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 WHAT!?!?! 
 HUH!?!?!? 
 I mean...seriously. WHAT!?!?! 
 Okay, reading other reviews I admit I didn't dislike Burned quite as much as others did. I have my big, glaring, hugely disappointed issues with this book, but it was still a book that entertained...even if it made me angry. 
 It seems I was in the minority when it came to Dani's age. At no point did I have a problem with her being 14. Too young for sex with Ryodan or Christian or Dancer? Yes. Too young to be awesome and the center of admiration to a bunch of bad ass "adults"? NO! It was pretty clear KMM felt strong-armed into figuring out a way to make Dani older and therefore more acceptable to the fans. I would have respected her a hell of a lot more if she'd stuck to her character whether people liked it or not. Then again, I guess that's not how you sell books in our world. I should know. 
 Anywhoo...Enter Jada...the highly predictable plot twist (sigh). Really, it's a huge plot twist that I saw coming from Jada's first appearance. I wished so badly that I was wrong. But then there came the BIG reveal. (view spoiler)[ "Jada...is Dani." (hide spoiler)] Really? Oh my gosh, I had NO idea! Plus, Jada is a snoozefest. I resent Mac for saying she liked her. I do not like her. She's dull. Ugh. 
 Anyone feel like they were beaten over the head with all the sexy? Not just the actual sex bits, which, maybe it's my mood this week, but were actually rather gross. It was the constant reminder that every person in these stories is sexy. Fantasy, romance, I get it. This is normal. But Jada is sexy, with her curves and long legs and we're reminded of it every time she's in the book. Ryodan is so sexy with his blah blah blah, every time he's in the book. Same with the Keltars, same with all of the Nine, same with Jo, same with Mac, same with freaking Dancer. Sexy sexy sexy. 
 You know what? Do not TELL ME someone is sexy. No one is sexy if you repeatedly lecture me about your belief that they are. MAKE THEM ACTUALLY BE SEXY AND LET ME DECIDE IF I AGREE. STOP TELLING ME WHAT I SHOULD THINK! CUZ I WON'T! I'LL THINK IT'S LAME. AND MANIPULATIVE. SO GET SOME ACTION SCENES AND SOME DIALOGUE AND DO THE HARD WORK TO MAKE A SCENE OR A CHARACTER INTERESTING AND SEXY WITHOUT SAYING THEY ARE INTERESTING AND SEXY!! GAHHH! 
 (deep breath) 
 ...Nope, not done yet. 
 Burned would have benefited from a hell of a lot less of all the SEX! Talking about sex. Having sex. Thinking about sex. Ugh! Dani not yet being of age in Iced made sex less of a focal point. Maybe that's why it was so obviously PRESENT and IN YOUR FACE in Burned. 500 pages or whatever of Mac longing to have sex with Barrons ISN'T SEXY. IT'S PATHETIC and BORING and REPETITIVE and FLIPPING UNNECESSARY!! 
 (twitch) 
 Okay, now I can move on... 
 Putting aside the predictability, putting aside the club-to-the-head sexy adjective, and putting aside the fact that really, not that much actually happened, let's talk about Mac. She's impotent in this book, her badassdom clipped by this excuse and that excuse. She's boring, doing little of interest except for brooding about her lot in life...boo hoo. AND, to top it all off, she's staggeringly, appallingly STUPID. Letting secrets out, not listening to people, being a general, superficial, waste of space. I realize this was kind of the point of the book. But who wants to read that? Mac is a hero. Exactly how long am I expected to still think of her as a hero if she's acting like a moronic slug? 
 NOT to mention, the invisible stalking and all the pushing along the storyline with the inactive listening went on too long. We found out too much that way, while Mac was just following people around. Is this not the definition of telling, not showing? Is this not the definition of Mac in this book, watching others in action while she observes but does nothing? 
 No storyline was wrapped up except for Christian's captivity and the Unseelie Princes fate, not that it matters in the end since more will be made. So scratch that, only Christian's captivity by the Crimson Hag. Though that was a spectacularly lack-of-action action scene. I kept expecting the climax to happen. Then I read the end of the book. Turned the page. Wondered for a second if somehow the final chapter had gone missing. But no. That was actually the end. Uninteresting cliffhanger, a glaring reminder that this book wasn't necessary and maybe the NEXT book will actually have something happen. Maybe. 
 Burned in one word: SNORE!