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The Burning by Anna Todd
3.0
This book follows after the first one. This story wasn’t bad and it wasn’t good. It’s as though a different author wrote this book compared to the first one. The pacing was very fast and the plot was very messy. I was confused about what was even happening in this book as there were more subplots than a main plot. I couldn’t grasp the main message behind this book as it didn’t feel like a romance or a character development story. There weren’t good conflicts and the prologue didn’t make sense for this book. This book is told from both Kael and Karina’s perspectives.
Karina is an okay character but I wasn’t understanding her character in this book. I felt she didn’t have much of a story described or a purpose. She was bland compared to the 1st book. Kael is still a mystery and his pov didn’t help to find out more about him. I honestly don’t remember his pov because his story felt nonexistent. Karina’s roommate had more page time in this book than anything and I felt that the story involved around her which didn’t make sense. The romance was bland and nonexistent and for a romance book that was the main thing needed for the story. Karina and Kael both barely saw each other and somehow in the last chapters, they ended up together with no chemistry build-up for anything.
The ending was whatever and I’m guessing someone is about to end up dead in the third book. I’m not exactly sure if I will be reading the last book as I’m not seeing much of development in the series. I have loved Todd’s After series which I think is fun and well-developed but this series is not so much. The romance is just very much lacking which is the main part of this book. I hope to see more from this author.
*This book was sent to me by the author to give an honest review in return*
Karina is an okay character but I wasn’t understanding her character in this book. I felt she didn’t have much of a story described or a purpose. She was bland compared to the 1st book. Kael is still a mystery and his pov didn’t help to find out more about him. I honestly don’t remember his pov because his story felt nonexistent. Karina’s roommate had more page time in this book than anything and I felt that the story involved around her which didn’t make sense. The romance was bland and nonexistent and for a romance book that was the main thing needed for the story. Karina and Kael both barely saw each other and somehow in the last chapters, they ended up together with no chemistry build-up for anything.
The ending was whatever and I’m guessing someone is about to end up dead in the third book. I’m not exactly sure if I will be reading the last book as I’m not seeing much of development in the series. I have loved Todd’s After series which I think is fun and well-developed but this series is not so much. The romance is just very much lacking which is the main part of this book. I hope to see more from this author.
*This book was sent to me by the author to give an honest review in return*