Burned to the Ground (Burn For Burn #3 Review)
You can’t put the past behind you when a vengeful spirit is hell-bent on destroying your future. The final book in Jenny Han and Siobhan Vivian’s Burn For Burn trilogy, called Ashes to Ashes, had great expectations to meet after two glorious predecessors (both of which ended with intense cliff-hangers that left the reader slack-jawed and hungry for more). Given how utterly addictive Burn For Burn and Fire With Fire turned out to be, this finale was supposed to dazzle readers with a glitzy, glorious bang. Except it came and went with a pathetic whimper. (more…)
There’s Something About Mary… (Burn For Burn #2 Review)
What would you do if you were able to orchestrate the perfect payback plan? If the person who hurt you the most was forced to swallow a spoonful of their own medicine— and then some. If everything went accordingly, if you got exactly what you wanted, how you wanted it… would you go back for more? Jenny Han and Siobhan Vivian return to Jar Island to find out. (more…)
Karma’s a Trip (Burn for Burn #1 Review)
It’s fair to say I’ve been out of the literary loop for quite awhile, missing out on hundreds— if not thousands— of potential favourite books because I simply didn’t have the time to read. That’s why having a boss like Papi Chulo is a good thing: as long as my writing is semi-coherent, I can ramble on about whatever I want. Even if I want to write about a trilogy of books that originally made its debut in 2012. Why am I writing about a trilogy of books that’s been over and done with since 2014?
You need to read it, that’s why. I’m doing you a favour, because friends want friends to have nice things. And every friend who’s any friend knows one thing: revenge is a dish best served with vodka and chocolate. Yeah, yeah, everyone knows that karma is supposed to work on balancing the universal scales of justice, but let’s be real: with all the transgressions she has to sort out, karma is slower than those Disney sloths working the DMV. That’s why revenge fantasies run amok, and for everyone who’s been silently stewing over the misdeeds of another: Burn For Burn is the perfect medicine. (more…)