grooms the three girls for her own vengeful purpose. Meg, Stephanie and Alix feel both powerless and incensed by the injustices they see around them.
When a charismatic classmate unites three disenfranchised teens, they learn that their anger is an immense and terrifying power in this dark tale that gracefully weaves Greek myth with modern high school culture.
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