If anything, these two had their own mix of troubles, hurdles to cross, and efforts to make to find true friends in one another. Yet, what I loved most about their friendship was that it didn't blossom overnight. As a victim of bullying, amongst other issues, Jay and Nicole bond through their understanding of one another. It is Jay, better than anyone else, who understands what Nicole is going through for he too has been marked out, labeled, and ridiculed in his past. Jay, the narrator of our story, has a strong and distinct voice, one that is a touch snarky, kind, and afraid. While the mystery behind Nicole's acid thrower is the obvious forefront of the novel, I was pleased to see the amount of depth it covered as well. Who threw the acid at Nicole? Surprisingly though, sometimes, the answers are staring you in the face all along.īurning Blue is one of those novels that starts out unusually slow, only to pick up and leave you flipping the pages, eagerly wanting to find out more.
Thus, when an unlikely friendship strikes between the two, Jay knows he has to find out who did it. Unlike most of the residents of their town who pity Nicole and only wish to see the scar beneath her bandages, Jay knows what it feels like to be treated as a freak, an outsider - after all, he's lived like that his whole life. When Jay coincidentally bumps into Nicole, just days after the attack, he can't help but feel for her. When a mysterious attacker throws acid on Nicole Castro, the most beautiful girl in town, not to mention one of the nicest people as well, it's all the people of Nicole's suburban town can talk about. Nicole Castro: gorgeous, model, beautiful, smart, sweet, kind. Yet, at the end of the day, Burning Blue is the type of book I can only regard with warmth since truly, it's a book I can't imagine not recommending. Although there are such few male-narrated novels out there, this was one instance where I felt like having a male-narration was just easier when in reality, I wanted the female protagonists inner perspective so badly. On the other hand, I was expecting something a little different when I went into it. It was intriguing, kept me flipping the pages, and startled me with its eventual revelation. I can't quite wrap my head around it to be perfectly honest. It's part mystery, part romance, and part something else entirely.
In a genre of literature so popular, it's hard to find anything similar to it. Where do I start when it comes to Burning Blue? It's different.
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