melvani 's review for:

The Ones We Burn by Rebecca Mix

2.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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at first i thought it was interesting so i kept reading, but i honestly couldn’t really get into it and care?
near the end i was lowkey over it, and just wanted to finish 
i couldnt fall in love with the cast and the pacing was off to me
the first three parts were slow imo and like everything happened at the end of the book
theres also a huge lack of information on the witches, we only really know about the main character Ranka, and her blood magic, i wouldve loved to hear just more about the different covens and what witches do/their past
i also wasnt expect the amount of description for the violence, it was surprising when the first description came up about the first witch Ranka saw while traveling 
i wish we had gone more in depth about some characters like Foldrey, and more on Ongrum too
i also felt like some “plot twists” were expected, and if they werent, just underwhelming because i couldnt really care about the situation in the book