Cold Fury by T.M. Goeglein
Hardcover, 1st Edition, 313 pages
Expected publication: July 24th 2012 by Putnam Juvenile
Age Group: YA
Source: ARC from publisher
Series: Cold Fury #1
Challenge(s): Young adult reading challenge, 150+ reading challenge, Debut Author Challenge
Buy this Book: Pre-Order on Amazon
Summary(from Goodreads):
Jason Bourne meets The Sopranos in this breathtaking adventure
Sara Jane Rispoli is a normal sixteen-year-old coping with school and a budding romance–until her parents and brother are kidnapped and she discovers her family is deeply embedded in the Chicago Outfit (aka the mob).
Now on the run from a masked assassin, rogue cops and her turncoat uncle, Sara Jane is chased and attacked at every turn, fighting back with cold fury as she searches for her family. It’s a quest that takes her through concealed doors and forgotten speakeasies–a city hiding in plain sight. Though armed with a .45 and 96K in cash, an old tattered notebook might be her best defense–hidden in its pages the secret to “ultimate power.” It’s why she’s being pursued, why her family was taken, and could be the key to saving all of their lives.
Action packed, with fresh, cinematic writing, Cold Fury is a riveting and imaginative adventure readers will devour.
Oh. My. Goodness! I am going to try and keep my gushing down to a minimum but no promises. This is my favorite book of 2012 to date! Cold Fury is the kind of book that makes me wish that I had a rating higher than 5 gavels. It is in the superstar league that I reserve for Harry Potter and The Hunger Games (in my opinion). I felt like it was written specifically for me. It felt super personal and I absolutely loved every page, every word, and every second of reading it!
Let’s start with Sarah Jane. Not only is Cold Fury my favorite book of 2012 so far- Sarah Jane is my favorite heroine ever. That’s right- I said EVER. She is just socool! I instantly connected with her. Her critical skepticism and starkly realistic view of the world made her a girl after my own heart. Plus she is a fighter- both literally and figuratively. She’s literally a boxer, and figuratively she never gives up. This is a girl I want on my side all the time. But the awesome thing is that she was so well rounded, but not perfect. She is pretty but she has an Italian nose. (which is a nice way of saying big nose. But I am allowed to say that because I too am an Italian with the same prominent facial feature) There are just so many quotes and lines from this book that I loved and completely captured my thoughts and emotions. I could honestly made a really cool composite of Cold Fury words of wisdom and quotes and hang it up in my room.
Sarah Jane isn’t the only cool character. Willy is hilarious and Sarah’s brother is so smart. Cold Fury is full of mystery, intrigue and tons of kick ass action and fighting. It deals with the Chicago mafia, and that aspect of it kind of reminded me of Mob Wives Chicago. Some of the stuff they say is hilarious. “once a rat, always a rat!” (I can’t be the only one to watch that reality show! Such a guilty pleasure)
Cold Fury has you running through the streets of Chicago and through secret doors all over the place! And the way that background information and “mafia history” is flawlessly incorporated into the story had me engrossed from cover to cover. The writing is excellent, the story line even better and the characters are three dimensional and magnificent. This is going to be a hard book to top for me. Run, don’t walk to your nearest bookstore on July 24th to snag a copy of Cold Fury. You won’t be sorry, I promise!
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| 5/5 Gavels |
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Summary(from Goodreads):
Danny
WoW! This sounds exactly how I hoped it would be!!! totally going to pre-order this book now!! :)) I loved awesome, strong and cool heroines:)
Jessica S.
This one sounded intriguing from the synopsis, but then hearing you rave about it makes me want to check it out even more!! Thanks for the review! 😀
Sierra Abrams
I’m so glad you liked this one!! Unfortunately, though, I didn’t. Buuuut…we can agree to disagree, because a lot of people love this book and I’m glad I’m one of the few who don’t! 😉
Great review!
Holly Bryan
Sooooo…did ya like it?? I can’t quite tell… 😉 Sounds fun! I think my favorite part might be the secret doors and all that kind of stuff that’s in it. Look forward to reading it!
@HarleyBearBooks
Great review! I hadn’t heard of this one before. Just added it to my goodreads to be read pile though after reading your exciting review. It sounds really original and full of adventure. =)
drkngl
Sounds so damn interesting! Now I really have to read it! Thanks for the review!