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Burn for Me

Ilona Andrews

4.19 AVERAGE

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous emotional fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous funny 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: No

I genuinely think this was the best romance-fantasy I've read. The pacing, the language, the description of anxiety, fear and worry were so well described. It had a slow start but a really strong finish and I will most definitely be reading the book after this.

Brief description: Nevada Baylor runs a detective firm where the settle low-level cases and now is being as to bring in a suspect in a murder case. she between a rock and a hard place because of money, her family's wellbeing etc. on the other end, there's this guy name Connor-"Mad" Rogan—he got too much money and is sent on the same mission with mysterious motives. Their and unlikely pair that forced to work together. 
 
My ONLY critic was that sometimes there was dialogue that felt dull/slow and tone was too dry. Now I'll begin my gushing

What made this so enjoyable is the way were learned about the power structure in this work. There's levels, low and high rank magic users, rules and applications that differ with each person but the feedback/consequence is consistent. I like how the magic application made sense for the urban/current world landscape. It was published in 2014 and the mention of vine made me giggle. 

The plot was prioritize and I felt like neither main character did fold or shift because of the attraction they had with one another. Nevada cares about her family and prioritzes them over everything, even her own well-being. We doing really known Rogan's motives, at least not all of them and but he's characterization is so consistent you're lowkey rooting for him to get what he wants too.

Their banter begins with a kidnapping and unfolds into unlikely partners, unlikely friends to full on flirting. The pacing of their attraction was so perfect and sprinkles in at the perfect time. It wasn't distracting or pulled away from the mission but the depth of romance and attraction was felt! Which made the ending/cliffhanger SO juicy.
adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I feel mixed on this one. Paranormal romance isn’t my favorite genre to begin with, and the pacing here is so fast I had a hard time connecting with the characters. I didn’t really buy the romance - I think I needed more pages to be reeled in. That said, the epilogue hints at the compelling character development I love from House Andrews so I *will* be reading the next installment.

Overall: fun, easy to read, a bit spicy, and so well written.

(Also, if you liked this book and enjoy a slower burn, I recommend Elemental by Whitney Hill. It’s also urban fantasy with a plucky, out-of-her-league private investigator FMC who’s just learning the breadth of her power, with more high fantasy elements and lots of found family vibes.)


abookjockey's review

4.0

I wanted an easy to read urban fantasy romance and this was exactly that. I liked the world and the characters were fine. I did laugh a few times at some of the asides Nevada makes. My main issue with this book is they the main love interest Connor acts is a little problematic and gross at times but not in an outstandingly awful way where I feel the need to attach a trigger warning. I think he just falls heavily into the weird masculinity that is often displayed in romance novels. A little gross but not shocking and tbh I'm probs gonna read the next book in the series.
adventurous dark hopeful informative mysterious tense 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: No
adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

W pewnym momencie można już by wysiąść z pociągu zmierzającego do "mózg mi się wyłączył na widok jego muskularnych ramion", ale poza tym to fabuła / intryga zadowalająca.
adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious relaxing 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

Entertaining ride! Definitely will be checking out the next few books