Fire with Fire (Burn for Burn) Paperback – 29 Aug 2013

My feelings for this series...! Conflicted!The first one was full of petty little revenge plots against Alex for what they thought he'd done to Kat and Lillia's sister. It was quite fun and I got dragged into the story.This one started off as revenge but turned a little more happy with a blossoming romance. But then that end bit, first with Mary and her little secret, and then Rennie, and then Mary again vowing more revenge. Ugh! Dark and depressing.Since its a trilogy, I have to read the last book to see how it ends.

This book was good, not great, but it did capture my attention. I found it tedious in the middle of the novel but coming to the end it was finally picking up. Honestly the ending confused me sincerely. It was a plot twist like no other but where is the third book to explain it? A third instalment is necessary for the ending of this novel to fit, otherwise it is not fitting at all. I would recommend this book only if you absolutely loved the first one "Burn for Burn", otherwise don't bother.

Great read even better than the first ! Can't wait for the next one ! Give it a read worth the.money

Good read

My granddaughter loved it

Good book

Okay, first of all I feel like I need to apologise for taking such a long time to read this book (I feel like I've been doing that a lot lately). I'm a medical student and sometimes finding free time is absolutely impossible. But hey, it happens. Thank you to the publishers for sending me this book, in exchange for an honest review :)Onto said review.Quite frankly, I don't have anything bad to say about it. I was sceptical at the beginning when Mary confessed to the reader that she'd always been in love with Reeve, since I felt like it came out of nowhere and the first book didn't give much of an indication that this was coming. After a few chapters, however, I found that it worked, and ended up tying in fantastically with the plot line.I thought Mary would come into her own a little more in this book, but alas, that never happened. I actually kind of disliked her because she was so pathetic, so I'm really hoping she becomes a bit stronger in the third book. I understand that she's there to provide a contrast between the three girls, since they're all so different (something that the authors pull off perfectly), but compared to Kat and Lillia, she's really weak. I was grateful that she didn't feature too much.Lillia is definitely my favourite of the three girls - there's absolutely no question about it now. She's so easy to relate to, especially with what she went through with Reeve in this book. I went through something similar very recently, and found myself close to tears with how spot on the authors captured her feelings; it was so perfect. I have to applaud Han and Vivian for penning the teenage voice so perfectly. I feel that few authors manage to do so.Reeve is just perfect. So is Alex. I didn't see Reeve being such a big feature of this series, especially after book one, but he has proven to be. And wow, what a welcome feature he is. Yes, he's a bully. Yes, he's mean. Yes, he's absolutely horrible in the first book. But (shock, horror!) the authors do the unthinkable. They actually made me like him. His relationship with Lillia is so great to read about, and I'm desperate to know what will happen to them from here. Particularly when it comes to Kat and Mary.The plot is very much like the movie John Tucker Must Die, which is a guilty pleasure of mine. Needless to say, I loved it. Love love love love love. And the extra romance was an added bonus. Like, it was basically everything I love in a book all wrapped into one. And the ending was so dramatic and confusing and amazing and I was just breathless. I did not see the twist coming. No way.I need to read the next one. My life depends on it.

I absolutely loved the first book in the trilogy, Burn For Burn, so it was a no brainer that I would be reading Fire With Fire by Jenny Han & Siobhan Vivian - and it's even better!After the disastrous events during the Homecoming Dance, Lillia, Kat and Mary are a little shaken up. Humiliating Reeve and causing him to lose his spot on the football team was the plan, not having him end up in hospital. Despite suffering a broken leg, Reeve is determined to be back in shape for the next season - without his spot on the team, he doesn't get a scholarship to college. But after remembering Mary at the dance, and being nasty to her again at Halloween, the girls decide they're not through with payback. It's obvious Reeve has a thing for Lillia, especially after kissing her at the dance, and the girls decide it's the perfect way to get him back - let Reeve thinks he has Lillia, then Lillia can break his heart, just like he broke Mary's. But it's not going to be that straight forward, not when Mary's anger is getting out of control, and not when Lillia sees a different side to Reeve when they're alone...Fire With Fire picks up a short while after Burn For Burn ends. There is a lot of guilt going on. If Lillia hadn't drugged Reeve, would he have broke his leg? And what happened at the dance anyway? Mary has a feeling she somehow has something to do with it, but she can't explain what happened - she just knows she can't say anything. Then Halloween night comes by, Reeve treats Mary disgustingly, and then Lillia blows her top at him. Then the scheming is back in action and their plan is formed. And it's so good, even though it's so wrong! I'm so glad this is fiction, because I get to enjoy the idea of hurting people for hurting you, whilst knowing no-one is actually getting hurt. It would be really disturbing if this was all real, and not something I would personally want to be a part of, but in the pages of a book, I'm loving it!But when things start happening between Lillia and Reeve, it gets even more exciting. Despite the fact this trilogy is all about revenge, this romance element is so sweet! I was torn, because Reeve has been really crappy, but I so wanted something real to happen between them. I'm a sucker for a not-so-nice boy become the most wonderful guy when he feels something. It's so damn cute! And Lillia doesn't know what to do for the best - she's not sure if she wants to hurt this guy any more, but she can't betray her friends. She's finding it really difficult, and it's heartbreaking to see.Mary is... woah. Things are happening with Mary. In Burn For Burn, we had the locker doors all slamming at once and we had the nightmare at the Homecoming Dance. Things step up a bit in Fire With Fire and it seems Mary has some kind of telekinesis power. It sounds like it would be kind of strange to have this paranormal element thrown in with this contemporary story, but it works really well, and as you read on, it kind of makes sense. I had a few theories about what was going on with her, but they changed as the story went on. It's really intriguingOh my god, the ending! I really don't know what to say! It tops the ending of Burn For Burn by miles! Not only is there the climactic ending to this story, but also the revelation! And it's HUGE! And it's so clever, because it's all been leading up to this from the very beginning, and Ashes To Ashes is just going to be epic! I am so excited for that book, it's going to be amazing!