The Furies

Natalie Haynes
3.68
4,293 ratings 601 reviews
When you open up, who will you let in? When Alex Morris loses her fiancé in dreadful circumstances, she moves from London to Edinburgh to make a break with the past. Alex takes a job at a Pupil Referral Unit, which accepts the students excluded from other schools in the city. These are troubled, difficult kids and Alex is terrified of what she's taken on. There is one class - a group of five teenagers - who intimidate Alex and every other teacher on The Unit. But with the help of the Greek tragedies she teaches, Alex gradually develops a rapport with them. Finding them enthralled by tales of cruel fate and bloody revenge, she even begins to worry that they are taking her lessons to heart, and that a whole new tragedy is being performed, right in front of her...
Genres: FictionMythologyMysteryDark AcademiaGreek MythologyContemporaryAudiobookThrillerScotlandAdult
297 Pages

Community Reviews:

5 star
783 (18%)
4 star
1756 (41%)
3 star
1410 (33%)
2 star
288 (7%)
1 star
56 (1%)

Readers also enjoyed

Other books by Natalie Haynes

Lists with this book

The Song of Achilles
Circe
Ariadne
Hot Girl Mythology Books
173 books107 voters
The Orchard
If We Were Villains
These Violent Delights
For fans of The Secret History
27 books37 voters
The Secret History
We Need to Talk About Kevin
The Basic Eight
The Kids Are Not All Right
12 books15 voters
A Thousand Pieces of You
The Supernatural Enhancements
The Miniaturist
Best Book Cover Art 2014
54 books52 voters