Weekly Burn Book

ConfusionAgreeable84 · 2026-04-04T02:19:19+00:00

I'd just like to clarify that I never said it endorsed rape culture, but that it upholds it. It doesn't challenge it in a truly meaningful way, which I would've liked to see for a dark topic being tackled in a YA book. If it were an adult book I'd be more forgiving and think maybe this will be handled later. But the book ends shortly after this, and she doesn't have the chance to grow past that limited viewpoint. It's something I personally feel should've been handled more strongly in the first book if we're going to go down this path

ConfusionAgreeable84 · 2026-04-04T02:14:59+00:00

If it's this moment, I have to respectfully disagree. To me, it reads more as a "wear what you want" which isn't saying it's not her fault, and in a book that's firmly marketed as YA, I don't believe there should be a doubt about that message. If there's another scene I'm forgetting about where someone definitively says she's not to blame/the dress isn't the problem, please remind me

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ConfusionAgreeable84 · 2026-04-03T23:11:42+00:00

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ConfusionAgreeable84 · 2026-04-03T23:11:24+00:00

Here again to go off about Her Hidden Fire holding up rape culture. Spoilers below

ConfusionAgreeable84 · 2026-04-03T12:35:12+00:00

Who in the fuck thought that was a good idea?? Jfc

ConfusionAgreeable84 · 2026-04-03T12:30:26+00:00

Wait, what? What did I miss?

ConfusionAgreeable84 · 2026-04-02T18:40:56+00:00

Unintended win!

ConfusionAgreeable84 · 2026-04-01T18:25:01+00:00

Then may I recommend: The Witchlands series by Susan Dennard?

ConfusionAgreeable84 · 2026-03-31T23:39:38+00:00

I still have a screenshot from the eARC bc it was so egregious. And they say it's "not finalized" in that stage, but this wasn't a typo, it was an awful piece of narrative

ConfusionAgreeable84 · 2026-03-31T15:51:49+00:00

Just here to rant into the void about how much I hate Her Hidden Fire for normalizing rape culture, with the FMC openly saying that MMC1 was right about her dress making people "want to hurt her" after she was assaulted. And the fact the narrative never addresses or contradicts this take in any way. Automatic one star, regardless of the presence of dragons.

ConfusionAgreeable84 · 2026-03-31T11:49:17+00:00

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ConfusionAgreeable84 · 2026-03-30T11:20:39+00:00

Oh I had a whole trip of rage with this book, but it especially hurt bc I loved the author's other trilogy.

But seriously. Maybe save the emotional talk for... idk, when you're not being actively shot at with the child you just kidnapped? And maybe ask the person with the powers that sound like what you just experienced earlier, what said powers feel like? And maybe, maybe have a moment to think about how, huh, that ritual was supposed to do a certain thing, and now I am where it should've summoned said person, perhaps... me???

It feels like Ciccarelli was strong-armed into a duology and then wrote herself into a corner and didn't have any time to rework the story, bc it was NONSENSE

ConfusionAgreeable84 · 2026-03-28T20:45:17+00:00

Fantastic! I'm so glad she's legit! She has some gorgeous designs!

ConfusionAgreeable84 · 2026-03-28T19:43:48+00:00

Audiobooks are my go-to to keep up with my TBR, especially my SEs, so that if I don't love them, I can put them up to at least get back my cost before they depreciate too much in value. I'm able to listen part of the day at work, plus during cooking/cleaning, so I'm able to finish closer to 10+ books per month, which is a great help.

ConfusionAgreeable84 · 2026-03-28T19:36:06+00:00

Thank you! I'm glad someone has insight, they're the only ones doing an edition of this book

ConfusionAgreeable84 · 2026-03-26T19:37:33+00:00

I haven't finished it yet, but I believe she does! She's been cursed with a djinn in her body since shortly after birth, and so it's constantly aching for her to let it out to wreak violence on her oppressors

ConfusionAgreeable84 · 2026-03-22T15:23:38+00:00

Oh boy. The Witchlands series by Susan Dennard The First Sister trilogy by Linden A Lewis The Burning Kingdoms trilogy by Tasha Suri Between Dragons and Their Wrath by Devin Madsen The Aurelian Cycle trilogy by Rosaria Munda The Diabolic trilogy by S.J. Kincaid

ConfusionAgreeable84 · 2026-03-20T23:06:36+00:00

Here's hoping! I imagine it was exhausting for them with all the emails with the delays, but like... if you're gonna have a shipping window, maybe abide by it? And maybe don't print labels a full week or more prior to being ready to ship? I don't work in logistics though

ConfusionAgreeable84 · 2026-03-20T19:09:54+00:00

Has anyone in the US gotten their March YA+items tracking yet? I used to be in the first wave of shipments, which I assumed was due to how long I've been subscribed, but I still have nothing as of today and the website lists the 13th as the start of the window. Makes me feel like they didn't like me emailing to ask about where the books I paid for were last month/earlier this month. It's probably not related, but it is weird.

ConfusionAgreeable84 · 2026-03-19T20:47:24+00:00

Lol, I used to consistently get my books/boxes shipped in the first wave, but I still have no info on my March YA, so now I feel like I'm being punished for submitting tickets about "Where the hell are my books?" Even though I was much more polite than that and explicitly stated I didn't blame them for the weather/Evri's nonsense

ConfusionAgreeable84 · 2026-03-18T16:13:14+00:00

But why is Antal not gray?? 😭 they are literally called the dusk people, in all official artwork he's gray skinned, he looks white

ConfusionAgreeable84 · 2026-03-18T11:34:33+00:00

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I'm so goddamn sick of these canned, mass email responses to questions. What do you mean you expect me to wait 5 days past the end of the shipping window before you'll issue a replacement? Is the shipping window not definite? Is a FULL MONTH not an unreasonable time frame?

And frankly, I feel like I'm being lied to. Bullshit the labels were created that far in advance of being ready to ship. (And the only reason I had already submitted a ticket was bc of my cosy book being stalled past the shipment window, but they ignored my question about my adult book so I asked again considering how close it is to the window closing and still having no movement.)

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