The Ones We Burn

The Ones We Burn

Hardcover
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Beschreibung

An instant New York Times bestseller!

Love and duty collide in this richly imagined young adult debut about a witch whose dark powers put her at the center of a brewing war between the only family she’s ever known and the enemy who makes her question everything.

Monster. Butcher. Bloodwinn.

Ranka is tired of death. All she wants is to be left alone, living out her days in Witchik’s wild north with the coven that raised her, attempting to forget the horrors of her past. But when she is named Bloodwinn, the next treaty bride to the human kingdom of Isodal, her coven sends her south with a single directive: kill him. Easy enough, for a blood-witch whose magic compels her to kill.

Except the prince is gentle, kind, and terrified of her. He doesn’t want to marry Ranka; he doesn’t want to be king at all. And it’s his sister—the wickedly smart, infuriatingly beautiful Princess Aramis—who seems to be the real threat.

But when witches start turning up dead, murdered by a mysterious, magical plague, Aramis makes Ranka an offer: help her develop a cure, and in return, she’ll help Ranka learn to contain her deadly magic. As the coup draws nearer and the plague spreads, Ranka is forced to question everything she thought she knew about her power, her past, and who she’s meant to fight for. Soon, she will have to decide between the coven that raised her and the princess who sees beyond the monster they shaped her to be.

But as the bodies pile up, a monster may be exactly what they need.
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Hardcover
Seitenzahl
480
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21.38 €

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Abgebrochen

"The Ones we Burn" habe ich mit zwei Freundinnen als Buddyread begonnen und wir drei haben alle abgebrochen. Die Story hatte wirklich mehrmals die Möglichkeit gehabt sich zu entfalten, stattdessen hatte ich nach jedem Kapitel eher ein Fragezeichen im Gesicht stehen. Am Ende konnten selbst meine Notizen nicht mehr helfen. Hinzukommen noch unnötige Hinweise auf eine Lovestory, die wirklich gar nicht zu den Szenen oder der allgemeinen Stimmung des Buches passten. Falls das Buch mal auf deutsch erscheinen sollte würde ich dem ganzen vielleicht nochmal eine Chance geben. Ich will nämlich nicht komplett ausschließen, dass ich wegen der Sprache Schwierigkeiten hatte. Da ich mich aber direkt mit anderen austauschen konnte, bezweifle ich es leider.

4

I know where the pre-release controversy came from. I wonder, if it was from a different person or with a more concise pitch, if people would have seen it more for what it was. This story is about abuse. About finding yourself after surviving it. And about realizing that the narrative you've been told can be wrong. The last part is what I feel like failed to stick with most who were engaged in the drama. If we try a modern, real life comparison: Ranka is a child who grew up in a right-wing fundamentalist cult where everyone believed in the Great Replacement conspiracy. The story is her unlearning all the bigotry she was taught and realizing that she's an abuse survivor. It literally ends with her killing quasi-Trump. All that aside, for a YA debut written during a ravaging TBI, this was really good. Yes, the villains were obvious and Ranka might have needed more development (and her being healed was a bit contrived) but for what it is - unlearning years of indoctrination and abuse, it's impactful. I adored all the characters, although I wish we'd have had more Galen. The worldbuilding could have had a bit more care (I was so confused) but it was good. The story had me more hooked than I expected. I know that Rebecca wants to stay in MG for a while but I hope she'll return to YA one day

5

100000/10 I cried This fantasy world is soooo nice and we love a queer enemies to lovers! Ahhhhh

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