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raythereader999's review against another edition
adventurous
inspiring
mysterious
medium-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
4.0
It was pretty good but honestly I hated the stance on revolution as it felt a little tone deaf from the author. The only thing that bumped it up to 4 stars for me was the romance. I also felt like the ending was rushed and too idealistic. I wish the book had more “real” perspective in it from people that actually had to struggle in the revolution.
meganjjang's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
sad
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
5.0
bookish_selkie's review against another edition
5.0
Everything That Burns returns to revolution in France, where Camille and Lazare are living through the aftermath of the fall of the Bastille. While Camille promises that she’s done with magic, she is tempted to use it for good when she meets a group of young girls fighting to keep their home. Surely just one pamphlet telling their stories couldn’t hurt? Public desire for the persecution of magicians begins to spark and Camille is forced to examine her beliefs about the nature of magic. When Lazare is compelled to use his balloons for military purposes, Camille must fight to protect her family and magician friends before they are vilified as traitors to the revolution.
Glittering with gorgeous descriptions and sensory details, I couldn’t put this book down! Everything That Burns is a well-paced and enthralling tale that effortlessly combines historical details about the French Revolution and fictional attitudes toward magicians. The magic system is unique and Camille’s journey to understand more about it was fascinating. I felt deeply attached to the characters and their perilous journey through the streets of Paris, especially Camille and Lazare. One of my favorite aspects of Trelease’s writing is the carefully woven sentences that set the scene, so you feel as if you’re in Paris. Camille’s fearless efforts to protect herself and her chosen family make it impossible to look away.
I really enjoyed All That Glitters (previously Enchantée), but Everything That Burns has completely captured my heart. This was a stunning conclusion to Camille’s story and I can’t wait to see what Gita Trelease writes next! Everything That Burns releases on February 2, 2021. Thank you so much to Gita Trelease, Flatiron Books, and Netgalley for a free ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Glittering with gorgeous descriptions and sensory details, I couldn’t put this book down! Everything That Burns is a well-paced and enthralling tale that effortlessly combines historical details about the French Revolution and fictional attitudes toward magicians. The magic system is unique and Camille’s journey to understand more about it was fascinating. I felt deeply attached to the characters and their perilous journey through the streets of Paris, especially Camille and Lazare. One of my favorite aspects of Trelease’s writing is the carefully woven sentences that set the scene, so you feel as if you’re in Paris. Camille’s fearless efforts to protect herself and her chosen family make it impossible to look away.
I really enjoyed All That Glitters (previously Enchantée), but Everything That Burns has completely captured my heart. This was a stunning conclusion to Camille’s story and I can’t wait to see what Gita Trelease writes next! Everything That Burns releases on February 2, 2021. Thank you so much to Gita Trelease, Flatiron Books, and Netgalley for a free ARC in exchange for an honest review.
books_with_lotte's review against another edition
5.0
"Fear isn't anything bad. Fear is what keeps a rabbit still when the fox comes, and fear is what tells it to run. It's only a part of your own self, that wants to live. You can't let it take over, but I know you won't. You're strong. Let that fear live inside you right along with your bravery."
Where to begin with this review. When I bought Enchantée back in 2019, I never expected to love the story as much as I did. I fell in love with the glittering jewels, the beautiful gowns and the palace of Versailles, as well as with our main character Camille. She was this fierce girl, who would do anything to keep her sister safe from the cruel streets of Paris.
Now, 2 years later, I dove straight back into this wonderful world to join Camille, Sophie and Lazare in Paris during the Revolution. Camille is living for the Revolution and makes pamphlets that take Paris by storm. Lazare's balloons are getting a lot of attention from important people, and Sophie finally has her own hat shop. But then magicians are being blamed for everything that is wrong with the country. Nobody is safe in this ever changing Paris.
This book had me laughing, crying, angry and scared in the span of 5 minutes. I love how we finally learned some more about magic and how it works. I also loved that we got to meet some new magicians and some other really interesting characters like the Lost Girls. Something else I really liked was seeing Camille finally being able to print pamphlets and having her own press. It was a very nice addition to the story and it connected perfect to what we knew about her from the first book. The fact that we POC and LGTBQ+ representation only made the book even better!
The chemistry between Lazare and Camille is something I strive to have one day myself. I loved that we got to see both the ups and downs of this relation and how they both stayed true to themself in the end. They showed me that you should never change who you are for love, cause if they really love you, they wouldn't ask that of you. I'm so happy they worked everything out in the end and I was so happy when they got engaged!!!
Overall, if you're not sure you are into fantasy, this duology is perfect to get a little taste of the genre. I love love loved this book, and with that, I say Au Revoir to Camille Durbonne.
Where to begin with this review. When I bought Enchantée back in 2019, I never expected to love the story as much as I did. I fell in love with the glittering jewels, the beautiful gowns and the palace of Versailles, as well as with our main character Camille. She was this fierce girl, who would do anything to keep her sister safe from the cruel streets of Paris.
Now, 2 years later, I dove straight back into this wonderful world to join Camille, Sophie and Lazare in Paris during the Revolution. Camille is living for the Revolution and makes pamphlets that take Paris by storm. Lazare's balloons are getting a lot of attention from important people, and Sophie finally has her own hat shop. But then magicians are being blamed for everything that is wrong with the country. Nobody is safe in this ever changing Paris.
This book had me laughing, crying, angry and scared in the span of 5 minutes. I love how we finally learned some more about magic and how it works. I also loved that we got to meet some new magicians and some other really interesting characters like the Lost Girls. Something else I really liked was seeing Camille finally being able to print pamphlets and having her own press. It was a very nice addition to the story and it connected perfect to what we knew about her from the first book. The fact that we POC and LGTBQ+ representation only made the book even better!
The chemistry between Lazare and Camille is something I strive to have one day myself. I loved that we got to see both the ups and downs of this relation and how they both stayed true to themself in the end. They showed me that you should never change who you are for love, cause if they really love you, they wouldn't ask that of you. I'm so happy they worked everything out in the end and I was so happy when they got engaged!!!
Overall, if you're not sure you are into fantasy, this duology is perfect to get a little taste of the genre. I love love loved this book, and with that, I say Au Revoir to Camille Durbonne.
melycp's review against another edition
3.0
*I was given an ARC of Everything That Burns in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to Flatiron Books and Gita Trelease.*
This review was posted on Young Creative Press if you like this review check out my others at youngcreativepress.com
This review contains a couple of spoilers pertaining to the series end (in the last five paragraphs of this post) please be aware of this before reading.
Synopsis:
Everything That Burns is the second novel in the Enchantée series. Set in revolutionary Paris, the streets are alive with mobs and riots. Camille Durbonne gambled everything to keep herself and her sister safe, but this safe may not last much longer.
After a public speech from the King, magicians have now been outlawed and painted as evil to the people of Paris. As a magician herself, Camille is constantly working to keep her identity secret whilst also finding a way to get herself and her fellow magicians out of Paris.
She is also using her skills as a pamphleteer to help a bunch of girls who live under a bridge in the Pont Neuf. Each girl has a powerful story to tell and Camille decides that she will be the one to do it. Unknowingly at the time, she infuses the pamphlets with magic and worries that she will be found out.
Review:
I’m not going to lie, I struggled to get through this. This is probably mostly my fault as I just could not concentrate on the story, but at the same time, the book needs to hold some of the blame. Not much really happened until around halfway through, well nothing too exciting that is.
Don’t me wrong it is still a good book and I would recommend it to anyone who has read the first. But is this going to be one of my favourite duologies? No.
There was something about the writing style that I found hard to follow sometimes. This being that there were a lot of French phrases used and I had no idea what was being said. I realised once I had finished that there is a glossary at the end, but this does not work when reading on a Kindle.
Obviously, it makes sense to have the inclusion of French phrases and I don’t want to sound like I am being ignorant. So please don’t think I am. It just made the story a little disjointed for me.
With that being said, the scenery descriptions were incredible and I could easily picture every scene. Let’s not forget the beautiful clothing that I wish I could wear myself.
My favourite part of this book was definitely the characters. Each was more charming than the last. The introduction of the girls under the bridge was a fantastic way to bring in exciting characters; however, I feel that they could have done with more development. I wish you got to spend more time and that they featured more heavily int eh story rather than it just being their lives being spoken about through others.
Towards the end, the tension of the book explodes and it is non-stop action. Well right up until the closing chapters. I wouldn’t be telling the truth if I didn’t say that the end was extremely lacklustre.
Throughout the entire book, the idea of saving every magician in Paris is so built up that I really wanted to see it happen. I especially wanted to see how they were going to make it happen. Well, that never happens.
Camille gets arrested for being a magician and somehow gets away from her unavoidable death. Once she is out of Paris alongside her sister and friends they run away to England. Not another thought was given to Paris, its magicians or the revolution that is happening.
Honestly, for the most part, the revolution was very much a second thought throughout the entirety of Everything That Burns. The first book ended with the revolution beginning and it felt like it was going to be a large part of this. Maybe other people don’t feel this way. But I was expecting the guillotine to come out and heads were going to roll.
It saddens me to say that this book did not live up to expectation. Considering this is the second in the series everything took too long to get going and I had to push myself to finish it.
With that being said the concept of this book was a fantastic idea, and I loved all of the characters and setting descriptions. For those reasons, I am giving Everything That Burns a generous 3/5.
This review was posted on Young Creative Press if you like this review check out my others at youngcreativepress.com
This review contains a couple of spoilers pertaining to the series end (in the last five paragraphs of this post) please be aware of this before reading.
Synopsis:
Everything That Burns is the second novel in the Enchantée series. Set in revolutionary Paris, the streets are alive with mobs and riots. Camille Durbonne gambled everything to keep herself and her sister safe, but this safe may not last much longer.
After a public speech from the King, magicians have now been outlawed and painted as evil to the people of Paris. As a magician herself, Camille is constantly working to keep her identity secret whilst also finding a way to get herself and her fellow magicians out of Paris.
She is also using her skills as a pamphleteer to help a bunch of girls who live under a bridge in the Pont Neuf. Each girl has a powerful story to tell and Camille decides that she will be the one to do it. Unknowingly at the time, she infuses the pamphlets with magic and worries that she will be found out.
Review:
I’m not going to lie, I struggled to get through this. This is probably mostly my fault as I just could not concentrate on the story, but at the same time, the book needs to hold some of the blame. Not much really happened until around halfway through, well nothing too exciting that is.
Don’t me wrong it is still a good book and I would recommend it to anyone who has read the first. But is this going to be one of my favourite duologies? No.
There was something about the writing style that I found hard to follow sometimes. This being that there were a lot of French phrases used and I had no idea what was being said. I realised once I had finished that there is a glossary at the end, but this does not work when reading on a Kindle.
Obviously, it makes sense to have the inclusion of French phrases and I don’t want to sound like I am being ignorant. So please don’t think I am. It just made the story a little disjointed for me.
With that being said, the scenery descriptions were incredible and I could easily picture every scene. Let’s not forget the beautiful clothing that I wish I could wear myself.
My favourite part of this book was definitely the characters. Each was more charming than the last. The introduction of the girls under the bridge was a fantastic way to bring in exciting characters; however, I feel that they could have done with more development. I wish you got to spend more time and that they featured more heavily int eh story rather than it just being their lives being spoken about through others.
Towards the end, the tension of the book explodes and it is non-stop action. Well right up until the closing chapters. I wouldn’t be telling the truth if I didn’t say that the end was extremely lacklustre.
Throughout the entire book, the idea of saving every magician in Paris is so built up that I really wanted to see it happen. I especially wanted to see how they were going to make it happen. Well, that never happens.
Camille gets arrested for being a magician and somehow gets away from her unavoidable death. Once she is out of Paris alongside her sister and friends they run away to England. Not another thought was given to Paris, its magicians or the revolution that is happening.
Honestly, for the most part, the revolution was very much a second thought throughout the entirety of Everything That Burns. The first book ended with the revolution beginning and it felt like it was going to be a large part of this. Maybe other people don’t feel this way. But I was expecting the guillotine to come out and heads were going to roll.
It saddens me to say that this book did not live up to expectation. Considering this is the second in the series everything took too long to get going and I had to push myself to finish it.
With that being said the concept of this book was a fantastic idea, and I loved all of the characters and setting descriptions. For those reasons, I am giving Everything That Burns a generous 3/5.
nadiahersh's review against another edition
3.0
3.5
Because I loved book 1 so much there was a lot I loved about this! It was so fun to be back in this world, and I really enjoyed the way the author incorporated magic into the French Revolution. And of course, the romance was precious. Even so, this just felt so long, and I feel like the plot didn’t really begin to pick up until halfway through. Once it did, though, I was invested.
Because I loved book 1 so much there was a lot I loved about this! It was so fun to be back in this world, and I really enjoyed the way the author incorporated magic into the French Revolution. And of course, the romance was precious. Even so, this just felt so long, and I feel like the plot didn’t really begin to pick up until halfway through. Once it did, though, I was invested.
julyaphelion's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
hopeful
inspiring
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
5.0
Just like the first, I was carried into a world of magic, revolution, of fear for Camille and her loved ones. I felt her pain, her love, her fear, her sorrow. The end reminded me of the final line of The Great Gatsby:
"Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. . . . And one fine morning——
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
The masochist in me wished it to end at the second to last chapter, the romantic was satisfied with the last. It's worth the read, as is the first.
"Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. . . . And one fine morning——
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
The masochist in me wished it to end at the second to last chapter, the romantic was satisfied with the last. It's worth the read, as is the first.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore and Blood
bookwormescapes's review against another edition
4.0
I love Paris, especially during Revolutionary times. Mix that with magic, fierce females, romance and court intrigue and you’ve got this duology. Sooo addictive and gorgeously written! They’re just perfect ya historical fantasy!
✨
I’ve been waiting for so long for Liberté to be released. It finally happened this month and it was just the perfect ending for this world and these characters I love so much! Historical fantasy is a tough genre to nail but @gitatrelease makes it look like a walk in the park. These books give you pure escapism as you get lost among the glamour and danger of 18th century Parisian palaces and backstreets. I felt like I was there experiencing it all first hand with Camille and I couldn’t love them more!
✨
I’ve been waiting for so long for Liberté to be released. It finally happened this month and it was just the perfect ending for this world and these characters I love so much! Historical fantasy is a tough genre to nail but @gitatrelease makes it look like a walk in the park. These books give you pure escapism as you get lost among the glamour and danger of 18th century Parisian palaces and backstreets. I felt like I was there experiencing it all first hand with Camille and I couldn’t love them more!
iclauw's review against another edition
2.0
Kon gemakkelijk 150 pagina's korter zijn. Vanaf het midden begon ik meer te scannen dan te lezen. Eerste boek had een beter verhaallijn. Het tweede boek was voor mij in het geheel niet nodig.
martz's review against another edition
2.0
2.5 stars
The book can be enjoyable for the right reader but I strongly believe the first book should have stayed a standalone.
The book can be enjoyable for the right reader but I strongly believe the first book should have stayed a standalone.