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A book review podcast where we discuss how authors treat and traumatize their characters. Part of the Certain Point of View network.

  1. Series: The Orc Prince Trilogy by Lionel Hart

    10月13日

    Series: The Orc Prince Trilogy by Lionel Hart

    Greetings and welcome to Reviews That Burn: Series Reviews, part of Books That Burn. Series Reviews discuss at least three books in a series and cover the overarching themes and development of the story across several books. I'd like to thank longtime Patron Case Aiken, who receives a monthly shoutout. Full Text Here  This series is sexually explicit, and the review contains low-detail descriptions of sexual content. It is not safe for work (NSFW) in the classic sense. While I can, and have, reviewed sexually explicit books without the review containing those details, it forms such a large part of the narrative in this trilogy that to elide over those concepts would be to give a false impression of the text. ----- Reviews That Burn is a review blog which accompanies the Books That Burn podcast. Books That Burn is a member of the Certain Point of View podcast network. Essays, blog posts, and reviews are by Robin. All music was composed by HeartBeatArt and is used with permission. This content is CAN credentialed, which means you can report instances of harassment, abuse, or other harm on their hotline at (617) 249-4255, or on their website at creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org.

    11 分钟
  2. New Microphone! (and other updates)

    9月24日 · 附赠内容

    New Microphone! (and other updates)

    Greetings and welcome to a Reviews That Burn blog post by Robin, part of Books That Burn. I'd like to thank longtime Patron Case Aiken, who receives a monthly shoutout. Full Text Here  I have a few updates for everyone! They're all good things and have been a long time coming. ----- Reviews That Burn is a review blog which accompanies the Books That Burn podcast. Books That Burn is a member of the Certain Point of View podcast network. Essays, blog posts, and reviews are by Robin. All music was composed by HeartBeatArt and is used with permission. This content is CAN credentialed, which means you can report instances of harassment, abuse, or other harm on their hotline at (617) 249-4255, or on their website at creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org.

    6 分钟
  3. I've Joined The Creator Accountability Network

    9月8日 · 附赠内容

    I've Joined The Creator Accountability Network

    Greetings and welcome to a Reviews That Burn blog post by Robin, part of Books That Burn. I'd like to thank longtime Patron Case Aiken, who receives a monthly shoutout. I've joined the Creator Accountability Network (CAN) as a provisionally credentialed creator! The provisional period is three months long, and at the end of that time I'll be fully credentialed if nothing disqualifying comes to light.  Full Text Here I'll be excerpting details from their website as the best way to explain what this is and what it means for me as a content creator and for you as readers and audience members. The short version is that I've undergone ethics training as part of the credentialing process, and that if you feel my actions have harmed you (now or in the future), you can report harassment, abuse, or other harm to CAN. Quotes in the rest of this post are from CAN's website as of August 16th, 2025.

    6 分钟
  4. Series Review: The Kingston Cycle by C.L. Polk

    9月7日

    Series Review: The Kingston Cycle by C.L. Polk

    Greetings and welcome to Reviews That Burn: Series Reviews, part of Books That Burn. Series Reviews discuss at least three books in a series and cover the overarching themes and development of the story across several books. I'd like to thank longtime Patron Case Aiken, who receives a monthly shoutout. This episode discusses The Kingston Cycle by C. L. Polk.  Full Text Here   In an original world reminiscent of Edwardian England in the shadow of a World War, cabals of noble families use their unique magical gifts to control the fates of nations, while one young man seeks only to live a life of his own. Magic marked Miles Singer for suffering the day he was born, doomed either to be enslaved to his family's interest or to be committed to a witches' asylum. He went to war to escape his destiny and came home a different man, but he couldn’t leave his past behind. The war between Aeland and Laneer leaves men changed, strangers to their friends and family, but even after faking his own death and reinventing himself as a doctor at a cash-strapped veterans' hospital, Miles can’t hide what he truly is. When a fatally poisoned patient exposes Miles’ healing gift and his witchmark, he must put his anonymity and freedom at risk to investigate his patient’s murder. To find the truth he’ll need to rely on the family he despises, and on the kindness of the most gorgeous man he’s ever seen. PUBLISHER: Tor Books LENGTH: ~975 pages (~32 hours) across three books AGE: Adult GENRE: Fantasy RECOMMENDED: Highly TITLES DISCUSSED Witchmark (2018) Stormsong (2020) Soulstar (2021) I have previously reviewed all three books in the trilogy: Witchmark, Stormsong, Soulstar  If you like this you may like: A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske Blind Man's Wolf by Amelia Faulkner Death by Silver by Amy Griswold and Melissa Scott More by C. L. Polk The Midnight Bargain Even Though I Knew The End  -----  Major Series CWs: confinement, kidnapping, racism, classism, fire/fire injury, mental illness, violence, gun violence, medical content, body horror, slavery, murder, death. Miscellaneous CWs: coercion, drug use, suicide, torture. Bookshop Affiliate Buy Links: Witchmark Stormsong Soulstar Kingston Cycle eBook   Fantastic Fiction Author Page  C. L. Polk's Website

    16 分钟
  5. Series Review - Teeth: The Complete Meal by Chele Cooke

    6月23日

    Series Review - Teeth: The Complete Meal by Chele Cooke

    Greetings and welcome to Reviews That Burn: Series Reviews, part of Books That Burn. Series Reviews discuss at least three books in a series and cover the overarching themes and development of the story across several books. I'd like to thank longtime Patron Case Aiken, who receives a monthly shoutout, as well as returning patron Chris Alvarado. Full Text Here Teeth: The Complete Meal by Chele Cooke TEETH: The First Bite Being dead just got complicated.  Spencer’s life began after his death. Being a vampire is better than any teen flick made it out to be. After all, what’s not to like? He’s stronger, faster, and deadlier than any predator. He has a job, a home, and he’ll be young and pretty forever. When Thomas wakes up in the throes of transitioning, Spencer is assigned to train the newly sired vampire. He thinks it’ll be fun, but it could turn the afterlife upside down for everyone, even the people Spencer didn’t know existed. Spencer is about to learn that the rules he has been abiding by since his death are all lies. And he must help Thomas adjust to his new life before they are turned from predator to prey. PUBLISHER: Independently Published LENGTH: ~800 pages across a trilogy and a short story collection AGE: Adult GENRE: Fantasy RECOMMENDED: Highly Queer Rep Summary: Gay/Achillean Main Character(s), Bi/Pan Main Character(s). TITLES DISCUSSED TEETH: The First Bite (2014) MEAT: The Second Serving (2017) BLOOD: The Third Course (2018) TURN: Three Short Sirings (2018)  ----- Bookshop Affiliate Buy Links: TEETH TURN Indie Story Geek Pages: TEETH: The Complete Meal

    12 分钟
  6. Series Review - Queen's Thief: A Series by Megan Whalen Turner

    5月19日

    Series Review - Queen's Thief: A Series by Megan Whalen Turner

    Series Reviews discuss at least three books in a series and cover the overarching themes and development of the story across several books. Thank you to Patron Case Aiken who receives a monthly shoutout. Full Text Here Eugenides, the queen’s thief, can steal anything—or so he says. When his boasting lands him in prison and the king’s magus invites him on a quest to steal a legendary object, he’s in no position to refuse. The magus thinks he has the right tool for the job, but Gen has plans of his own. PUBLISHER: Greenwillow Books LENGTH: 300 to 450 pages per book, there are six books as of spring 2025 AGE: Young Adult GENRE: Fantasy, Romance RECOMMENDED: Highly Queer Rep Summary: Gay/Achillean Secondary Character(s). TITLES IN SERIES The Thief (1996) The Queen of Attolia (2000) The King of Attolia (2006) A Conspiracy of Kings (2010) Thick as Thieves (2017) Return of the Thief (2020) Moira's Pen (2022)

    10 分钟
  7. Two Essays on The Count of Monte Cristo

    3月10日

    Two Essays on The Count of Monte Cristo

    I love The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. I have read the unabridged version more than once, and my most recent reread was in 2023. At that time, I wrote a couple of brief essays which I posted on Tumblr, one of which was about a canonically queer character and the other discussed a character who is often left out of the various adaptations. I present for you these essays with expansion and alteration, because I keep returning to them as pieces of writing and because I don't want them to be limited to those original posts. I'd like to thank longtime Patron Case Aiken, who receives a monthly shoutout, as well as new patrons DivineJasper and Sasha Khan. (Quotes are from Robin Buss’ English translation of Alexandre Dumas’ work.) ----- Full Essay Text Canonical Queerness in The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas Edmond No Longer -- The Importance of Haydée in The Count of Monte Cristo

    10 分钟
  8. October Daye / Inheritance - Essay Series Part Five: Long Series and How to Read Them

    1月13日

    October Daye / Inheritance - Essay Series Part Five: Long Series and How to Read Them

    Hello Patrons and general audience members! Welcome to another Books That Burn essay by Robin. Thank you to Case Aiken, who receives a monthly Patron shoutout. [Full Transcript Available Here] This is the fifth and final entry in a five-part essay series discussing two long-running book series by queer authors: October Daye by Seanan McGuire, and Inheritance by A.K. Faulkner. I chose these series because I love them both, they were intended from the start to be long series, neither of them are finished yet, and the authors have different structural approaches to developing each series across so many volumes. Purely coincidentally, they are both long-running contemporary fantasy series mainly set in California in or near the 2010's, with major characters named Quentin, and whose fast-healing protagonists have a tendency to quasi-adopt a gaggle of magical teenagers. After a brief moment in the 1990's, October Daye begins in earnest in 2009 and has reached 2015 as of the eighteenth book, while Inheritance is ambiguously set in the mid-to-late 2010's. Each of my essays focuses on a particular topic of importance to long series such as these two. They're designed to be intelligible on their own, and can theoretically be read in any order, but most readers will have the best experience if they start with the first essay and proceed linearly. Long Series and How to Read Them - Somewhere Is Better Than Nowhere Introduction (1:38) Episodic Series (4:02) Linear Storytelling (5:59) Periodic Onboarding (6:39) What's a Reader To Do? (7:50) Five or Fewer (9:11) Six or More (12:01) Conclusion (14:24)

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A book review podcast where we discuss how authors treat and traumatize their characters. Part of the Certain Point of View network.

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    Books That Burn
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    2019年 - 2025年
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