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A review by theeuphoriczat
Nothing Burns As Bright As You by Ashley Woodfolk
5.0
A fiercely beautiful story of first love and heartbreak.
One might question why I call this story beautiful, when right from the start you know its going to end in heart break. It really puts into focus what relationships we categorise as beautiful, because even the fleeting moments of love seem like eternity to lovers, they hold unto it and the memory of it for as long as they live. The little moments, actions and emotions last a lot longer in our memories than we can pretend.
In this book we follow two teenage girls as they fall in love, accept their love, explore their love, engulf themselves in it, use it to hide from the world but as we all know the world always knock on our safety and cocoon. With their race a clutch and an invite for adultification, their sexuality a thing of grief (bi-erasure), the complexities of their friendship, parental and societal expectations crushing down on them, a fire is set. We had to watch them (like on a stage) at a bridge as they both rip each other apart.
I really loved this book. The author has such a beautiful way with words. Not only does she craft words like armour, her words feel both like a fortress and a siege (protect and imprison you).
Thanks to Pride Book Tours for making this book available to me as part of the IG tour.
One might question why I call this story beautiful, when right from the start you know its going to end in heart break. It really puts into focus what relationships we categorise as beautiful, because even the fleeting moments of love seem like eternity to lovers, they hold unto it and the memory of it for as long as they live. The little moments, actions and emotions last a lot longer in our memories than we can pretend.
In this book we follow two teenage girls as they fall in love, accept their love, explore their love, engulf themselves in it, use it to hide from the world but as we all know the world always knock on our safety and cocoon. With their race a clutch and an invite for adultification, their sexuality a thing of grief (bi-erasure), the complexities of their friendship, parental and societal expectations crushing down on them, a fire is set. We had to watch them (like on a stage) at a bridge as they both rip each other apart.
I really loved this book. The author has such a beautiful way with words. Not only does she craft words like armour, her words feel both like a fortress and a siege (protect and imprison you).
Thanks to Pride Book Tours for making this book available to me as part of the IG tour.