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hixxup79's review
3.0
This was the second book of the Shades of Fury series by Kasey MacKenzie. It's about a world full of supernaturals called Acranes, where Mariss (Rissa) Is a Fury, who is also the law keeper of the supernatural world. She is trying to find a killer of Arcane members. While also dealing with a rising issue in the Fury Sisterhood. In this book Rissa plays undercover, in a posh wedding, to uncover who this killer is.
This book is intriguing, and really kept me on my toes on who the actual killer was. It definitely keeps me interested in this series.
This book is intriguing, and really kept me on my toes on who the actual killer was. It definitely keeps me interested in this series.
snarkymotherreader's review
4.0
Marissa Holloway’s abilities and connections as a Fury help make her a damn good Chief Magical Investigator, but sometimes, Fury politics get in the way. Kind of hard to focus on the murders of male Bastai, or Cat shapeshifters, while worrying about family, the machinations of the Fury elders, and her Warhound boyfriend, Scott. But that’s exactly what Riss must do. Oh, the joys of policing Boston’s supernatural community.
Green-Eyed Envy is the second book in Kasey Mackenzie’s Shades of Fury series and it’s every bit as exciting as the first, Red Hot Fury. We get to see more of the shapeshifting communities and a bit of the interplay between the Cats and Warhounds. I’m constantly amazed with the world Kasey created, and love how she intertwines it with bits and pieces of history and mythology.
Riss is a dynamic character, and there are a few times she is faced with The Urban Fantasy Heroine Choice. You know what I’m talking about – the oh-god-why-are-you-running-up-the-stairs-instead-of-out-the-door moment 90% of UF heroines experience. I’m happy to say Riss doesn’t make this mistake. She’s smart, she’s cunning, and she sniffs out danger in time to not necessarily save herself, but develop a plan to catch the bad guy.
Kudos to Kasey Mackenzie for another heart-stopping book. 4 tombstones
Green-Eyed Envy is the second book in Kasey Mackenzie’s Shades of Fury series and it’s every bit as exciting as the first, Red Hot Fury. We get to see more of the shapeshifting communities and a bit of the interplay between the Cats and Warhounds. I’m constantly amazed with the world Kasey created, and love how she intertwines it with bits and pieces of history and mythology.
Riss is a dynamic character, and there are a few times she is faced with The Urban Fantasy Heroine Choice. You know what I’m talking about – the oh-god-why-are-you-running-up-the-stairs-instead-of-out-the-door moment 90% of UF heroines experience. I’m happy to say Riss doesn’t make this mistake. She’s smart, she’s cunning, and she sniffs out danger in time to not necessarily save herself, but develop a plan to catch the bad guy.
Kudos to Kasey Mackenzie for another heart-stopping book. 4 tombstones
chllybrd's review
3.0
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I really enjoyed RED HOT FURY, so there was no doubt in my mind that I would be grabbing a copy of GREEN EYED ENVY the day it came out. I find Riss (Marissa) sassy, fun, and determined. I have also really liked the rest of the characters so far in the series. Harper a friend and past fling of Scott's that we met in book one has a much bigger role in book two. The whole book is pretty much about her and a serial killer that is offing her ex boyfriends as it gets closer to her wedding day. Riss is not only determined to stop him from killing more people but she is worried for Scott as well due to his past "relationship" with Harper.
I didn't feel that GREEN EYED ENVY was AS good as RED HOT FURY for a few reasons. The mysterious were pretty easy to solve to me. There were lots of things I guessed before their reveals. The emotions weren't as high for me, I didn't feel as attached to the story line as I would have liked. Although you can tell that they care a lot about each other and the feelings built up more the relationship between Riss and Scott didn't have as much emotion behind it as in book one. I missed the whole Fury aspect. There wasn't as much of her being her Fury self as there was in book one and I really would have liked that. Even after saying all of that I don't regret reading GREEN EYED ENVY, I still enjoyed it and there were a few things that happened in the book that I'm excited to see more of in following books. I will be buying the next book in the series and I think if you liked book one you will still enjoy what GREEN EYED ENVY adds to the series.
I really enjoyed RED HOT FURY, so there was no doubt in my mind that I would be grabbing a copy of GREEN EYED ENVY the day it came out. I find Riss (Marissa) sassy, fun, and determined. I have also really liked the rest of the characters so far in the series. Harper a friend and past fling of Scott's that we met in book one has a much bigger role in book two. The whole book is pretty much about her and a serial killer that is offing her ex boyfriends as it gets closer to her wedding day. Riss is not only determined to stop him from killing more people but she is worried for Scott as well due to his past "relationship" with Harper.
I didn't feel that GREEN EYED ENVY was AS good as RED HOT FURY for a few reasons. The mysterious were pretty easy to solve to me. There were lots of things I guessed before their reveals. The emotions weren't as high for me, I didn't feel as attached to the story line as I would have liked. Although you can tell that they care a lot about each other and the feelings built up more the relationship between Riss and Scott didn't have as much emotion behind it as in book one. I missed the whole Fury aspect. There wasn't as much of her being her Fury self as there was in book one and I really would have liked that. Even after saying all of that I don't regret reading GREEN EYED ENVY, I still enjoyed it and there were a few things that happened in the book that I'm excited to see more of in following books. I will be buying the next book in the series and I think if you liked book one you will still enjoy what GREEN EYED ENVY adds to the series.
chllybrd's review against another edition
3.0
I really enjoyed RED HOT FURY, so there was no doubt in my mind that I would be grabbing a copy of GREEN EYED ENVY the day it came out. I find Riss (Marissa) sassy, fun, and determined. I have also really liked the rest of the characters so far in the series. Harper a friend and past fling of Scott's that we met in book one has a much bigger role in book two. The whole book is pretty much about her and a serial killer that is offing her ex boyfriends as it gets closer to her wedding day. Riss is not only determined to stop him from killing more people but she is worried for Scott as well due to his past "relationship" with Harper.
I didn't feel that GREEN EYED ENVY was AS good as RED HOT FURY for a few reasons. The mysterious were pretty easy to solve to me. There were lots of things I guessed before their reveals. The emotions weren't as high for me, I didn't feel as attached to the story line as I would have liked. Although you can tell that they care a lot about each other and the feelings built up more the relationship between Riss and Scott didn't have as much emotion behind it as in book one. I missed the whole Fury aspect. There wasn't as much of her being her Fury self as there was in book one and I really would have liked that. Even after saying all of that I don't regret reading GREEN EYED ENVY, I still enjoyed it and there were a few things that happened in the book that I'm excited to see more of in following books. I will be buying the next book in the series and I think if you liked book one you will still enjoy what GREEN EYED ENVY adds to the series.
bibliofiendlm's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars - I enjoyed this second in the series - good primary plot wrapped up by the end of the book. Villain was still a bit predictable but the story arc begun in book 1 continues and holds the reader's interest.
book_hoarding_dragon's review
3.0
If I could I would give this book 2 1/2 stars. So as a fan of rounding things up... I gave it three. As this book has been given a brief description I'll skip that.
I enjoyed that Riss (Marissa) the Tisiphone Fury of this book actually got to do some detective work. There was Scott in it and you got to see some of the Fury politics. Plus, it was nice to see the return of the Queen of the Harpies. The whole Nan waking up from a mystical coma but she goes and starts causing turmoil in the Fury world. I am curious as to the whole conclusion of this in the next book.
That's all the good stuff that I can come up with. Here are the things that bothered me.
Due to the Fury turmoil there's a civil war brewing and the Tisiphones are being targeted in specific Riss and her family. Now, if you were supposedly a smart 16 year old (or near) and people wanted to kill you and your family wouldn't the wise course of action be NOT to go out and see a movie with your human friends? I could see it if the adults were not divulging that information or just in general a twit. And Riss doesn't even try to scold her for doing it? Or when the niece was moaning about her grounding, no your-parents-are-right? Really?
Yes, Scott was basically there every step of the way, but after the first 50 pages there was zilch personality coming from him. I was kind of hoping to get to see more of his personality and/or world since part of the story revolves the marriage between Harper (FBI friend) and his cousin. Scott's mother had left that side of the family when his mother met his dad who was human (his family regards hooking up humans as beneath them). Though, Scott and his cousin duking it out via arm wrestling was hilarious.
Another thing that I wished Mackenzie would have included in her book was to tell his why the hell the Furies have their own grouping? There's Tisiphone, Alecto, and Megaera. As a kid I loved greek mythology and were intrigued by the Furiae and I know that the titles were actually the three furiae from Greek Mythology, but in Book 1 Mackenzie establishes that nope, they are actually titles. Maybe then she would have explained how the titles work, what sort of policing each group do that sort of thing. She might have explained it in book 1, but she definitely didn't here. I actually had to go to her website and find a pdf of the Arcana Guide to the Furies where it tells each group roles.
Finally, the whole Victor situation. If I was around a dude who caused me to act the total opposite of my who I was, wouldn't that be a clue that the person is doing something? Yes, Riss never gave in, but one would think since she had to keep reminding herself about Scott and even sometimes she would completely forget about him. Wouldn't that send off an alarm bell that something isn't right? She even said that that attraction was weird for her.
I enjoyed that Riss (Marissa) the Tisiphone Fury of this book actually got to do some detective work. There was Scott in it and you got to see some of the Fury politics. Plus, it was nice to see the return of the Queen of the Harpies. The whole Nan waking up from a mystical coma but she goes and starts causing turmoil in the Fury world. I am curious as to the whole conclusion of this in the next book.
That's all the good stuff that I can come up with. Here are the things that bothered me.
Due to the Fury turmoil there's a civil war brewing and the Tisiphones are being targeted in specific Riss and her family. Now, if you were supposedly a smart 16 year old (or near) and people wanted to kill you and your family wouldn't the wise course of action be NOT to go out and see a movie with your human friends? I could see it if the adults were not divulging that information or just in general a twit. And Riss doesn't even try to scold her for doing it? Or when the niece was moaning about her grounding, no your-parents-are-right? Really?
Yes, Scott was basically there every step of the way, but after the first 50 pages there was zilch personality coming from him. I was kind of hoping to get to see more of his personality and/or world since part of the story revolves the marriage between Harper (FBI friend) and his cousin. Scott's mother had left that side of the family when his mother met his dad who was human (his family regards hooking up humans as beneath them). Though, Scott and his cousin duking it out via arm wrestling was hilarious.
Another thing that I wished Mackenzie would have included in her book was to tell his why the hell the Furies have their own grouping? There's Tisiphone, Alecto, and Megaera. As a kid I loved greek mythology and were intrigued by the Furiae and I know that the titles were actually the three furiae from Greek Mythology, but in Book 1 Mackenzie establishes that nope, they are actually titles. Maybe then she would have explained how the titles work, what sort of policing each group do that sort of thing. She might have explained it in book 1, but she definitely didn't here. I actually had to go to her website and find a pdf of the Arcana Guide to the Furies where it tells each group roles.
Finally, the whole Victor situation. If I was around a dude who caused me to act the total opposite of my who I was, wouldn't that be a clue that the person is doing something? Yes, Riss never gave in, but one would think since she had to keep reminding herself about Scott and even sometimes she would completely forget about him. Wouldn't that send off an alarm bell that something isn't right? She even said that that attraction was weird for her.
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Another thing I want to know is how the hell did Victor attack himself? Did he hire someone to do it? Since he had hired a protection detail for Harper, maybe he gave them extra to attack him?shelovestoread81's review against another edition
5.0
Another great addition to this series. I just hope that she tells Scott her feelings soon before it might all go to crap.
moondance120's review against another edition
4.0
Everyone knew that cats got way more than their fair share of lives, but the poor guy spread-eagle on the alley floor would have called BS on that.
Marissa "Riss" Holloway is a Fury and Boston's Chief Magical Investigator. She is investigating an arcane serial killer that is targeting former boyfriends of FBI Agent Harper Cruz. Cruz is a Bastai (Cat) engaged to Scott's(Riss' boyfriend) cousin, Pennington Banoub, a Hound. Riss agrees to go undercover as a wedding planner to stay close to Harper and Penn and protect him from the killer. The little fact that Scott also slept with Harper makes Riss extremely anxious to catch the killer.
I enjoy this series. It has been a while since I read the first book but I was able to jump right back in with the characters. I've read reviews that knock the storyline for not being dark enough for urban fantasy. I find it to be refreshing that we can have a kick ass heroine without all of the angst. The addition of the storyline with Riss' grandmother fleshed out the book and made it a good read. I look forward to reading the next book in the series.
Marissa "Riss" Holloway is a Fury and Boston's Chief Magical Investigator. She is investigating an arcane serial killer that is targeting former boyfriends of FBI Agent Harper Cruz. Cruz is a Bastai (Cat) engaged to Scott's(Riss' boyfriend) cousin, Pennington Banoub, a Hound. Riss agrees to go undercover as a wedding planner to stay close to Harper and Penn and protect him from the killer. The little fact that Scott also slept with Harper makes Riss extremely anxious to catch the killer.
I enjoy this series. It has been a while since I read the first book but I was able to jump right back in with the characters. I've read reviews that knock the storyline for not being dark enough for urban fantasy. I find it to be refreshing that we can have a kick ass heroine without all of the angst. The addition of the storyline with Riss' grandmother fleshed out the book and made it a good read. I look forward to reading the next book in the series.
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