Fire for Fire (Burn for Burn, #2 by Jenny Han)

Goodreads Synopsis

Lillia, Kat, and Mary had the perfect plan. Work together in secret to take down the people who wronged them. But things didn’t exactly go the way they’d hoped at the Homecoming Dance.

Not even close.

For now, it looks like they got away with it. All they have to do is move on and pick up the pieces, forget there ever was a pact. But it’s not easy, not when Reeve is still a total jerk and Rennie’s meaner than she ever was before.

And then there’s sweet little Mary…she knows there’s something seriously wrong with her. If she can’t control her anger, she’s sure that someone will get hurt even worse than Reeve was. Mary understands now that it’s not just that Reeve bullied her—it’s that he made her love him.

Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth, burn for a burn. A broken heart for a broken heart. The girls are up to the task. They’ll make Reeve fall in love with Lillia and then they will crush him. It’s the only way he’ll learn.

It seems once a fire is lit, the only thing you can do is let it burn... 

Review

I give ★★★(½)✩

Here's a guide to how to get disorientated, a.k.a MIND-FUCKED.

Excuse my french while I rip out strands of hair because what the fuck duck?!

The last 100 pages have been the most confusing hour of my life ever! Yes Jenny Han must be hysterically laughing at how rage-ful her fans must've gotten because of this book. I don't deserve this. Nobody gets to mess with my feelings, but oh wait, this book just did. 

To hell with these girls, I'm not sleeping tonight. 

Okay, now that my feelings are somewhat out, let me get started on the stuff. I've been impatiently trying to finish this book because it was pretty B.O.R.I.N.G. Reading from Mary's perspective was like being forced to listen to this one person without an interesting story to share. Mary has like no place in here (Jar Island), I thought it would be cool at first because she was new, she tried to blend in, she spoke to Reeve, that made her interesting. I couldn't wait for her to like bump into the kid and get her shit problems together with him. But surprise surprise, there's no paradise and nobody fixes anything. On the other hand, Lilia made up for all those Mary-boring-whiny pages, because her story is just pretty great. Of course, the whole fighting with the mean girl thing was kind of a cliche for a story so freaking original.

Now this book would get more than 3½ stars but due to the lack of entertainment and rushed events, it felt like I was reading a summary of a much more interesting book. Every emotion, every action seemed way too rushed. I NEED MORE DETAILS ON THE KISSING. THE CRYING. THE HAPPINESS AND THE SADNESS.

Of course, it is a beautifully written book, and even though it is the longest book of the trilogy, where you find out everything, it felt like events were flying about left and right. This is worse than the Walking Dead and its sudden missing characters dying off and around everywhere.

➦SPOILER'S ALERT!

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Reenie dies?

What.

Well hold on I haven't even had the time to mourn the bitchiest meanest character in the story. Give me time! I'm slow with these. This book has left me with so many questions, I don't even know where to start. I suppose it's part of the book business technique to get us to buy the next book, which we obviously will because someone's gotta answer my questions.

Perhaps I should talk more about the characters, like Reeve. He may be the hottie, but what the hell is up with the getting drunk and acting like an idiot everytime? And his reaction to seeing Mary was like "what?!" and the way he goes to Rennie and then he believes they're just friends. What again? It doesn't take an idiot to see she was in love with him, and he just led her on and on and on, like give her a break.  And Alex was such a puppy throughout the whole novel. Grow some man stuff you pup, because I'd forget he was a guy or even slightly important despite the constant mention of his name. Our focus was Reeve. Manly, drunky, hottie Reeve. Alex was just Lilia's vacation toy to play with. It's a shame though because he's such a sweetheart and Kat would be perfect for him. Opposites attract right? 

Mary was such a shock, Holy Crap. I'm speechless on that matter.

This book was quite a blur, the only reason i'm up for the next book is because the ending was extraordinary. Pun intended. 

♥Goodnight♥

Anna and the French Kiss (by Stephanie Perkins)

Goodreads Synopsys

Anna is looking forward to her senior year in Atlanta, where she has a great job, a loyal best friend, and a crush on the verge of becoming more. Which is why she is less than thrilled about being shipped off to boarding school in Paris--until she meets Étienne St. Clair. Smart, charming, beautiful, Étienne has it all...including a serious girlfriend. 

But in the City of Light, wishes have a way of coming true. Will a year of romantic near-misses end with their long-awaited French kiss?

Review

I give  ★★★★★

I suppose, every cheesy, typical girly-girl would dream of this book to actually happen. Guess what, folks, guess what? I hate cheesy, or at least I thought I did until I read this book. I kept a smile on my face from the very moment I started this book. Why, you ask? Because I can relate to this character beyond my imagination. I did not know  "Oui'" is spelt that way, I didn't think it is spelt w-e-e either, I just never thought of french. YES I Would skip lunch, breakfast and dinner if I didn't know how to communicate, but it is an American school in Paris, so that was in fact kinda silly considering they must know English. But Anna is such a real protagonist to me, seeing everything from her perspective just made it perfect. Perfect to me because I saw how she adapted, learned about her friends, and tried to be the right person in all situations. But she was also human, and made mistakes I could see myself making. 



Yes it is a shame that our perfect man in the story is in fact short. So what? That's alright. You'll learn to appreciate his sense of humor, pretty face and cool hairstyle. With those in the package, nothing else matters. Coming from a height-obsessed-weirdo. Not to mention that I have not been to Paris and this book made me want to crave a journey, a new place, and sometimes even a new life. To start over like Anna did. However, the only thing lacking in this story was loyalty. There's a simple rule when it comes to friends and boyfriends and that is exactly what I absolutely hoped wouldn't happen. Anna stealing her friend's boyfriend. Why. Of course, we are once again reminded that friendships between a gal and guy will always develop to something more. YAY. That's what I call the best kind of love story. 

Considering how I've always wanted to study abroad but never got the chance to (yet) and seeing what the experience would be like from Anna's perspective was satisfying since a lot of people aren't quite specific on the details on the new language and the new people. That whole idea was really thought through in this novel. I would definitely recommend it to those with some kind of fear of moving to another country, going to a new school/university/college. This book will definitely ease out your fears.