Burning

By Danielle Rollins

Chilling new YA, perfect for fans of Orange is the New Black and Stephen King.

After three years in juvie, Angela Davis is just three months shy of release. She'll finally see her little brother again. And she'll get the hell out of the pit that is Brunesfield Correctional Facility.

But then Jessica arrives … She's young, only ten years old, and she's brought to Brunesfield in shackles under the highest security possible. She doesn't speak and is placed in the segregation ward. No one knows what she did to end up there. But there are plenty of rumours. Soon creepy things begin to happen to Angela and her friends that can only be traced to the new girl's arrival and it becomes clear that Jessica is more dangerous than anyone ever expected ...

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Release date: Jul 7, 2016
• ISBN: 9781408869963

Danielle Rollins

Danielle Rollins is the author of the sweeping time travel romance Stolen Time and the teen thriller Burning. Writing as Danielle Vega, she is the author of the Merciless horror series, which has been optioned for film, with the screenplay written by Marlene King (Pretty Little Liars, Famous in Love). Danielle lives in Brooklyn with her husband and their cat, Goose, and spends far too much money on vintage furniture and leather boots. Find her online at www.daniellerollins.com and on Twitter and Instagram @vegarollins.

[carol420 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I'm not a big romance fan but I found that I liked the romance in [Burning]. It was "sweet" and didn’t overtake the story. I wasn’t however, 100% convinced by how it all worked... or if it would work at all taking into account the situation and the nature of the place the story was set in.

The thing I found the most annoying was the pace of the book. It was really slow and at times I was quite bored. I wanted to skip pages and get to the interesting parts. While the writing was smooth and easily readable, it seemed that the author was trying to throw so much stuff in that it confused the story. It left the reader wondering if it was intended to be a thriller...a crime... horror...or supernatural genre. The ending was intense. You had no idea what to believe or what was going to happen next.

[welsh_eileen2 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Aimed at young adults, this creepy thriller should keep them on the edge of their seats.
Highly recommended.
I was given a digital copy of this book by the publisher Bloomsbury via Netgalley in return for an honest unbiased review.