Name: Envy
ISBN: 9781442422216

Elizabeth Miles

High school junior Em researches Greek mythology in an effort to rid her Maine town of the returning, revenge-seeking Furies.

Envy

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This book presents a new twist on an old frustration of mine.

The frustration is: LACK OF COMMUNICATION. Do you know that, like, fifty percent of the angst and pointless drama in most books could be cut if the main character just COMMUNICATED with those around her? (Particularly the boyfriend/love interest…)
The twist: She can’t. At least, not without bringing down the wrath of the Furies to fuck up everyone’s lives even MORE.

So, I didn’t really like the first book that much. But it was interesting, so I went and put books 2 and 3 on hold at the library. This book TOTALLY saved the series for me. 

Skylar: was basically the Chase of this book, but I liked Chase better than Skylar. Don’t get me wrong, out of Chase and Skylar, Skylar is more LIKABLE. But I liked Chase better because his character was INTERESTING. Really, there aren’t enough straight-up dirtbags in YA fiction. 
But speaking of Skylar, I'm pretty sure Aunt Nora will be the linch pin for figuring this shit out in book three. She obviously knows about the Furies, knew what was going on with Em, and mentioned Drea to Sky after meeting Meg, so I'm thinking she's got all the puzzle pieces to fit together.

Drea. What the--why? back to the old frustration, new twist thing, Drea just did without the twist. She had no threat of Fury-wrath (that we're aware of) hanging over her head. And still, she refused to communicate with Em. Which, of course, is what led to the events at the end of this book.

Crow! Oh, man, Crow is seriously cool. I find myself really liking him. But—JD is the ONE. He’s the ONE, man. Crow is cool, but—seriously, JD.

Speaking of, JD, man up! And we’re back to the old frustration-new twist thing. Why, JD, why? Em (and me!) was totally suffering the whole time, and you just—Okay, I KNOW the Furies fucked with your memories, but—

Also, sad to say, but the plot twist at the end? Not so much of a twist from my perspective. Of course, it’s totally my fault. While I was reading book one, I read the blurbs for books 2 and 3, and book 3’s blurb pretty much gave away the ending of this book (And was probably about 40% of the motivation for me to pick up this book) but still!

And now I’m anxiously waiting for my library to get book 3 and then get it me.

Envy

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