Title: Burn, Baby, Burn ReRead
Author: R.J. Blain
Series: A Magical Romantic Comedy (with a Body Count) #12
Rating Out of 5: 5 (I will read this again and again and again)
My Bookshelves: Paranormal romance, Urban fantasy
Pace: Fast
Format: eBook, Novel
Year: 2018
There is something so enjoyable and funny about R.J. Blain’s writing, and honestly, I wasn’t sure how the joyful simplicity of her writing would work on a reread. Luckily for me, it is just as fun the second time around, and I’m loving picking up on the extra bits as I read through the Magical Romantic Comedy series again. I particularly love that Burn, Baby, Burn is all about Bailey trying to run away from Quinn for some peace and quiet… and because she is a sucker for punishment and absolutely wants to be chased. Plus, then there’s Perkette and her special brand of insanity, a little different to Bailey, but a great way to balance the two somewhat neurotic women out.
One of my favourite (and maybe more relatable) parts of Bailey’s journey across country is her need to constantly dumpster dive and find new pets. She is absolutely the Chaos Queen, and I love that she is constantly battling to find a way to save everything and anything she can. Personally, I think her new little menagerie of animals is perfect and would absolutely love to have a pet Ocelot, amongst other animals. Honestly, any big cat would make me happy, as ill-advisable as it may be.
Quinn’s first introduction to the fact that his uncle is The Devil is kind of hilarious. I love how interconnected the Christian Pantheon is, and how much fun Blain has with this fact. She creates a family that is dysfunctional, chaotic and loving all in one moment, and I honestly couldn’t get enough of the fact. I was laughing out loud in moments, and I also loved that, because the Devil is nothing as would be expected in this series, he spends a lot of time trying to revive his favourite species – the unicorn. Again, just smiling and laughing out loud right throughout. Even writing about it leaves a huge, happy smile on my face.
Not only was Burn, Baby, Burn a great revisit of Quinn and Bailey, I also love how it gave more context to Bailey’s parents, genetics, and life. She goes from being an unwanted child to one who is very much wanted and loved. In a variety of ways. It also just starts to hint at some of the new relationships in Bailey’s life, and ends with a bit of a cliffhanger. It makes me want to dive back into this series more quickly, but again, had a happy enough ending that I didn’t feel the need to dive in straight away if I didn’t feel like it.
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