disclaimer: i received this free from the publishers via netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

my first book of the year finished. my first book since august finished! burn our bodies down has finally dragged me out of, like, a 5-month reading slump. thank the lord for that.

Burn Our Bodies Down follows Margot, who is desperate to discover her family, her heritage, her history. She wants a family, but all she has is a distant mother who refuses to give her answers and refuses to be what she needs. She soon finds the key she needs to unlock that door with all the answers. It points her to a town called Phalene, only when she gets there, she's got more than she bargained for. Secrets. Unexplained events. And a family history that is a little bit sinister.

rep: lesbian m/c
content warnings: gore, body horror, fire, violence, emotional abuse e.g gaslighting

Burn Our Bodies Down is a book about family, identity, and secrets. It's intense and super weird, but after reading Wilder Girls, that came as no surprise, and it's just my kind of weird. The mystery really dragged me in and Rory Power has such a way with words she creates this amazing eerie and ominous atmosphere that really adds to the mystery. I loved the family dynamics and complexities of these mother/daughter relationships, and while they were toxic as hell, they were super compelling.

Burn Our Bodies Down is definitely a book to read if you love a slow burn and eerie mystery, and obviously, if you are a fan of Power's previous work, Wilder Girls. But really, it's a book to read if you want something a little weird and a little different.

'Fuck this family, and fuck this house'