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The Ones We Burn by Rebecca Mix

18 reviews

hellavaral's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

kirstenf's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Moderate: Genocide, Terminal illness, Torture, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Medical content and Kidnapping

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

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

ahna's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring 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

3.0

Ranka's story was a good one to tell with exciting moments along the way but I kept getting lost with the over-the-top violence and with what seemed missing to me. In a world of witches and magic, so little was explained about either. I spent scenes with the covens wondering what made them witches past their nails and enhanced senses. Additionally there were so many graphic deaths I wondered if there were even any citizens of Isodal left at the end. Overall a cute story but I wished for better world building.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Murder

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

ctara2123'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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

immovabletype's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Death of parent, and Classism

Minor: Medical content and Alcohol