S5.E3 - The Burning Side by Sarah Damoff

Next up in season five is The Burning Side by Sarah Damoff — a story about a marriage in freefall after a house fire forces them to move in with their parents. We get into the asymmetry of guilt between April and Leo, Deb’s quietly devastating storyline, the lines that stopped us mid-read, and whether the ending was earned.

Links

• Official author website: (https://www.sarahdamoff.com/)
• The Burning Side on Goodreads: (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/242977911-the-burning-side)

Chapters

• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:45) - Season 5 Episode 3
• (01:58) - Why Kristy picked this book
• (04:34) - Book summary (spoiler-free)
• (06:06) - SPOILER ALERT!!
• (06:36) - Kristy's review
• (08:26) - Jon's review
• (10:28) - Getting hooked right out of the gate
• (14:54) - The POV that landed the hardest
• (23:37) - Ok, Leo, we need to talk
• (27:16) - The affair
• (33:11) - Guilt and innocence
• (36:23) - In the middle of the plot
• (40:02) - 10,000 choices
• (42:29) - The ending
• (46:10) - Final thoughts