Granted, Jordan’s secret was dangerous to share, but the fact that Dylan kind of already knew or suspected was probably the excuse Jordan needed. Sometimes people have something they just can’t keep in any longer. I’ve had people I barely knew spill personal things to me. 2) Jordan told Dylan about his powers really quickly, but eh. 1) I don’t feel like I got to know Jordan (the love interest) very well, but the book wasn’t really about him, it was about Dylan. I want to mention a few complaints, or things I’ve seen mentioned by others, though I found them easy enough to overlook. Like friend troubles, bullying, extracurriculars, etc. And then the author also showed Dylan trying to fix things with everyone, which was nice. Not because it was a toxic relationship, just because of the weird situation with the powers.
I could feel the messiness and the distance it started creating with everyone else in his life. The author did a great job of portraying how things in Dylan’s life kind of spiraled when he got involved with Jordan. It added some unusual struggles to the characters’ everyday lives, since they weren’t always entirely in control of the powers, as well as a bit of action and a threat of danger. The heat/fire power element of the story was interesting.
And Dylan had a family who seemed to care. There were some nice friendships in the book too, and they were just as prominent as the romance. I could understand and feel that pull they had to each other.
I believed that, whether it was really love or not, they felt something, and for them those feelings were big. And in the time that I got to see of them together, I thought they were cute! They had me smiling. Dylan and Jordan had an instant attraction/connection, then they spent time together, went on some dates, texted, and bonded over their mutual secret/danger. He made me laugh sometimes, and thinking back to my high school years, I found some things relatable. But I felt like it had a nice spark of personality with just the right amount of irreverence and messiness and imperfection while still being likeable. The main character, Dylan, had a fun voice that really sounded “teen,” at least to me, who is admittedly not a teen anymore.
This was one of those books about teens with teen problems but also a bit of magic or powers, a sort of subgenre that I love, and I enjoyed it! *I received an audio copy of this book via NetGalley.
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