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any hint on your star rating?

I'm still thinking about it:-/ I'll definitely post the review tomorrow. (view spoiler)[And I just made this spoiler to annoy you. Did it work? (hide spoiler)]

Actually, it impressed me. A for effort to annoy. :)

love that spoiler.

one of the best i have seen around.

I agree. I laughed out loud when I klicked on it ^^

Wow. Confusing for someone who went to law school? I'm sure I'd be lost. And I've even watched a courtroom drama or two! Talk about experience.

Nah, I bet it wouldn't bother someone who doesn't wonder about crap like that. *pushes up nerd glasses* I bet you'd like it.

Okay, the Jane Eyre stuff confuses me...but the book sounds pretty fun regardless! Mean mean mean to tell us about a book that's unavailable to us stateside, though. *frowns disapprovingly*

PS--what is it about all the Aussies in YA lit recently? There's a gold mine down there!

I think we all got addicted to Melina Marchetta and several Aussies on here have got us hooked now. And Nic is running an Aussie YA Challenge this year on her blog that a lot of us are participating in. As a non-Aussie, I only had to read 6 Aussie YA books this year and I've already done more than that. They are way more consistent than ours but probably because there are far fewer published and an even fewer number are accessible to US audiences. I'm so happy Missie gave me the chance to read this one:)

Simple answer: Australians are awesome. The End.

yes! i love the cover too! she had some absolutely FANTASTIC covers made up before they chose this one. you should check them out:





and i agree about the legal thing. but i guess the whole community felt so different it was almost other-worldy (if you get what i mean)

i think shirley said she wrote a different ending but in editor edits they decided to make it more ambiguous...

She did have a slightly different ending. When I interviewed her this is what Shirley said

What was the most challenging part of writing Fury?
Having to change the ending for sure! I actually had an entire chapter that said a lot more and had more of a sense of resolution. Me and Melissa agreed that a quick and hanging ending would be much better. It just took me a while to get used to because in my head the story played out (and still does sometimes) the way I had originally planned. It was a hard decision to make, Melissa was a bit gutted to change it because Eliza does something funny and cute in the original ... but you have to sometimes Kill Your Darlings.


She also said (view spoiler)[To answer your question, which as luck would have it, I kinda answered in one of the questions above � in more detail, my extra chapter had Eliza go visit Neil’s mum and Eliza sorts of makes the resolution coming back in the car (with all these other security minders in their big black cars) that now she’s told her story and gotten it off her chest � she’s now ready to face the courts and enjoy her notoriety as best as she can, cos afterall she got what she wanted. So she does stuff like ring up David Jones and organise her personal shopper to get the clothes she needs to look best in the media etc and the part that Melissa liked � she takes the sunglasses off Dr F sitting next to her and puts them on her own face and just smiles (hide spoiler)].

I am glad you enjoyed this book Flannery. Fury is pretty awesome :)

goddammit - can't get it into the store...

its not in print here...

Thanks Nic and Nomes--I'm glad you could shed some light on the ending and the cover:)

karen & Tommy--I hope this gets picked up by a US publisher. It's a helluva lot better than a large amount of YA that gets published. Plus, who could resist that cover? Badass.

WANT.

Quick FYI for those interested in getting a copy of the book: I purchased Fury from . Of all the online Aussie bookstores I researched, they offered the most reasonable rates for shipping to the U.S. though it was still kind of pricey. Guess that can't be helped.



Goodread reviewers are more than welcome to request to review my copy of the book through Go Aussie Book Tours.

We've got a few other YA Aussie books available as well, with more to come.

Thanks for your review Flannery. Next time I see you around, I'll do my best to suppress my JA hard on. :P

definitely a different legal system in Australia..oh and it's anthropologist doing the questioning! I thought that was quite interesting. I bet this really aggravated you, being that you're a future lawyer and all Flann! :)