A review by medusasstonegarden
The Ones We Burn by Rebecca Mix

5.0

I love this book, the characters, the story, and the world-building! It's gory, brutal, honest, and I highly advise you to mind the trigger warnings because this standalone book deals with some really heavy topics. I know that there are some concerns that this book is laced with racism but as far as my research went the ones claiming this never read a single page of this story. Skin colours are mentioned (some of the main characters are POC) but the colour of the skin does not determine the status of the characters or leads to any kind of discrimination. It's rather the actions and beliefs of the characters that are important here. So give this book a chance, if you mind the triggers first if you have any. I don't think you'll regret it if you like magic, witches, politics, stories of manipulation, LGBTQAI+ characters, bad choices, a tired main character,... I could go on but I don't want to spoil it.