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I will have to ask for you to excuse myself as this is not going to be my best work when it comes to reviewing this month's BOOKCLUB book. I think I finally tripped over a rock as my reading mojo has been a real low for the past few weeks. I've only successfully read two books this month! It be more or less depending on each person - but for me it's a low. This particular book I've finished the month before as I explained in my last BOOKCLUB review on another series by Melissa McShane (click here!); however I changed my mind and decided not to continue the series straight away as I will share my reasons down below.
Burning Bright is set in 1812, and revolves around the story of Elinor Pembroke. She found out that she had powers...but not just any powers, she is an 'extraordinary' with the ability to control fire. She was a late bloomer, but this caused people to fear her as someone with her ability has not showed up in over a century. However, her father sees this as a opportunity for greatness. He sees this opportunity to control Elinor and sell her to the highest bidding - a.k.a choosing her future husband-to-be. Elinor not wanting to be controlled or living in fear of her father, decided to choose her own path... She joined the Royal Navy. What will become of her being on the open seas by herself? Will she be oppressed in a male dominating field? or will she burn brighter than the rest?
If I was truly honest, the only reason why I read this book was because I love The Crown of Tremontane trilogy (also written by McShane). Burning Bright still had some of the same concepts when it came to her first series as some characters had abilities like Elinor. However, the two series are still very different. For me, Burning Bright was like reading a diary. It had a feeling of a diary as it is set in real places, such as London. So as I was reading, I can somewhat imagine the places such as the River Thames, but in the time and century it was set in. Imagination was still needed whilst reading this book, but it seemed less vibrant as it was not set in some far away land I have never heard of. It was not as exciting as McShane other books... But, I seem to have spotted a running theme amongst the five books I have read... McShane really takes her time to set and pace her stories... to the point it's kinda becomes hard to continue. However, this also makes you want to keep reading as you are hoping some sort of action might kick in any time soon! I don't particular love this book like the others as I found it a lot harder to absorb myself into the story, but I still enjoyed bits of it...just not all of it. And so, this is why I will not be continuing the series anytime soon...
Comment down below if you have read this book! And if you feel the same about it or not - as everyone interprets it differently. Leave some book recommendations down below! And this post is going to be the last post of posting twice a week this month... So, everything is back to normal next week (one post a week). Come back next week for another review that's not about a book.
I'll see you soon,
Bye ♥
I'll see you soon,
Bye ♥