Reviews

Bright We Burn by Kiersten White

juliterario's review against another edition

5.0

Para los que no lo saben, esta es la tercera y última entrega de la trilogía Hija de las Tinieblas de la maravillosa Kiersten White. Este libro estaba sin duda entre mis lecturas más anticipadas del 2018, así que moría por ver cómo terminaba estaba grandiosa saga que, por cierto, LES RECOMIENDO MUCHÍSIMO. ¡ES INCREÍBLE! Y el segundo libro no me había encantado, así que no sabía qué pasaría con este. Pero si... ¡5 estrellas!

"She had always wanted him at her side. Had always known that together, they could accomplish what neither could alone."

Esta trilogía no tiene lo que podría decirse un ritmo rápido, pero esta conclusión sí que lo tuvo. Parece que Kiersten White decidió poner toda la acción que uno puede incluir en un libro y AAAAGGHHHHH. ¡Pasó de todo! Sin duda diría que esta lectura es una montaña rusa. Lloré tres veces para ser exactos xD. Bright We Burn ME VOLVIÓ LOCA. Tuve como 577 crisis emocionales y me rompieron el corazón 102 veces. ¡AAAAYYYYY! Agrego este libro a mi lista de mejores conclusiones de sagas/trilogías, porque fue perfecto. Acción, romance, amistades, familias, afdeyfgrtihjy simplemente no puedo. ESTA ES ESA NOVELA QUE QUERÉS LEER. Bright We Burn significó tanto para mí como lectora y como escritora. ESTO ES LO QUE QUIERO LEER Y LO QUE QUIERO CREAR. Y lo es todo para mí.

"The more Radu knew the women around him, the more he wondered if any of them were not secretly terrifying."

1) DEBERÍAS LEER HIJA DE LAS TINIEBLAS DE KIERSTEN WHITE. 2) EN SERIO QUE DEBERÍA HACERLO. 3) Esta es una de las mejores trilogías que he leído y sin duda se las recomiendo muchísimo. Este es ese libro oscuro con un toque de Historia, retellings, y mensajes que van más allá de todo. ESTO ES ALGO INCREÍBLE. UNA OBRA MAESTRA QUE ME DEJA SIN PALABRAS. White realmente sabe trasmitir mucho además de sus palabras y relatos ficticios. Y DEBEN LEERLO. Porque es importante. Porque es necesario. Porque es hermoso. Y esta, damas y caballeros, es la magia de los libros.

"Thank you for embracing this fictional family of mine, for proving that no idea is too weird, no girl is too brutal, and no boy is too tender for readers of YA. You are going to change the world, and I can't wait to see how you do it."

__gmike's review against another edition

5.0

The ending was a little anti-climatic for me but overall an amazing conclusion to the trilogy.

roseybot's review against another edition

5.0

Ugh, I love Lada and Radu. I love the ending of this book and this series. It was sweeping and epic and it felt so loving and tender, while still having teeth.

Just a perfect ending.

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cereuslyrico's review against another edition

3.0

Mid

sarahjolioli's review against another edition

dark

3.25

rachels1127's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

On my knees for this trilogy 🙏🏼 not one, but TWO sets of platonic soulmates and the way

Spoiler

Radu and Nazira just like adopt Lada and Mehmed's daughter (the way Radu could only ever see Lada and Mehmed whenever he looked at her 😭) and raise her with their respective spouses on their estate had me shook. Radu be like "this is my wife Nazira who is actually my platonic soulmate and this is my husband Cyprian who is married to Nazira's lover Fatima" it's like the relationship dynamic in The Raven Boys and it SLAPS

Started out brutal af

Spoiler

Nicolae's death?!?! Fell to my knees in a Walmart. Just before she was about to say something, because she realized "Nicolae no longer hoped," the man who said "I am afraid to die, and I am afraid to watch you die, powerless to stop it" and still took a crossbow bolt for her. One of the few, if not only who could've talked her down. Truly, platonic soulmates, them>>>. 

The way

Spoiler

Mehmed

had crumbs of screen time i know that's right this ain't about you anymore problematic self important fool 💅🏼 It was really about Lada and Radu the whole time he was just set dressing 
This book BELONGED to Radu (my beloved). His growth >>>

Spoiler

he DESERVED that happy ending (or as happy as could be considering the circumstances

The way Lada girlbossed right outta this universe,

Spoiler

had everything taken from her, her entire support system, the way only Radu could get to her, even if he had to take the last thing she had left, even if he knew she would never truly stop. "She had always wanted him at her side. Had always known that together, they could accomplish what neither could alone." Oh and toward the end? After Theodora was born and it was just Lada and Radu and she was crying? And she says get out and he "curled around her, holding her until she slept?" screaming crying throwing up. the way their relationship is so tangled and complex, how Radu still left, ugh I was FED.

the interpersonal relationships carry this trilogy and i cannot shut up about it 

manu71005's review against another edition

5.0

I have no words to describe how marvelous and incredible this book was.

What an ending!

Lada is for sure one of my favorite characters of all time, such a bloody wicked fantastic woman. And I know this book will be one of the bests ones of this year, hell, maybe one of the best ones of all time.

What an amazing book. A perfect balance between historical facts and artistic license.

xoiaey's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

lukecalderauthor's review against another edition

5.0

Incredible!

erinarkin20's review against another edition

3.0

Review to come.