This was a very interesting read. I liked it because it was different, and it reminded me a little bit of The Demon King by Cinda Williams Chima (the Seven Realms series as a whole not just the one book). 
 The Burning Sky is sort of like Harry Potter: there's magicians, elemental magic, healing- basically there's magic in their world and there's also an evil magician guy named the Bane who wants all the power for himself, and he destroys, or gets rid of, all the other mages who would possibly grow to rival him. (view spoiler)[personally I think Bane just takes their powers and that's how becomes more powerful that no one is able to kill him (hide spoiler)]. When a new elemental mage shows up, someone who was control over wind, fire, water, and earth, all hell break loose and suddenly Iolanthe Seaburne find herself being dragged by the Prince Titus to another realm, Earth, and has to pretend to be a boy. She hides from the Atlantians, the evil people, while training to master all of the 4 elements and get better at casting magic. And yes, they do use wands! 
 When I first started reading, I admit I was very confused. I honestly felt like I had whiplash and I didn't know what kind of book I was reading, I honestly wanted to drop the book, but I somehow made myself keep on reading, and I'm glad I did. The book have very little dialogue, in my opinion, and there was a lot of details, too much in fact, I mean I was glad that I knew what was going on but at times I wanted for something to happen because I admit it was a little bit boring at times. But the plot and everything else that was going on was interesting to read. I found myself wanting to know what was going to happen next, because while I got the gist of what was happening, I still wanted some action to happen so that it would be explained what exactly is the Bane doing and what Titus and Iolanthe/Fairfax were supposed to be doing too. 
 Now another thing is the romance aspect was a little confusing also. It sort of felt like instalove, but it didn't because they didn't exactly proclaim their love for each other. Titus did something early on to Fairfax and she hated him but then the more time they spent together, it was obvious they became friends, but I found sort of hard to believe that they fell for each other. I guess it could have been a little bit of Stockholm Syndrome or maybe they're just meant to be together, like soul mates or something, and it just happened. So while near the end it was sweet, where she decides that she will do anything to stop his death, I hope that the next book shows more of their relationship. 
 Either way I look forward to reading the next book in the series and seeing what happens next to Iolanthe and Titus.