Review: Danger and romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 8, 2013
“Once Burned” is a great pick for those who prefer a character-based mystery punctuated with scenes of action and danger that remind us that a murderer can strike anywhere--even in a sleepy small town in Maine.The story focuses largely on the relationship between Jake and Lani as they try to uncover the cause of a twelve-year-old fire which killed Lani’s sister--and explore feelings that have been dormant all that time. Stirring up old secrets and old emotions is the theme of the book and becomes more prevalent as the two revisit their relationships with the town’s citizens and with their own families.The mystery of the fire and other elements connected to it is laid out very well, with Jake and Lani following leads and seemingly coming closer to their perpetrator only to be set back and put in ever more danger. The plot is great and the characters are great.