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The Ones We Burn by Rebecca Mix

35 reviews

dynamogk's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse

frantically's review against another edition

This book just didn't bring anything special to the table. We've read about witches, we've read about getting engaged to the prince and falling for his sister again, we've read about royals realizing their privilege and how they, too, have been exploited. We've read about

mentors who had to take parental roles dying

and

both sides showing their villainous traits

. This could've been redeemed with giving us something interesting to make the story stand out, be that beautiful writing or great characterisation but in the end, this will just end up in the trenches of stereotypical YA novels.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Xenophobia and Medical content

Minor: Death of parent

quinnpjd930's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

kassidyreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Medical content, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death and Physical abuse

radiantgeode's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.5

I don’t agree with the controversy surrounding these books, I suggest reading them yourself before judging by the reviews. 

That being said, I rated this book 3.5 stars. I just felt like something was missing from the story and the ending didn’t quite do it for me. I liked it enough that I finished it, I just feel like it had more potential and didn’t quite hit the mark. 

I liked the focus on found family and overcoming toxic familial relationships. The character’s background was interesting and building on their mental health gave them depth. 


Bonus: good lgbtq+ representation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, and War

maris_lemons's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

victoriousbookworm's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Body horror, Physical abuse, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent

thethingwithfeathers's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

4.5

Found family, queer, magic, </ lesbians with a happy ending, other queer couples with an intuited happy ending >

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Violence, and Death of parent

Content warnings: main character deals with parental and sibling abuse and has complex ptsd

omnisyncd's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content

lovelymisanthrope's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I received this in a FairyLoot box.
"The Ones we Burn" follows Ranka, a woman who is tired of seeing all of the death and is ready to live out a quiet life with her coven. Unfortunately, and unexpectedly, she is named Bloodwinn, and she is forced to be the next bride of the human kingdom. She travels to Isodal to make her coven proud, but she quickly discovers there is something very sinister going on, as witches keep being discovered murdered.
I was just not invested in this story. I was bored throughout the novel, and never really connected with Ranka as a character, which is something I always appreciate, and need in fantasy books. I was excited by the premise, but ultimately, I was disappointed by the execution.
I will keep Rebecca Mix on my radar, but I am not too terribly interested in reading more from Rebecca at this time. I do think this book has an audience, and I encourage you to give it a read if it sounds appealing! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder