The Fury [Paperback]

Dagan, a Sumerian God and Time Walker, is responsible for protecting humans from Kur and all the evil monsters from the underworld. As a Time Walker, Dagan can travel to any period in time. As he lands in the 21st century, he finds a contingent of Kur's minions stalking the lovely Reece Whittaker.

Reece Whittaker is an archeologist planning her next expedition when she becomes the target of the evil Kur, King of the Underworld. Kur wants to suck the life force from Reece to make himself more powerful. Reece is thrown into a fantasy world, where it seems all of the people and places she has studied are true. Her first thoughts tell her this can't possibly be but her savior the gorgeous Dagan is definitely real. As the attacks increase, she is forced to face the truth and rely on Dagan to help her survive.

It is forbidden for a Time Walker to bond with a human but that is all Dagan can think about since meeting Reece, his life mate. The Fury, his need to bond sexually, has a hold of him and the only way to assuage it is to bond with Reece, but if he does the consequences will be steep for them both. Amidst the sexual need gripping Dagan he must protect Reece from Kur and it's becoming increasingly difficult. Will Dagan be able to fight the fury long enough to dispose of Kur? Can Reece accept Dagan and all that comes along with him? Will the powers that be let them live when all is said and done?

The Fury is a dark, suspenseful romance. The world created by Sloan McBride is very interesting. I am very intrigued by the Time Walkers and their history. There is a bit of pantheon mythology thrown in with the 21st Century. Sometimes I find books that include both a mythological society and a present day society usually lean towards one or the other without really meshing well together. I think Ms. McBride did an excellent job of combing both. I believe that having Reece be an archeologist made it easier for her to accept that all this crazy stuff happening to her was true, therefore making it easier for the reader to accept as well. The Fury which is actually the sexual need for binding with ones mate is definitely intense. It has gripped Dagan making it difficult for him to concentrate on protecting Reece when all he can think of is bedding her. Dagan and Reece's chemistry is off the charts! Their sexual need for each other heats the pages and the banter between the two is explosive. If you like your heroine's fierce and your hero's fervently ferocious you will enjoy The Fury.


Miranda
Reviewed for Joyfully Reviewed

I am going to start out by saying that I only read about 150 pages before I really had to stop (thus the three stars as opposed to a lower rating). Honestly, I don't think reading much more of the book would have changed my opinion. The idea itself isn't bad at all, in fact I like the idea. The way that the idea is executed, however, not so much.

Spoilers...

Right at the start of the book there is someone making an attack at our dear heroine and she is protected by our typical sexy God-thing before being whisked away for her own "protection". This scene is incredibly short and lacking any sort of suspense, mainly because there isn't any feeling, her character is just there, being angry towards God-Guy while being shot at. You get nothing on the character before the attack occurs and because I didn't have any real attachment to the character I simply didn't care about what was happening.

The angry-damsel-being-saved-by-angry-hero goes on for a little while then, suddenly, a sexual attraction mysteriously appears and it bounces around between the woman (I already forgot her name)being completely uninterested (sans the occasional gawking) to her spreading his legs and doing whatever he (forgot his name too) wants. The sex scene (I only made it through one) was vague and not all that steamy as there wasn't enough emotional and physical detail there to keep me interested.

The characters didn't seem to have too much depth to them (though I really didn't stick around too long to truly know if they develop in a favorable manner), it bounced from point-of-view to point-of-view but it didn't get too far into the mind of the character and even then they didn't really have their own voice and personality. I think the strongest character there is Kur (the bad guy) and that's because his intentions are out-right and his point-of-view has its own air and personality to it.

However, again, I only read a hundred-something pages! This was just what I thought from what I read and it bothered me enough that I put it down.

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