1k reviews for:

The Ones We Burn

Rebecca Mix

3.73 AVERAGE

shimiss's review

4.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

lucycorn's review

4.5

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

scientist_reading_world's review

3.0

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@DNF at 30%

I did not feel for the characters, the pace was a bit weird with the writing style not being great. Also the plot was not enjoying enough for me to make it lose time to read it

tysha_bookdragon's review

5.0

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As a book featuring witches, seeking to find a cure for a deadly disease, and a touch of romance, I thoroughly enjoyed reading this. It was a post by the author on Threads that made me aware of this book, and as someone totally okay with characters in a fantasy book searching for a vaccine (apparently at least one reader thought that was weird), I decided to give it a go, and I'm very glad I did.

The twist towards the end totally caught me off guard, and I couldn't help if I'd completely missed some clues or foreshadowing earlier. This was the first fiction book I've read in years, so maybe there were some hints I'd missed.

rae_rambles's review

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I just couldn’t care about the characters at all and the plit wasn’t enough to keep me engaged 

twolovebooks's review

3.0

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Whilst I reasonably enjoyed the last half of this book it took 15 chapters until I started to become interested and actually understand what was happening. Before that I found myself very confused.

The story was quite predictable and that made the main character come across a bit naive and stupid for not seeing it. It made me get a little frustrated and really not like her at points.

Glad it's a stand alone because if it was a series I wouldn't have picked up Book 2.

madhaught's review

3.75

adventurous emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

marleaf7's review

4.0

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i read this before looking at the reviews and had no idea that there was reverse racism or antisemitic ideas in it, so i had idea going into that. i did enjoy it a lot when i first read it but now im second guessing it. im trying to be discerning while reading books and face my own inner thoughts as a white person and im trying to analyze things and see where people are coming from, but i honestly did not pick up on any of it until i read the reviews and thats odd to me

but i did genuinely enjoy it a lot and thought the romance and the themes of power and abuse and community were really well done. and it did seem like a lot of thought went into the book. i could relate a lot galen too
but its conflicting to see the reviews but yeah i just wanted to put it out there

liaer's review against another edition

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I just couldn't get into the story. I realized I am not that invested in stories that center around teenagers. Also the enemies to lover just wasn't that believable. There wasn't any reason for them to hate each other. 

caitthebookworm's review

4.5

adventurous emotional fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated