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A review by bluebeereads
Nothing Left to Burn by Patty Blount
4.0
Istyria book blog ~ B's world of enchanted books
I love you so much, Patty Blount. You make me feel all the feels every time I pick up one of your books. While I did have a few... annoyances with this book, I still loved it to bits and you made me cry. I read it in one sitting and I'm ignoring my growling stomach so I can get these thoughts out of my head for you. So here goes...
Nothing Left to Burn is about Reece Logan. His father hasn't spoken to him since the car accident that killed Reece's brother Matt. Reece is desperate for forgiveness and his father's respect and joins the Junior Cadet program at his dad's firehouse. That's where he meets Amanda. Amanda is a foster kid and she's finally found a good home she wants to stay at. But then a string of arsons point to someone close to her and she might lose everything.
Patty's books always make me feel. She picks some tough topics to weave a story around and makes it great. I cried a couple of times reading this with Reece's POV. His story is so emotional and I loved him so very much as a character! I felt so much for him and I just wanted to hug him. I also loved the other members of the Junior Cadet team and Reece's best friend Alex. In the beginning I didn't like his dad, but he redeemed himself quite a bit so I grew to love him too. I read this book in one sitting, mainly because I was so invested in Reece's story.
Now what didn't I like? I didn't really care all that much for Amanda in the beginning. I liked her, don't get me wrong, but her POV felt unnecessary sometimes. That got better in the second half though. I also didn't really buy the romance. It started a bit sudden. Not that it was insta-love, not really. It just... It caught me off guard because I was focused on the other parts of the story.
Nothing Left to Burn was another great book by Patty Blount and I do recommend it to fans of contemporary. You deserve that spot on my author auto-buy list very much, dear Patty. Now go write me more awesome books!
This review is also (or -soon- will be) posted on Istyria book blog.
I love you so much, Patty Blount. You make me feel all the feels every time I pick up one of your books. While I did have a few... annoyances with this book, I still loved it to bits and you made me cry. I read it in one sitting and I'm ignoring my growling stomach so I can get these thoughts out of my head for you. So here goes...
Nothing Left to Burn is about Reece Logan. His father hasn't spoken to him since the car accident that killed Reece's brother Matt. Reece is desperate for forgiveness and his father's respect and joins the Junior Cadet program at his dad's firehouse. That's where he meets Amanda. Amanda is a foster kid and she's finally found a good home she wants to stay at. But then a string of arsons point to someone close to her and she might lose everything.
Patty's books always make me feel. She picks some tough topics to weave a story around and makes it great. I cried a couple of times reading this with Reece's POV. His story is so emotional and I loved him so very much as a character! I felt so much for him and I just wanted to hug him. I also loved the other members of the Junior Cadet team and Reece's best friend Alex. In the beginning I didn't like his dad, but he redeemed himself quite a bit so I grew to love him too. I read this book in one sitting, mainly because I was so invested in Reece's story.
Now what didn't I like? I didn't really care all that much for Amanda in the beginning. I liked her, don't get me wrong, but her POV felt unnecessary sometimes. That got better in the second half though. I also didn't really buy the romance. It started a bit sudden. Not that it was insta-love, not really. It just... It caught me off guard because I was focused on the other parts of the story.
Nothing Left to Burn was another great book by Patty Blount and I do recommend it to fans of contemporary. You deserve that spot on my author auto-buy list very much, dear Patty. Now go write me more awesome books!
This review is also (or -soon- will be) posted on Istyria book blog.