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The Furies
The Furies | Katie Lowe
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abookdragonsretreat
The Furies | Katie Lowe
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Mehso-so

I won this book in a giveaway 2 years ago, so it's taken me long enough to pick it up🙈Whilst I did enjoy this book, I found the pacing slow and there was too much information that I found boring. But onto the good stuff, I absolutely loved the world building and the dark academia vibes, the eerie friendship between the 4 and a mysterious murder mystery which isn't entirely the focus but still interesting. The ending was a little confusing.

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RainyDayReading
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My first book of 2020 was The Furies by Katie Lowe and the last book I read was Yule: Rituals, Recipes & Lore for the Winter Solstice.

My first read for 2021 is Dark Archives: A Librarian‘s Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin. You know...a cheery little read to kick the year off right 🤪

#Goodbye2020 @ShyBookOwl

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ashesofabookdragon
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Mehso-so

When reading this book I kept trying to find what missed for me. The writing is fantastic in a technical sense. It's well written and the engaging.

However, I was unable to engage with any of the characters. At points I felt sorry or angry 'at' them but never 'with' them. It was a very different experience than I was expecting.

I will be interested to see what Katie Lowe writes next. :)

Overall Rating: 3 stars

~Big THANK-YOU to netgalley~

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Skyrimir
The Furies | Katie Lowe
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Painting and rearranging! Not the best at getting clean edges, so I need to do some cleaning up, but I do really like the color.

Megabooks I love this!! 4y
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RainyDayReading
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Sorry for the radio silence on here. As you can see, I‘ve been moving! This heap of boxes are almost all of my books that I am itching to unpack but I have to finish painting first 😪 Still slowly making my way through the tagged book...very slowly...but I‘m nearly done. I‘m going to have more than two bookcases to stuff all my books in now! So my biggest challenge is going to be figuring out how best to organize and display them 😁

Avanders This is what I have to embark upon... packing up the preciouses 😰 Good luck setting up your new home! (The best part of moving 😉) 4y
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ChasingOm
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Bailedbailed

This week‘s #bookreport.
📚Finished and reviewed THE FIRE ONE HIGH and NINTH HOUSE.
📚Put THE NIGHT COUNTRY aside so I could re-listen to THE HAZEL WOOD first. I looooooove this book on audio.
📚Haven‘t started BURNOUT yet. Not sure when IRL book club is meeting to discuss...
📚Bailed on THE FURIES. It just wasn‘t atmospheric enough to draw me in. 😢

Cinfhen That‘s a well rounded week!! I sometimes feel better when I have a bail in the mix, it makes me feel like I‘m reading what I want and not what I need or think I should be reading 😁 4y
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RainyDayReading
The Furies | Katie Lowe
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Well, I have a day to finish these two library books. I‘m supposed to do the final move into the new house this weekend, hence the needing to finish these before I go, but the snow is coming down so we‘ll see if that happens. Once those are done I‘ll finally be able to move onto Planetfall which is one of my #NewYearWhoDis books! I have a few more coming but not sure they‘ll get here before the end of the month due to weather. @jessinikkip

jessinikkip Nice! I hope you enjoy! Ive had a couple books on order from Amazon that got delayed. Hopefully they'll get here soon so I can get on reading them!! 4y
RainyDayReading @jessinikkip Thanks! I hope so too! The ones I ordered shipped last week and have been “on their way” to USPS for 4 days straight now. Not sure if they‘ll ever turn up at this rate. But when they do they‘re on the top of my TBR pile! Hope yours show up soon too! 4y
jessinikkip My books finally arrived!!! I chose 4 of them that really spoke to me and it took a while but they finally got here. I'll finish the book im 2/3 through and start on them next! 4y
RainyDayReading @jessinikkip Awesome!! Mine are supposed to be arriving today 🤞🏻When they do, they‘ve got first priority! 4y
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JoScho
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Panpan

I hate to write negative reviews because I can only imagine how much time, Heart and effort goes into writing a novel. However, with that being said, this book just wasn‘t for me. I had trouble following some of the descriptions and I also never really connected with the characters on a level that made me actually care about them. The premise sounded so good. It has received many good reviews-just wasn‘t for me.
#netgalley #arc #thefuries

Reggie Omg me too, I always think it as the authors having a baby, that they nurse and raised and bore only for us to say-we hate your baby. Lol 4y
JoScho @Reggie exactly!!! 4y
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BridgetteM
The Furies | Katie Lowe
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So my team is, unsurprisingly, getting clobbered. It‘s 42 to 0 and it‘s not even the fourth quarter yet. Time to bring out my reading material, which is much more satisfying than this game.

TheShaggyShepherd Our dawgs lost too. 😔 4y
BridgetteM @IvoryLunatic I saw that. I feel bad for the poor kicker. 😩 4y
TheShaggyShepherd @BridgetteM yessss. Class on Monday is going to suck for him. 4y
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Jerdencon
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It was supposed to rain all day but turned out to be beautiful so my son is at his tennis lessons. Thankfully I had my kindle in my bag and starting this ARC I‘ve had on net galley for ages.

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TorieStorieS
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Well this British version of The Craft had more #Murder than I expected!! These teen witches are dark, and this book is beautifully written! I enjoyed it quite a bit! A perfect read for a #DarkNight! #Scarathlon #Team Stoker 2 points #Spooktober #ScreamathonPhotoChallenge

BeansPage 🧟‍♀️ 4y
k.reads.5 I've been curious about this one! Glad you enjoyed it! 4y
TorieStorieS @k.reads.5 I liked it more than I expected even!! 🎃🎃🎃 4y
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TorieStorieS
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Pickpick

Well this British version of The Craft had more #Murder than I expected!! These teen witches are dark, and this book is beautifully written! I enjoyed it quite a bit! A perfect read for a #DarkNight! #Scarathlon #Team Stoker 2 points #Spooktober #ScreamathonPhotoChallenge

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BridgetteM
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Enjoying the last bit of the weekend with The Furies by Katie Lowe. Thus far it seems to be another great, spooky fall read.

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Hooked_on_books
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Violet starts attending an elite girls‘ school after a personal tragedy and becomes mesmerized by another girl. Their group starts delving into witchcraft (real or not is unclear) and dangerous behaviors/activities. Ultimately about the power of female friendship, this book gets dark and disturbing. A good read for October, out 10/8. (FYI Goodreads calls this YA and it is not.)

Myhusbandhatesreading Sounds good!! I‘ve added it to my list! 4y
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Quirkybookworm
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Melli
The Furies | Katie Lowe

Arc from netgalley So far it‘s ok kinda confusing but I‘m only 30% so maybe it will get better

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jhod
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Late for my #bfc wrap up. Only finished one book - tagged - which is by no means perfect but I would still recommend especially if you love school based, female friendship dramas with a bit of witchcraft thrown in. Did my 70k steps this week and also had a lovely river swim today!

@wanderinglynn

Mitch That looks a very special swim! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 5y
squirrelbrain Fab! ❤️ 5y
Caroline2 Looks lovely! 😀 5y
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jhod @Caroline2 the River Chelmer! 5y
Crazeedi Looks super cold which is perfect!! 5y
wanderinglynn Way to go! 🙌 Fantastic week! 🎉 And your river swim looks like a lot of fun. 5y
Cathythoughts Fabulous pic 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 5y
Oryx Great pic! Love an outdoor swim 5y
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ladyonequestion
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Pickpick

After a tragic accident, Violet is sent to an exclusive girls school where she attracts the attention of a teacher who invites her to join an elite club. The school is located at the site where witch trials took place and the four girls dabble in witchcraft and rituals, believing that it gives them power. An excellent portrayal of adolence and a gripping thriller, altho slightly over the top at times.

allureofbeauty Pretty sure this is on my tbr. 5y
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DebinHawaii
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NetGalley #ARC that reminds me of the 🎬The Craft but deeper & darker. At a girl's prep school in a coastal town, Violet meets 3 schoolmates & joins their special study group with an art teacher who tells them the legend of the school's founder--put to death for witchcraft but not before summoning the Erinyes or Furies of Ancient Greek Myth for revenge. The girls start practicing witchcraft & things spiral out of control. Disjointed but not bad.

Melli Yup that movie came to mind as I‘m reading it now I want i watch it, this was always one of my fave witchy movies 5y
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DebinHawaii
The Furies | Katie Lowe
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A quick trip to Target & the SBUX within before waiting (& fitting a chapter in) before getting my haircut, then I am getting the heck out of the mall. 😱 #dayoff

Tamra They are exhausting! 5y
JanuarieTimewalker13 If it‘s a strip mall, I‘m ok, if it‘s indoor, it‘s too darn artificial...I need windows and access to the sunlight and nature. I really don‘t know how anyone thought indoor malls was a good idea. They‘ve always made me dizzy. 5y
Ashley_Nicoletto Malls are just to much. 5y
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DebinHawaii @Tamra @Ashley_Nicoletto @JanuarieTimewalker13 It's a pretty mall, mostly outdoor--at least the path from Target to Aveda but too many people & tourists moving slowly today! 😬 5y
peaKnit I do wish I lived in Hawaii, even for the mall 😂 5y
DebinHawaii @peaknit Hah! 🤣 5y
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Lizpixie
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#BookMail Pt3 Violet is sent to Elm Hollow Academy, a private girls school in a coastal town, famous as the site of 17th century witch trials. She becomes the 4th member of a study group with Robin, Grace & Alex, led by their art teacher Annabel. With the group starting to believe witchcraft is real, the appearance of the body of a former member of the group that disappeared 9 months ago, Violet starts to wonder if she can trust anyone.

Reviewsbylola This sounds like a mash up of The Crucible and The Secret History. 😆 5y
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Bookgirl
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Secret History, Special Topics in Calamity Physics, The Basic Eight, and the movie The Craft -and you have the plot of The Furies. Elite school, exclusive clique, charismatic adult mentor, dabbles in witchcraft, drugs and alcohol. The writing jumps around in time with no warning and that along with all the intoxication gives an incoherent feel to everything, which makes sense as the story is told by a character looking back at the past👇🏼👇🏼

Bookgirl Needed more room! There is so much symbolism for decay in this book it hits you over the head. Remember The Virgin Suicides? Totally different story but the same pervasive decay in the town, the people, and every description lives in The Furies. An interesting exploration of both the toxicity of female friendships and the ways in which women are oppressed and how that oppression can lead to madness. 5y
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Bookgirl
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Nonstop rain in Michigan means I‘ve yet to get my new deck furniture actually out on my deck. But it‘s soooooo comfy! So, my son and I are just hanging out on it in the garage while we read. 😂😂😂 Lots of great NetGalley downloads to get through; the tagged book is another murder at an exclusive school with a sketchy clique involved - a total weakness of mine!! #garageliving #rainrainandmorerain #dogsoflitsy #loki #petsoflitsy #summerreading

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Rhondareads
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Word of mouth 🔥🔥🔥🔥can‘t wait to read .💕📚

rather_be_reading that glass piece behind it is stunning!! 😍 5y
Rhondareads Thanks so much😍 5y
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Emory
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Excited for this one!

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Lisas.Library
The Furies | Katie Lowe
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A school with a dark history. In this page-turning debut, the campus is reeling after a 16 yr old is found dead on the grounds. A new student, Violet, has troubles of her own and is desperate to fit in. A tight-knit group of friends offers her a place in the circle, leading her where she never imagined she would go..to dark, dangerous, violent places. How far will these young girls go to protect-or destroy-one another?
@StMartinsPress
10/8/2019

RaimeyGallant Intriguing. 5y
BooksAndTea97 This synopsis reminds me a bit of The Secret Circle 😍 5y
Birdsong28 Got this on audiobook 📚📖 5y
Lisas.Library @RaimeyGallant ~ Yes! I can‘t wait to read it! @BooksAndTea97 ~ I‘m going to have to check that out!! @Birdsong28 ~ how is it? 5y
Birdsong28 @Lisas.Library Not started it yet but I will let you know when I do 😘📚📖 5y
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BethFishReads
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Two thrillers on my doorstep today—one just out in paperback; the other a long wait till October. Good reading ahead.

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Gizmo86
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Need this one on my next payday!!!