A review by jazmin
A Single Bright Candle's Flame by Cole McCade

4.0

He hated it, he realized. He hated how no one ever talked about the things that never went away; the things that changed you; the things that reshaped how the world around you looked, and how you fit into it. As if every shot fired, every victim lost, every arrest gone wrong was just a singular moment in time, so self-contained it didn’t affect anything around it, as neatly packaged up as this bundle of clothing and tossed aside once it was done and gone.

A whole book with no mystery to solve, and it was no less fantastic than the rest of the books in this series! This was a book about healing, and I wholeheartedly agree that it was a necessary one to write, both for Seong-Jae’s process of acceptance and for Malcolm’s.

“That’s all living is, Seong-Jae. Finding a way, every day, to live with the outcomes of every choice we’ve made.”

I love new characters, and so I loved finally being introduced to Seeing-Jae’s sister Seong-Ja. She is hilarious and truly a great addition to the cast of characters. I hope we see more of her in the future and get more of our protagonists interacting with the other’s family!

Malcolm had no idea what he had just gotten himself in the middle of, but Miss Yoon Seong-Ja was already in his top ten list of favorite people—and not just because she gave back as good as she got. But because her arrival seemed to have snapped Seong-Jae out of a terrible and broken slumber, and for the first time in weeks his boyfriend looked alive.

That ending! What on earth is happening with Sade, Min Zhe and the newly-escaped Edmund? And with Anjulie and Gabi? And Sila? TOO MANY QUESTIONS!

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