leo_por_mi_alma 's review for:

Burn Down, Rise Up by Vincent Tirado

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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This book was an amazing debut by a wonderful author that I had the pleasure of meeting in the Fall of 2022 for TBF. This book was thrilling and fast paced. It offered a wonderful outlook on communities and neighborhoods as well as important commentary on classism and racism. I feel a tiny bit like Tirado got gipped because there were several grammatical/word errors that should’ve been caught by an editor in the copy I read. I don’t feel like it took away from the story, but such a great debut deserves to be properly editted, looked through, and published. Otherwise, it was a wonderful sapphic thriller!