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Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews
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HIDEOUS COVER ALERT*!
I refuse to blame Andrews for this ridonkulous looking cheese-fest, but I wish that whoever is in charge of this sort of thing at Avon would get a clue.
This looks like the sort of thing I've come to expect from crappy PNR, not Urban Fantasy. This cover doesn't say kick-ass story between these pages, it says Fabioish romance inside.
Well, guess what?
They don't have sex in this book.
The folks who were hoping for a little *bow-chicka-wow-wow* (thanks to the cover) will be disappointed.
And the people who don't want mindless PNR (not that there's anything wrong with that!) are going to bypass this book altogether.
Even I put off reading it, and I'm a fan of Ilona Andrews...so I should know better.
That's the power of a BAD cover, people!

Alrighty, enough bitching.
I picked up Burn For Me and gobbled it down in record time.
I loved Nevada and her entire wacky family. Especially Grandma!
Surprisingly, I loved Mad Rogan, too. I see some complaints about him, but I thought he was awesome. Sure, it seems like he's sort of a sociopath, but I have a feeling he's a bit more complicated than that.
Or maybe not.
Either way, I thought he was great!

Magic (thanks to a scientific breakthrough) is now a hereditary quality that the more powerful magic users in the world view as a commodity. They marry for the power it brings their families, and those Houses rule cities and corporations.
Or something like that.
The world-building wasn't fully explored, but I'm hoping that we'll get a better glimpse of how everything works in the next book. There was definitely enough information to get to get started with, though.

I'm feeling really lazy, and I want to go eat some soup and pie.
So instead of trying to review the plot, I'll just say that if you're a fan of Ilona Andrews stuff, you're going to like this.

Highly Recommended to fans of Kate Daniels, Mercy Thompson, etc..

*No points were deducted for the horrible cover...
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message 2: by Anne (new) - rated it 4 stars
Dec 15, 2014 09:41AM

Anne I've just finished Golden Son! Give me a minute to breathe, woman!!


message 3: by ✘✘ Sarah ✘✘ (former Nefarious Breeder of Murderous Crustaceans) (new) - rated it 5 stars
Dec 15, 2014 10:08AM

✘✘ Sarah ✘✘ (former Nefarious Breeder of Murderous Crustaceans) Hahahaha! Hey not my fault, your status does say "currently reading" for that one!


message 4: by Anne (new) - rated it 4 stars
Dec 15, 2014 10:34AM

Anne No, you're right. I just use currently-reading to keep track of everything i have out from the library & NetGalley.


message 5: by Jennifer (new) - rated it 4 stars
Dec 21, 2014 07:55AM

Jennifer "*No points were deducted for the horrible cover..." LOL Love it!


message 6: by Anne (new) - rated it 4 stars
Dec 21, 2014 08:20AM

Anne Admit it, it's baaaaaaaaaad...
LOL


message 7: by ✘✘ Sarah ✘✘ (former Nefarious Breeder of Murderous Crustaceans) (new) - rated it 5 stars
Dec 21, 2014 09:28AM

✘✘ Sarah ✘✘ (former Nefarious Breeder of Murderous Crustaceans) HIDEOUS COVER ALERT*!

This is the most ridiculous book cover in the history of book covers. This is the cover the Andrews had chosen for this book:



Apparently one of the major retailers rejected it so they went for the crappy one instead. IA talked about it on her blog.

Looks like you loved the book just as much as I did Anne! Great review:)


message 8: by Anne (new) - rated it 4 stars
Dec 21, 2014 01:02PM

Anne Andrews definitely had the better cover picked out! Who was the retailer? They need to be fired! And, YES! I loved it!!!!


message 9: by ✘✘ Sarah ✘✘ (former Nefarious Breeder of Murderous Crustaceans) (new) - rated it 5 stars
Dec 21, 2014 01:49PM

✘✘ Sarah ✘✘ (former Nefarious Breeder of Murderous Crustaceans) Anne wrote: "Andrews definitely had the better cover picked out! Who was the retailer? They need to be fired! And, YES! I loved it!!!!"

Actually there were at least three of them: BN, Walmart & Target.


message 10: by Anne (new) - rated it 4 stars
Dec 21, 2014 01:54PM

Anne WHAT?! Why would anyone like the other cover? It's a conspiracy of stupid!


message 11: by Laura (new) - rated it 5 stars
Dec 21, 2014 02:09PM

Laura I love the first cover better too :(

But if it helps, it's being marketed as PNR not UF. It's a 3 book series that is like PNR series, but not like typical PNR where each book is a closed HEA.


message 12: by Anne (new) - rated it 4 stars
Dec 21, 2014 02:53PM

Anne Whoa! How can they market a book with no sex as PNR? I saw several reviews complaining about the lack of sex, and now it makes sense. I don't blame team Andrews. This was just bad promotion. It's still a great book, though. Can't wait for the next one!


message 13: by Anne (new) - rated it 4 stars
Dec 21, 2014 02:57PM

Anne Oh. Wait. Like a PNR trilogy? Ok, ok. Took me a second to get what you were saying, Laura! LOL


message 14: by Laura (new) - rated it 5 stars
Dec 21, 2014 06:13PM

Laura Anne wrote: "Oh. Wait. Like a PNR trilogy? Ok, ok. Took me a second to get what you were saying, Laura! LOL"

LOL yeah, that's a better way to put it-a PNR trilogy. So I think it's sort of both a UF and a PNR, but Avon is marketing it as PNR. And I'm sure there will be sexy times ;P


message 15: by Anne (new) - rated it 4 stars
Dec 21, 2014 06:20PM

Anne I'm hoping for sexy times, but I still like more UF in my story...which this has! Rogan is definitely the kind of leading man I enjoy! Plus, the slow burn is my favorite.


message 16: by ✘✘ Sarah ✘✘ (former Nefarious Breeder of Murderous Crustaceans) (new) - rated it 5 stars
Dec 22, 2014 12:48AM

✘✘ Sarah ✘✘ (former Nefarious Breeder of Murderous Crustaceans) Anne wrote: "I'm hoping for sexy times, but I still like more UF in my story...which this has! Rogan is definitely the kind of leading man I enjoy! Plus, the slow burn is my favorite."

Slow burns, oooooh yes! And with Rogan in the mix? I can guarantee sexy times are coming! (view spoiler)

Hey this is only going to be a trilogy? That sucks, I thought there would be more instalments than that:(


message 17: by Anne (new) - rated it 4 stars
Dec 22, 2014 06:05AM

Anne I'm ok with a trilogy...think about Mac and Barrons, Sarah! It's better to end it, than drag it out!


message 18: by ✘✘ Sarah ✘✘ (former Nefarious Breeder of Murderous Crustaceans) (new) - rated it 5 stars
Dec 23, 2014 11:02AM

✘✘ Sarah ✘✘ (former Nefarious Breeder of Murderous Crustaceans) Anne wrote: "I'm ok with a trilogy...think about Mac and Barrons, Sarah! It's better to end it, than drag it out!"

Best point ever.


message 19: by Laura (new) - rated it 5 stars
Dec 23, 2014 03:42PM

Laura did you see that the next Fever book is back to Mac? I was kind of surprised to see that with all the going on about Dani that KMM did on facebook after Iced came out.


message 20: by Anne (new) - rated it 4 stars
Dec 23, 2014 03:59PM

Anne Laura the Highland Hussy wrote: "did you see that the next Fever book is back to Mac? I was kind of surprised to see that with all the going on about Dani that KMM did on facebook after Iced came out."

Yes, I've been all aflutter! Although, I wasn't a fan of Iced, so...
I'm very much willing to give it a chance, though.
What happened on FB when Iced came out? I always miss the good stuff!


message 21: by Laura (last edited Dec 23, 2014 05:40PM) (new) - rated it 5 stars
Dec 23, 2014 05:40PM

Laura KMM was shocked people took Ryo and Christian in the pedo way. She was very much, they see the woman she'll become, they aren't creepers, etc. BUT she also both before AND after Iced, made a humongous deal about how Dani was her favorite character, she loved Dani, and she was going to tell the story from Dani's POV no matter what. Then after all the backlash from fans about how much Ryo was a pedo, and how a lot of people don't like Dani as the main character, suddenly the plan of 3 Dani books and 2 Mac/Barrons books is now (I believe, don't quote me on this) going to be 3 or 4 books where the next ones are Mac/Barrons with some small Dani parts.

ETA:

You should scroll through her fb page-she keeps us pretty up to date on it


message 22: by Anne (new) - rated it 4 stars
Dec 24, 2014 05:43AM

Anne Ooooooh! Ok, will do. I'm all for an author having the right to do whatever they want with their books and their characters. I just think the smart ones realize that their fans are reallyreallyreally important. If you have a Team Edward/Team Jacob thing, then do whatever you originally planned. But if it's something along the lines of what happened with the Sookie series, and the fans are ALL rooting for a guy, and the author 'envisioned' a different ending? Or in this case, when KMM picked a character/situation that she loved, and that (a lot of) the fans hated.
She can do what she wants, but she'll lose a lot of readers, and I think she knows that. I definitely don't think it's stupid for her to change her plans.


message 23: by Laura (new) - rated it 5 stars
Dec 28, 2014 10:57AM

Laura I think it's smart to keep Mac and Barrons in the mix, and I definitely don't like being in dani's head for a whole book, but I really was surprised at how she changed her plan. She plots out far in advance, so I wonder if this change is what set her release schedule back.
It would be really interesting to read her first draft.


message 24: by ✘✘ Sarah ✘✘ (former Nefarious Breeder of Murderous Crustaceans) (new) - rated it 5 stars
Dec 28, 2014 11:24AM

✘✘ Sarah ✘✘ (former Nefarious Breeder of Murderous Crustaceans) Laura the Highland Hussy wrote: "I think it's smart to keep Mac and Barrons in the mix, and I definitely don't like being in dani's head for a whole book, but I really was surprised at how she changed her plan. She plots out far i..."

I think it's great KMM had the guts to change her original plans but I'm curious as to what she's going to make of the story arc now. As you say she plots out her books very far in advance and this goes way beyond a major re-write. It's like writing a new book altogether.


message 25: by Anne (new) - rated it 4 stars
Dec 28, 2014 04:28PM

Anne I think it's smart of her to rethink her plan, especially if it wasn't working. Only an idiot keeps stubbornly going with a losing game plan.


message 26: by ✘✘ Sarah ✘✘ (former Nefarious Breeder of Murderous Crustaceans) (new) - rated it 5 stars
Dec 29, 2014 02:09AM

✘✘ Sarah ✘✘ (former Nefarious Breeder of Murderous Crustaceans) That's exactly why the Andrews decided on a major KD #8 re-write. I don't mind if they are late releasing the book. I'd rather wait a few more months than read a crappy instalment in the series.


message 27: by Anne (new) - rated it 4 stars
Dec 29, 2014 06:16AM

Anne I didn't know that Andrews decided to change #8! Why?


message 28: by ✘✘ Sarah ✘✘ (former Nefarious Breeder of Murderous Crustaceans) (new) - rated it 5 stars
Dec 29, 2014 09:58AM

✘✘ Sarah ✘✘ (former Nefarious Breeder of Murderous Crustaceans) Apparently they weren't happy with what they were writing. Ilona wrote about it on their blog: http://www.ilona-andrews.com/blog/201...


message 29: by Anne (new) - rated it 4 stars
Dec 29, 2014 11:15AM

Anne I think it's great! I'd rather wait on something really good. :)


message 30: by Laura (new) - rated it 5 stars
Dec 29, 2014 02:34PM

Laura I agree-which is why I was always ok with the one-a-year release schedules from authors like KMM and Patricia Briggs. Sadly, though, I'm not sure how I'm liking KMM's new direction. I'll have to finish Iced (I actually never finished it since I didn't like dani's voice so much).


message 32: by Anne (new) - rated it 4 stars
Dec 30, 2014 06:24AM

Anne Amen, Sarah!
I'm re-reading all of the Fever books right now, but I'm not going to include Iced, Laura. It doesn't even have the same feel to it, so I'm going to pretend it didn't happen. LOL!


message 33: by Laura (new) - rated it 5 stars
Jan 06, 2015 12:38PM

Laura oOSarahOo wrote: "My advice Laura: don't bother finishing Iced."

It's taken me 2 years to even want to :/
For someone who loved everything else Moning wrote, that says a lot.


message 34: by Anne (new) - rated it 4 stars
Jan 06, 2015 02:25PM

Anne I just finished. I'm not reading Iced again, though. Now that I know about Moning's thing for Dani, I can see where she was inserted in to the Fever plot more than was necessary. :(


message 35: by Laura (new) - rated it 5 stars
Jan 06, 2015 08:55PM

Laura I guess I didn't mind the Dani Daily newsletter, but I skimmed it, and when we were in her head for parts during Shadowfever was it? I was definitely over her. I just don't like her voice. And for some people I think it's the fact she killed Alina, for me it's really just her, her personality, her voice. I don't like her, so I don't want to read a whole book devoted to her, let alone one like Iced, where it's in first person pov AND it's an intense, deep book. But I hate the main character, y'know?


message 36: by ✘✘ Sarah ✘✘ (former Nefarious Breeder of Murderous Crustaceans) (last edited Jan 07, 2015 03:43AM) (new) - rated it 5 stars
Jan 07, 2015 03:43AM

✘✘ Sarah ✘✘ (former Nefarious Breeder of Murderous Crustaceans) Laura the Highland Hussy wrote: "I just don't like her voice. And for some people I think it's the fact she killed Alina, for me it's really just her, her personality, her voice."

Same here. I still can't believe that she's KMM's favorite character in the series. Obviously the woman isn't very sane.

I'm starting my Fever reread today but I'd rather die a horrible, painful death than read Iced again.


message 37: by Anne (new) - rated it 4 stars
Jan 07, 2015 05:29AM

Anne I agree. It wasn't just the storyline of Iced, it was Dani's voice. So annoying! But now that I've re-read all the Fever books, I did notice that KMM tends to be a bit..juvenile? All of the goofy acronyms for things weren't as cute once I realized that maybe it was the 'Dani' side of KMM's personality coming out.


message 38: by ✘✘ Sarah ✘✘ (former Nefarious Breeder of Murderous Crustaceans) (new) - rated it 5 stars
Jan 07, 2015 05:43AM

✘✘ Sarah ✘✘ (former Nefarious Breeder of Murderous Crustaceans) Anne wrote: "I agree. It wasn't just the storyline of Iced, it was Dani's voice. So annoying! But now that I've re-read all the Fever books, I did notice that KMM tends to be a bit..juvenile? All of the goofy a..."

IKR? And the song lyrics used as chapter titles in Iced? {insert major eye roll here}


message 39: by Anne (new) - rated it 4 stars
Jan 07, 2015 05:56AM

Anne THANK YOU! I forgot about that! *snort*
I've got my fingers crossed that she doesn't try to channel her inner 10 year old for this next book.


message 40: by ✘✘ Sarah ✘✘ (former Nefarious Breeder of Murderous Crustaceans) (new) - rated it 5 stars
Jan 07, 2015 10:50AM

✘✘ Sarah ✘✘ (former Nefarious Breeder of Murderous Crustaceans) Hey did you see the newest teaser? It's a pretty long excerpt and apart from the choppy style it made me feel a little better about the book.

http://thefeverseries.com/


message 41: by Laura (new) - rated it 5 stars
Jan 08, 2015 06:53PM

Laura oOSarahOo wrote: "Hey did you see the newest teaser? It's a pretty long excerpt and apart from the choppy style it made me feel a little better about the book.

http://thefeverseries.com/"

I don't want to spoil myself, but yeah, I saw that it's up. I hope it's awesome! *bites nails*


message 42: by ✘✘ Sarah ✘✘ (former Nefarious Breeder of Murderous Crustaceans) (new) - rated it 5 stars
Jan 08, 2015 11:43PM

✘✘ Sarah ✘✘ (former Nefarious Breeder of Murderous Crustaceans) It's a scene between Mac & Barrons. Pretty good except from the choppy style I mentioned before;)


message 43: by Anne (new) - rated it 4 stars
Jan 09, 2015 06:11AM

Anne Choppy? I need to look at this..


message 44: by ✘✘ Sarah ✘✘ (former Nefarious Breeder of Murderous Crustaceans) (new) - rated it 5 stars
Jan 09, 2015 11:38AM

✘✘ Sarah ✘✘ (former Nefarious Breeder of Murderous Crustaceans) Maybe it's just me. I don't feel too kindly towards KMM right now:/


message 45: by Anne (new) - rated it 4 stars
Jan 09, 2015 11:48AM

Anne Uh-oh.


message 47: by Anne (new) - rated it 4 stars
Jan 10, 2015 08:01AM

Anne Not yet, 'cause you're SCARING me!


message 48: by ✘✘ Sarah ✘✘ (former Nefarious Breeder of Murderous Crustaceans) (new) - rated it 5 stars
Jan 10, 2015 11:16AM

✘✘ Sarah ✘✘ (former Nefarious Breeder of Murderous Crustaceans) Hahahaha you chicken! It's not that bad really, most people think it's great. I probably read it on a "hell no I won't read Burned" day. I'll have to try and read it again^^


message 49: by Anne (new) - rated it 4 stars
Jan 11, 2015 06:22AM

Anne Ok, fine, I'll see if I can get to it today.
*bok, bok, bok*


message 50: by ✘✘ Sarah ✘✘ (former Nefarious Breeder of Murderous Crustaceans) (last edited Jan 11, 2015 10:57AM) (new) - rated it 5 stars
Jan 11, 2015 10:52AM

✘✘ Sarah ✘✘ (former Nefarious Breeder of Murderous Crustaceans) Come on, you can do it!




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