Felicia.I liked her once she began thinking for herself, she seems like she will become a strong female character. I think Zane actually was better balanced although he could have held to his convictions a little better. Ryder was great as long as she did what she was told but the second he had to think outside the box. Felicia wasn't making a blind or rash judgment, her view of memories made her have to consider the individuals circumstances as well as the current situation.īasically I was pretty disappointed. He was not born a Mercy, there was no excuse for this attitude, even if Mercy did save his life. Ryder was self righteous in his obnoxious derision of the possibility that her fury could serve a purpose. At least Zane really had no choice, the furies were spoiled brats and had his mother in their claws. I sympathized with Felicia and Zane more than Ryder. Having Ryder step in over and over, stopping justice was infuriating. BUT I am a Yin and Yang kind of person, I believe strongly in balance. Hes gorgeous and very (over)protective and everything. He was a severe disappointment as a love interest (in my opinion). I think it depends on your inclination but I was pissed at Ryder by the end of the book. Now on to my very biased character run down. For the record I did like it and would read the next book gladly. I would recommend it as an entertaining read with high action with a pretty awesome greek mythology base. I liked Mercy by the end and how he never manipulated her with the info on his own fate should she take the side of the furies while bearing the scales. The mythological worlds are fun, I wish they were developed a little better but I appreciate the contrasts and the way the heroine is allowed to screw up. I think the book is strong in inspiring debate, the storyline is great for anyone who likes a book with strong sides to be taken. A well deserved punishment is fraught with guilt as the opposite side makes its case for Mercy. The "badness" of the furies is built up, then it all comes crashing down when Felicia realizes they avenge things like the rape of her good friend. That changes in this book and it brought up a lot of very interesting food for thought, much like the Gorgons when you dig into it. This book got a 10 for originality, the furies have not been talked about much except as an accessory to someone else's story. Will this self-discovery encourage her to embrace her craving for vengeance? And if so, will Ryder be able to accept her for who she has become? What once was black and white now becomes soiled with shades of gray. Felicia knows she could have prevented the pain if she had been willing to wield her one secret weapon. Lines become blurred when Felicia’s best friend is brutalized. She refuses to play into Meg’s sick, twisted games. What she does care about is having a perfect night at the prom and successfully debuting the new mentor room for the troubled kids in town. She doesn’t care that Meg, her biological-mother-from-hell, has escaped Mercy’s prison and will be playing dirty to get Felicia on her side. She knows it’s not her duty to dish out vengeance, but, oh, the temptation…īattling near-constant headaches bites, but with Ryder by her side, she’s able to keep the Fury at bay. But the bottomless rage and thirst for combat that course through his veins cannot be extinguished.Sixteen-year-old Felicia Murphy has learned the pitfalls of letting the snakes in her head control her life, and she has no intention of letting them interfere in her future. Raised in exile as a living instrument of peace between Apokolips and New Genesis, Orion swore to uphold the life-affirming values of his adopted world. But this pair are more than mortal enemies-they are also father and son! Ranging across space and time, these implacable foes are locked in a ceaseless struggle to control the fundamental forces of the universe. And at the center of Kirby's startlingly original pantheon of larger-than-life characters are two of comics' greatest adversaries: Orion of New Genesis and Darkseid of Apokolips! In honor of this extraordinary talent's centennial, DC Comics is proud to re-present the groundbreaking work of the King of Comics in a brand-new series of trade paperback editions collecting his classic DC titles in all their four-color glory!Īt the heart of the Fourth World is The New Gods, a series whose scale and grandeur have astonished readers for generations. Jack Kirby reinvented the superhero genre with his sprawling saga of the Fourth World-a bold storytelling vision that was decades ahead of its time. NEW GODS, the cornerstone of Jack Kirby's early 1970s "Fourth World" line of comics, is collected in its entirety in a single trade paperback.
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