Format: Paperback, 336 pages
Release Date: October 30, 2018
Publisher: MIRA
Source: Publisher
Genre: Fantasy / Urban
Told through two intersecting timelines, the grand finale to Rachel Vincent’s stunning Menagerie series will reveal the secret of how Delilah Marlow became a furiae just as she discovers what her true purpose is…
In 1986, humanity experienced The Reaping— a nationwide slaughter of six-year-old children by their parents—one of the country’s most horrific tragedies. What’s even more terrifying: the revelation that the few six-year-old survivors of the country’s greatest tragedy are now thought to have caused it. These aren’t the children their families believed they were. In truth, they were fae changelings brought home from the hospital in place of the real babies they were exchanged for. From that day forward, the world would never trust another cryptid. For if the fae were capable of such dark evil, surely all cryptid creatures posed a danger to humanity…
Now, Delilah Marlow and a rogue group of cryptids are on the run, having narrowly escaped the horrors of the Savage Spectacle, a private collection of "exotic wildlife” that specialized in ruthless cryptid cage matches, safari-style creature hunts and living party favors. As they travel in search of lost family members and cryptid friends, Delilah struggles with the difficulties of pregnancy, complicated by the bitter memory of how her child was conceived.
Then one morning Delilah wakes up with dried blood all over her hands. Though she has no memory of it, she obviously went somewhere—and possibly killed someone—in her sleep. Soon, Delilah finds herself constantly pulled by the furiae, which she hasn’t felt stir within her in quite a while, but who she has no choice but to follow. As she is compelled to act of the furiae’s impulses, she’s beginning to realize that something much bigger is at stake. There is something connecting her victims, something more than the usual injustice she kills them for—and perhaps something as dangerous as another Reaping.
Fury is the third and final installment in author Rachel Vincent's The Menagerie series. The Menagerie series is a captivating blend of carnival magic and
startling humanity, and this final book is an intricately woven and
powerful tale about the fight for freedom and self-discovery. This series combines all the key elements
(magic, mystery, fantastical creatures and an important quest). Told through two intersecting timelines, the grand finale to
Rachel Vincent’s stunning Menagerie series will reveal the secret of how
Delilah Marlow became a furiae just as she discovers what her true purpose is.
In 1986, 14-year old Rebecca Essing arrives home to blood and death. She is understandably shocked that her parents might have murdered her siblings in cold blood while leaving the youngest to live. Humanity just experienced The Reaping. A nationwide slaughter of children by their parents—one of the country’s most
horrific tragedies. What’s even more terrifying: the revelation that the six-year-old survivors are now
thought to have caused it not the parents. What's even worse, these aren’t the children their families
believed they were.
In truth, they were fae changelings brought home from the hospital in place of the real babies they were
exchanged for. The world would never trust
another cryptid. For if the fae were capable of such dark evil, surely all cryptid creatures posed a danger to humanity. Rebecca's story takes readers from the day of the Reaping, until the year 2000 when fate intersects with Delilah Marlow's history thanks to Rebecca's own actions which will have long lasting consequences. Rebecca's story is a mixture of shock, sadness, and darkness for which you can't measure with mere words.
Then
one morning Delilah wakes up with dried blood all over her hands. Though
she has no memory of it, she obviously went somewhere—and possibly
killed someone—in her sleep. Soon, Delilah finds herself constantly
pulled by the furiae, which she hasn’t felt stir within her in
quite a while, but who she has no choice but to follow. As she is
compelled to act of the furiae’s impulses, she’s beginning to
realize that something much bigger is at stake. This is where we learn why and how fate chose Delilah to be it's instrument. There is something
connecting her victims, something more than the usual injustice she
kills them for—and perhaps something as dangerous as another Reaping…
I have to say that both timelines are dark, filled with emotion, and you really can't put into words what both Rebecca and Delilah go through. You could, but you would be ruining it for other who haven't read this book yet. Rebecca finding out her sister wasn't her sister, Delilah learning that she may have a connection to the 1986 Reaping that left thousands dead, and a world changed forever. For me, Rebecca's timeline was the most appealing, until the final chapters which stay with Delilah, and Gallagher. I am emotionally drained from reading the final chapters. I think the author was brave to choose this avenue, but at the same time, I wish things could have somehow managed to bring the two timelines together when all was said and done.
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