READING: Fire with Fire (Burn for Burn #2) by Jenny Han and Siobhan Vivian

Publication date: August 13 2013
Published by: Simon&Schuster books for Young Readers
Genre: Young Adult, High School, Contemporary, Romance, Mystery
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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...


2nd read (Mar 2019)
Couldn't wait to start reading this every day. I'd never think that I would still enjoy YA books, but I guess some of them have just struck a chord with me.

Where the book really shines, is Reeve's smooth transition from basically a self absorbed asshole, to a troubled, love struck boy. I remember being so shocked the first time I read it, when I found myself starting to like Reeve against my better judgement. What he did to Mary was unforgivable and inexcusable. He obviously has some issues he needs to sort out which became more apparent in this book when we learn a little bit about his background. He ends up accepting his fate after the accident at homecoming because he knows deep down that he deserves to be punished for what he did, even though for me personally, the whole thing is morally blurry. I am glad that what happened to him gave him clarity and a different perspective, but the way it happened was just wrong any way you try and twist it.

Poor Alex was the only one that did absolutely nothing wrong and I feel like he's owed a huge apology by Lilia and Kat. Especially by Lilia who emotionally manipulated him just a tad (a lot).

The last bit at Rennie's party was a page turner and Mary's realisation heart breaking, with a shocking and unexpected ending.

All in all, as good as I remembered it and more!