Author: Jenny Han & Siobhan Vivian
Publication Date: September 13, 2013 by Simon and Schuster
Format: Trade Paperback
Plot Synopsis:
Lillia, Kat, and Mary had the perfect plan. Work together in secret to take down the people who wronged them. But things didn’t exactly go the way they’d hoped at the Homecoming Dance.
Not even close.
For now, it looks like they got away with it. All they have to do is move on and pick up the pieces, forget there ever was a pact. But it’s not easy, not when Reeve is still a total jerk and Rennie’s meaner than she ever was before.
And then there’s sweet little Mary…she knows there’s something seriously wrong with her. If she can’t control her anger, she’s sure that someone will get hurt even worse than Reeve was. Mary understands now that it’s not just that Reeve bullied her—it’s that he made her love him.
Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth, burn for a burn. A broken heart for a broken heart. The girls are up to the task. They’ll make Reeve fall in love with Lillia and then they will crush him. It’s the only way he’ll learn.
It seems once a fire is lit, the only thing you can do is let it burn...
The Actual Review:
This is the second in the Burn for Burn trilogy by Jenny Han & Siobhan Vivian. My review of Burn for Burn could be found here.
The book starts off two months after the events of Burn for Burn, and hell does the plot gets waaay thicker! Just when the girls think they got the better of Rennie and Reeve, the two of them come back meaner than ever.
It took time for me to finish this book; I felt that most of the chapters written here were just fillers lengthening the word count book. Nonetheless I still liked it. We get more intimate with all the characters, just when you think you’re prepared to abhor them for the rest of your life Jenny Han and Siobhan Vivian pull this trick that makes you suddenly want to curl up with the characters, repeating the words “It’s alright, I understand you now” like a mantra.
We get to finally see a more vulnerable side to Kat in this book, about her repressed grief about her mom, why she really wants to get to Oberlin. Another character that I have grown to like in this was most definitely Reeve. We start to hate him at the first few parts of the books, being a total dick to everyone, but as the book progresses, we get to see remorse in his actions how he thinks he deserves what he’s going through right now. We could also see how he’s willing to change because of a girl he really likes, and how much he’s going to sacrifice just to keep her out of harm’s way. And Mary! Mary scared the living hell out of me in this book! We finally figured out what makes her snap, what makes her tick. We managed to unveil some of the mysterious fog that surrounds her, making us understand why she’s really bent into this revenge for this guy.
Overall, Fire with Fire is a good read, filled with deep, well written characters whom you, as a reader, can’t help but empathize with.
It took time for me to finish this book; I felt that most of the chapters written here were just fillers lengthening the word count book. Nonetheless I still liked it. We get more intimate with all the characters, just when you think you’re prepared to abhor them for the rest of your life Jenny Han and Siobhan Vivian pull this trick that makes you suddenly want to curl up with the characters, repeating the words “It’s alright, I understand you now” like a mantra.
We get to finally see a more vulnerable side to Kat in this book, about her repressed grief about her mom, why she really wants to get to Oberlin. Another character that I have grown to like in this was most definitely Reeve. We start to hate him at the first few parts of the books, being a total dick to everyone, but as the book progresses, we get to see remorse in his actions how he thinks he deserves what he’s going through right now. We could also see how he’s willing to change because of a girl he really likes, and how much he’s going to sacrifice just to keep her out of harm’s way. And Mary! Mary scared the living hell out of me in this book! We finally figured out what makes her snap, what makes her tick. We managed to unveil some of the mysterious fog that surrounds her, making us understand why she’s really bent into this revenge for this guy.
Overall, Fire with Fire is a good read, filled with deep, well written characters whom you, as a reader, can’t help but empathize with.
My Rating
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Looks like you're marathoning Jenny Han's books for June mehehehehe
ReplyDeleteYes, yes I am. :)
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