Series: Burn for Burn #1
Genre: Contemporary
Age Group: Young Adult
Source - Purchased
Published - September 2012
Hardcover - 356 pgs.
Rating: 3/5
Postcard-perfect Jar Island is home to charming tourist shops, pristine beaches, amazing oceanfront homes—and three girls secretly plotting revenge.
KAT is sick and tired of being bullied by her former best friend.
LILLIA has always looked out for her little sister, so when she discovers that one of her guy friends has been secretly hooking up with her, she’s going to put a stop to it.
MARY is perpetually haunted by a traumatic event from years past, and the boy who’s responsible has yet to get what’s coming to him.
None of the girls can act on their revenge fantasies alone without being suspected. But together…anything is possible.
Postcard-perfect Jar Island is home to charming tourist shops, pristine beaches, amazing oceanfront homes—and three girls secretly plotting revenge.
KAT is sick and tired of being bullied by her former best friend.
LILLIA has always looked out for her little sister, so when she discovers that one of her guy friends has been secretly hooking up with her, she’s going to put a stop to it.
MARY is perpetually haunted by a traumatic event from years past, and the boy who’s responsible has yet to get what’s coming to him.
None of the girls can act on their revenge fantasies alone without being suspected. But together…anything is possible.
After
hearing a multitude of good things about this series, I decided to check out
what all the fuss was about. The story starts out interesting, but the plot is
very slow. Throughout the book I thought the story would have benefited from
more action in the present and fewer flashbacks. There is a lot of backstory
for each character and it slowed down the plot a lot. It was very hard for me
to go back to this book even when the revenge plot line really started to take
shape. Overall I didn't feel connected to any of the girls and because their
personalities were so stereotypical they were like cardboard cut outs.
The
revenge itself felt out of control and over the top. These girls actually
started to freak me out towards the end. Their individual thoughts about it
were relatively calm, but when the three of them joined forces it became an
extreme version of John Tucker Must Die with high schoolers. Just like in The
Summer of Chasing Mermaids, there was a strange paranormal element that popped
up when it was convenient. Honestly, this seemed to make everything too easy
for the girls and didn't fit with the rest of the story.
I'll
pick up the next book in the series because I already own it, but I wasn't very
impressed.
Happy Reading!
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