A review by lqvekanej
The Ones We Burn by Rebecca Mix

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

I was not aware until I went to Twitter after finishing this book that there were even more layers than what I had picked up on while reading. Choosing for the “oppressive” royal family to be Black/brown-coded while the “oppressed” FMC and one of the royal siblings’ love interests are white is so deeply problematic and this book CANNOT be read without acknowledging that. Blowing this aside for “aww what a cute sapphic book 🥺” is so deeply wrong on so many levels.