#rebecca mix

[monochrome-sunsets]

picked up a novel thinking it's a lesbian dark fantasy arranged marriage. turns out it is a lesbian dark fantasy arranged marriage with themes of overcoming trauma and realizing your family was abusive and you didn't deserve that treatment and it also has taylor swift and atla references.

#anyways read the ones we burn by rebecca mix. fantastic book #11/10 stars no notes would read again #the ones we burn #rebecca mix

[reverie-quotes]

The only way out of this is to choose yourself, again and again, even when it's hard. Even when it's terrifying. Even when you feel like the most broken, unworthy, worthless person in the world.

— Rebecca Mix, The Ones We Burn

#the ones we burn #rebecca mix #quotes #literary quotes #fantasy #queer #lgbtqia #ya #literature #writing #books #spilled ink #thoughts #lit #pretty quotes #quote of the day #reverie #reverie quotes #quote #book quote #book quotes #inspiring quote #inspiring quotes #beautiful quote #beautiful quotes

[pretentiousgremlin]

For anyone who liked/loved The Owl House, I would recommend The Ones We Burn by Rebecca Mix. It's a very gay witchy book.

#The Ones We Burn #Rebecca Mix #The Owl House #Dana Terrace #lgbtqia #lgbtq+ #lgbtq

[andipxndy-writes]

I saw that you read The Ones We Burn by Rebecca Mix this year and you enjoyed it. I've seen a number of people saying that its racist and antisemitic, but I noticed that a lot of those reviews are based on a twitter review that came out quite a while before the book itself. I've also seen more recent reviews (after the book was released) from both Black and Jewish readers stating those claims are false. Did you find anything like that during your read through?

Not gonna lie, as soon as I mentioned that I'd read The Ones We Burn I know someone was going to come into my ask box and ask this question so I've been waiting for something like this.

In short: No. I did not find anything like this. I am a black woman, and I did not find anything racist towards black people in this book (and I've read the HP books, I have a good idea of what racism looks and feels like in writing lmao).

Not gonna lie, this book was on my TBR list for ages and I pre-ordered, and when everything came out I was ridiculously disappointed by the number of people who would go out and slander/cancel a book without reading it simply because someone lied. And I was especially disappointed in the black people who went online and started rallying to cancel the book. The whole "reverse racism" claim was a lie, the two main characters are black because, spoiler, their mother is black and their mother was a witch from another coven (so not a white people in power constantly thing; I'm due a reread to confirm this, though). Not only that, but they're surrounded by rich white people the whole time, and there are witches with different ethnicities/skin tones throughout the whole book. I could not find ANYTHING suggesting racism or reverse racism in this book and for someone to imply that without having read the book is absolutely obtuse. (I also absolutely HATE cancel culture because some of the people I've seen get cancelled by people spreading rumours and lies. Absolutely ridiculous.)

As for the antisemitism claim, I didn't spot any of that in the book either but I actually went to research that because I wanted to know exactly what people not on twitter were saying, and I found this review which was pretty long and has links. I didn't find any, and neither did this Jewish reviewer.

Honestly, there were a lot of reviews about the book before it even came out, and even though ARCs were sent out I get the vibe that not many (if any) of the readers actually posted any of those reviews attacking the book. All those reviews came from people who were talking about another review and basically saying "this was on my tbr but because xxx said racism and antisemitism I'm taking it off bye", which isn't how reviews work but go off I guess. It got tanked on goodreads for what I believe was a couple of lying or jealous reviews that everyone jumped on as true. And people actually thought it was okay to bully someone off the Internet and send them death threats? And don't sensitivity readers usually get called in to prevent this happening when the book comes out? Sensitivity readers were called in on this book. It just baffles me that so many people cancelled the book so quickly based on a couple of pre-release reviews and probably aren't even looking at the post-release reviews because they think they've done their job or some dumb shit like that.

Anyway tl;dr: No, I didn't find any racism in the book, and any claims of racism in the book from before the release should be taken with a pinch of salt, imo. Or a load of it. The affected communities need to actually look to reviewers from their communities post-release and see what they're saying before attacking, and they certainly shouldn't be attacking before having the chance to form their own opinions.

Anyway, people are gonna come after me for this but I've said what I've said and I believe it. I've stayed away from making comments online mostly because I 1) would probably not be heard online because I tend to stay in my little corner for the sake of my own mental health; and 2) know that people are stubborn once they've formed their own opinions and didn't want to say anything before reading the book myself.

#asks #anon #the controversy surrounding this book gives me a lot of feelings #mostly anger and disappointment #i even saw a black blog on tumblr basically say #yo that had me shook #they full on disregarded the one thing people are fighting for #because they think a book they haven't read is racist #anyway happy new year!! #and thanks for the ask anon!! #i would recommend reading the book for yourself with critical eyes #before making any sort of judgement #the ones we burn #rebecca mix #towb #the ones we burn rebecca mix

[ladymegana]

Just got wrecked by The Ones We Burn by Rebecca Mix. Unexpected therapy session from this book. 😭

#the ones we burn #rebecca mix #book quotes #therapy session in a book #you are not the worst thing that's ever happened to you #you are the girl who survived it

[ladykailolu]

Guess what I just finished 😁

God man, there's all kinds of fucked up shit going on in this story. Some I was prepared for, some I was not. And I don't think that I have the patience to go through everything step by step, piece by piece.

It is an amazing story of a girl overcoming years of trauma and abuse and healing. You could also say that it's a story of female empowerment: powerful women as warriors and leaders, and intelligent women as scientists and doctors.

I didn't expect for it to be a therapy session in a book lmao!!!

And for those of y'all who want more queer representation in their stories, several characters in the story are lesbians or gay, including the main characters, and no, they don't actually die in the end.

#the ones we burn #rebecca mix #books #bibliophile #reading #lady k's library

[this-writer-d]

I'm busy reading this right now and really enjoying it!! It's got bloodwitches. A 6"2 witch named Ranka. A badass Princess called Aramis. They're also into each other. It's gay. Go read it

Ranka is tired of death. All she wants now is to be left alone, living out her days in Witchik’s wild north with the coven that raised her, attempting to forget the horrors of her past. But when she is named Bloodwinn, the next treaty bride to the human kingdom of Isodal, her coven sends her south with a single directive: kill him. Easy enough, for a blood-witch whose magic compels her to kill. Except the prince is gentle, kind, and terrified of her. He doesn’t want to marry Ranka; he doesn’t want to be king at all. And it’s his sister—the wickedly smart, infuriatingly beautiful Princess Aramis—who seems to be the real threat. But when witches start turning up dead, murdered by a mysterious, magical plague, Aramis makes Ranka an offer: help her develop a cure, and in return, she’ll help Ranka learn to contain her deadly magic. As the coup draws nearer and the plague spreads, Ranka is forced to question everything she thought she knew about her power, her past, and who she’s meant to fight for. Soon, she will have to decide between the coven that raised her and the princess who sees beyond the monster they shaped her to be. But as the bodies pile up, a monster may be exactly what they need.

#the ones we burn #rebecca mix #book rec #sapphic book rec

[sorrow-suggestion]

― The Ones We Burn, Rebecca Mix

#quote #the ones we burn #rebecca mix

[mythos05reviews]

1/5 stars

I was first introduced to this book by a booktuber who I had followed for some time. I was intrigued by the way the book was described. I simply added it to my TBR list without bothering to check much information about the book. I was disappointed to find out that certain details were omitted while recommending this book. This book is an example of reverse racism. Having two black siblings in power is fine, but not when you are characterizing them in a way that harms them. Not only is this problematic by itself, but the book is also antisemitic. The main character being a blood witch is another horrible stereotype used against the Jewish community. The author refuses to respond and has chosen to censor their comments. Due to this, I personally will not be wasting my time by reading this book.

Reference: https://twitter.com/AshiaMonet/status...

P.S. There is more than one review referencing these problems, but I can't link them all.

#booktuber #booktok #book review #lgbtq #twitter #queer #do not read #no thank you #what the fuck #nope #but alas #references #dissapointment #problematic books #antisemitic #stereotypes #reverse racism #rebecca mix #the ones we burn #sapphic #wlw community #june tbr

[heyyoitsbooks]

Adults love to dream that children will fix the messes they were too selfish to take care of.

Rebecca Mix, The Mossheart's Promise

#the mosshearts promise #book quotes #bookblr #fantasy book quotes #fantasy book #queer books #books #literature #quotes #book blog #rebecca mix

[black-is-beautiful18]

"It would be bad if they did it to us so we shouldn't do it to them" is generally how morals are taught but I guess you're just too fragile for fiction to exist anymore

First off all, that idea is stupid. It always has been, especially when said groups make it clear that what they truly want is to be left alone to live freely. Whether in fiction or reality this is almost always the thoughts of the oppressed. Revenge is also doable. It is justified and I honestly want to see more of it. Just not told using a stupid and untrue white supremest ideology that is born from racism. A couple years ago there were literally idiots wielding tiki torches marching around and yelling “They will not replace us”. Who the heck do you think is gonna be attracted to this book???? Cuz it certainly isn’t us.

#the ones we burn #rebecca mix #unique answers

[the-word-of-lizzy]

Disclaimer: I’m a white omnist, and this is a throwaway account because I don’t wanna get dogpiled on.

The career assassination, cancel culture, and virtue signaling surrounding TOWB is literally insane, especially because the book isn’t even out yet, and the majority of negative reviews are basing their review...on someone else’s review. And some of y’all haven’t heard and/or read about Derek Black, and it shows.

#rebecca mix #the ones we burn #towb #i'm so tired

[reverie-quotes]

"Sometimes," Ranka said slowly, her words coming from far away. "The people we love aren't worthy of it. They betray our history, take away hope for any future that might have been. But it doesn't change what they gave us. Not if we don't want it to. And the knowing—the truth of it, that they weren't who you thought? That you didn't know sooner? It doesn't make it any more our fault."

— Rebecca Mix, The Ones We Burn

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[andipxndy-writes]

Hi! I sent the TOWB ask and accidentally switched on anon, lol. Thank you for your reply! I will definitely read it! I try to be very critical about the media I interact with, but this situation seemed very messy. I spent close to 2 hours sifting through reviews on goodreads and then I searched the book on tumblr (which was a mistake) trying to find people who actually read it. I do not discount the reviews from black and Jewish readers that I did find, I just wanted to hear as many relevant opinions as I could before I just went ahead and read the book. Thank you again! Would it be alright if I reblogged your reply to my previous ask?

No worries!! Sorry if my reply seemed aggressive or anything, I'm just tired of people who clearly haven't read the book wrecking it as though it was something the head terf herself had written. It was a very messy situation and I think it was handled incredibly poorly by book twitter (which is why I avoid it).

I... also made the mistake of looking in tumblr search for anyone who had read it (what I saw there only irritated me more tbh) so yeah, it's hard to find legitimate reviews in some places where all the drama was just needlessly spread.

If you want to read the book but are still hesitant, I would recommend seeing if you can get it in a library or finding somewhere you can borrow it until you're sure you want it. I loved the book (I'm a sucker for a lot of YA fantasy books), but I know there were people who didn't enjoy it for genuine reasons like plot of characterisation, and I know I have books that I regret buying because I didn't enjoy them due to characterisation or plot. I will always rec a book that I love, but I also know that the cost of living crisis is real and not everyone can afford a £16 hardback randomly. If you want to straight up buy it though, great!

Also, sure! You can absolutely reblog my reply! If it gets more people to think critically instead of having a knee-jerk reaction to the name of a book that they saw reviews based off someone else's flawed review, then that is important.

#towb #the ones we burn #the ones we burn rebecca mix #rebecca mix #asks #zelinkstan02 #zelink-stan02 #thanks for sending that ask!!! #i hadn't taken the chance to voice my opinions on socials #so that was a good way to push me #i kinda needed that

[lgbtqreads]

Fave Five: LGBTQIA YA About Plagues

Fave Five: LGBTQIA YA About Plagues

At the End of Everything by Marieke Nijkamp All That’s Left in the World by Erik J. Brown Spellhacker by M.K. England Sweet & Bitter Magic by Adrienne Tooley The Names We Take by Trace Kerr Bonus: Coming up in November, The Ones We Burn by Rebecca Mix

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#Adrienne Tooley #All That&039;s Left in the World #Apocalyptic #Erik J Brown #Fantasy #M.K. England #Marieke Nijkamp #Plagues #Rebecca Mix #Spellhacker #Sweet & Bitter Magic #The Names We Take #The Ones We Burn #Trace Kerr #YA

[ladykailolu]

Bro....the tension of Ranka choosing her found family with Aramis t her side vs. the family who saved and raised her since she was small with Ongrum standing right in front of her, talking to her as a mother would to her upset child is 7 layers of fucked up.

#the ones we burn #rebecca mix #books #bibliophile #reading #lady k's library