Burn for Burn by
Jenny Han and Siobhan Vivian
Burn for Burn #1
Release Date:
September 18th, 2012
Number of Pages:
368
Publisher: Simon
& Schuster Books for Young Readers
Source: ARC from
BEA
BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY...THEY GET EVEN. Lillia has never had any problems dealing with boys who like her. Not until this summer, when one went too far. No way will she let the same thing happen to her little sister. Kat is tired of the rumours, the insults, the cruel jokes. It all goes back to one person– her ex-best friend– and she's ready to make her pay. Four years ago, Mary left Jar Island because of a boy. But she's not the same girl anymore. And she's ready to prove it to him. Three very different girls who want the same thing: sweet, sweet revenge. And they won't stop until they each had a taste.
I’m a sucker for
revenge books. I’m not one to usually seek revenge, so maybe that shy I like
them so much. Or maybe it’s because everyone knows that revenge almost never
goes according to plan. In Burn for Burn, we meet three girls who seem to have
nothing in common, except they all have been wronged. Yet, even it their all
their differences, they end up together getting the revenge the think they
deserve.
Lilia, Kat and
Mary couldn’t be more different, and I think that’s one of the big reason I liked
it so much. We have Lilia: the popular girl, the cheerleader, and the girl that
seems to have everything she could possibly want. Then you have Kat, the outcast,
and Mary, the new girl if you want. Mary who came back after years and years to
get revenge on the boy who made her childhood a living hell. They are all
brought together to help one and another get the revenge they deserve. This
gives us a great mix of drama, and newfound friendships.
I was surprised at
first by some of the reason the girls wanted to seek revenge, especially on the
first victim. I get that they feel like they were wronged, but I was curious as
to why they didn’t check their facts a little more before really bringing on
the punishments. Okay, maybe not for the two other victims, since I think they
do deserve to be punished on some level, but still. I have to say that it all
made me expect things to not go according to plan, and not to be all it seems.
Appearance can be deceiving after all.
Okay, I have to
talk about the paranormal aspect of this book, since I know that many were
wondering about, and so was I before I started the book. I mean, when you read
this summary, you wouldn’t really expect to have this little touch of
paranormal added into the mix, but I’m really curious to see how it will affect
the next book, since I didn’t feel it made that much difference in this book,
except for one scene. It wasn’t something that put me off; it was more
something that left me wondering what was the importance of it. Other than
that, this book was a perfect mix of revenge, drama and friendship that will
please many readers.
