I've been wanting to read these since 2014, but I didn't like not having matching books on my shelves, so I didn't buy them. I borrowed them from the library only because I was lucky enough to have found them in one single library.
This had a great premise, really: three girls who have been wronged by a bully, an ex-friend, a boy... And instead of waiting for karma to hit them back, they decide to take things into their own hands.
This is gonna be full of rants.
Alright, so I loved the first book, Burn For Burn. I enjoyed the girls' plotting and the way the executed it, despite how messy or flawed they were. After all, they're just high school girls. I loved Mary, really, she's so sweet and cute, while Kat is such a strong person and adorable in her own spiteful way. And I loved hating Rennie, however weird that sounds.
Well, I didn't like Lillia from the start. The Asian model's face on the covers really irks me and gets on my nerves, and it affected my view of Lillia, especially the fact that she was always described as pretty, hot, popular, blah blah blah.
By the time we got to book 2, Fire With Fire, I hated Lillia so much. I hated her as a character, and then the plot fell downhill as well, and by downhill, I meant leaning towards Lillia and just Lillia alone.
Trust Jenny Han to make the Asian character the sweet, innocent one who is popular and wanted by all the boys for no apparent reason. It's really annoying, mind you, even though I'm Asian too. She was really pushing it too much with this character. Everything just revolved around Lillia.
And then we got to book 3: Ashes To Ashes. Oh my god, I wanted to throw this book across my room. Mary was doing worse damage to Kat than Lillia, to the extent of destroying Kat's precious boat, while merely scaring Lillia off using her stupid horse. OH MY GOD. LILLIA WAS THE ONE WHO "FELL IN LOVE" WITH REEVE, WHO BETRAYED MARY. OH. MY. GOD.
And of course, Lillia is the one who gets everything. She is the one whose life is most unaffected. She is the one whose perfect family is all safe, who still gets what she wants, who didn't lose anyone, who still has 2 boys fighting for her even though she PLAYED WITH THEM LIKE HELL COUNTLESS TIMES. Kat lost her dog, didn't get into Oberlin, her relationship with Alex wasn't touched up on. EVERYTHING WAS LILLIA THIS LILLA THAT.
AND: am I the only one who sees a shadow of a To All The Boys I've Loved Before/PS I Still Love You character in everyone of Lillia's clique???
The Asian that is excessively described as "sweet and innocent": Lara Jean / Lillia
The sweet kind nice guy who is close friends with the family: Josh / Alex
The douchebag/player who is suddenly so in love with the Asian for no reason???: Peter / Reeve
The popular pretty girl who grew up with, and have a love triangle with the Asian and douchebag: Genevieve / Rennie
OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Done ranting, goodbye.
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