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The Ones We Burn
by Rebecca Mix
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 5 stars
Thank you to the publisher for providing me with an eARC of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review!
The Ones We Burn is a story about Ranka, a blood-witch, sent as a bride to the human prince to honor the treaty.
“The family you choose are the ones who leave the deepest mark.”
I love a good story about witches, and I loved every minute of reading this one! I dove into this story and had such a hard time putting it down!
The writing and plot were basic, but so good! It has the typical fantasy tropes and characters, but so much lore and worldbuilding was put into this world! The different types of covens, witches, powers and the humans made the world feel wholesome and big. I loved getting to know the world.
The plot was very good as well. Ranka going under the guise of marrying Galen and killing him to save the problem of suppression of the witches. It is something I’ve seen before, but the execution was done so well. The political unrest, the plague killing witches and the tensions were written so well. I just wanted to keep on reading to find out what would happen next.
The characters were really well developed and I loved them. They are noticeably teenagers and often act without thinking, but I loved the development and growth they went through. Ranka especially grew so much. I loved how she went from blindly following to really standing up for herself and becoming confident in who she is (she really reminded me of Zuko so much). I also really liked how kind-hearted and gentle Galen was. Percy was just so funny and Aramis really stole my heart.
I loved the found family aspect of this book so much! While Galen, Aramis and Percy were a bit established already, Ranka fitted in perfectly. They found a safe place in each other while trying to solve the problems kids shouldn’t have to deal with. I also really loved the little bits of romance that lifted the book to a higher level for me. it developed from “hate” to mutual respect and them needing each other to love.
Overall, The Ones We Burn is a great story with a full plot and story, fun, humor, heartbreak and mind-blowing moment.
PS: anyone spotted the avatar reference at the start?? I laughed so hard when I read it, loved it hahahahaha
Thank you to the publisher for providing me with an eARC of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review!
The Ones We Burn is a story about Ranka, a blood-witch, sent as a bride to the human prince to honor the treaty.
“The family you choose are the ones who leave the deepest mark.”
I love a good story about witches, and I loved every minute of reading this one! I dove into this story and had such a hard time putting it down!
The writing and plot were basic, but so good! It has the typical fantasy tropes and characters, but so much lore and worldbuilding was put into this world! The different types of covens, witches, powers and the humans made the world feel wholesome and big. I loved getting to know the world.
The plot was very good as well. Ranka going under the guise of marrying Galen and killing him to save the problem of suppression of the witches. It is something I’ve seen before, but the execution was done so well. The political unrest, the plague killing witches and the tensions were written so well. I just wanted to keep on reading to find out what would happen next.
The characters were really well developed and I loved them. They are noticeably teenagers and often act without thinking, but I loved the development and growth they went through. Ranka especially grew so much. I loved how she went from blindly following to really standing up for herself and becoming confident in who she is (she really reminded me of Zuko so much). I also really liked how kind-hearted and gentle Galen was. Percy was just so funny and Aramis really stole my heart.
I loved the found family aspect of this book so much! While Galen, Aramis and Percy were a bit established already, Ranka fitted in perfectly. They found a safe place in each other while trying to solve the problems kids shouldn’t have to deal with. I also really loved the little bits of romance that lifted the book to a higher level for me. it developed from “hate” to mutual respect and them needing each other to love.
Overall, The Ones We Burn is a great story with a full plot and story, fun, humor, heartbreak and mind-blowing moment.
PS: anyone spotted the avatar reference at the start?? I laughed so hard when I read it, loved it hahahahaha