2.5 / 5
What I love bout Patrick Ness is that his books are always unique. The writing is beautiful and you know you're reading a book that's unlike anything you've ever read before.
Burn is no different.

We follow a biracial girl in the 1950's dealing with racist cops, the fear of a third World War, her secret relationship with her asian best friend, and a big bue dragon arriving on her farm, announcing a teenage assassin and dragon-worshiper is on the loose.
But we also follow so much more than one girl's journey.

Despite so many good ideas and nice writing, there was just a little too much going on for me.
It went from a slow-paced first 100 pages to a continuation of twists and turns that actually lead me to wonder what was going on (I coudn't quite believe so many big twists could happen in such a short time).
There was such a shift between the first part and the second that I felt disconnected to the story I started reading (though this might appeal to many readers).

Even though I fully appreciated reading about a diverse group of characters (with such good rep!), I really wanted to care more about them than I did. And I strongly believe that is because there is so much happening from loads of different perspectives that in the end, our "mains" don't really shine as much as they could have.