Review: Burn Our Bodies Down

Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Margot feels very alone.  Her entire life has been with her mother … and no other family to speak of.  Even her mother makes her feel alone, with a constant power struggle for even simple things.  After Margot finds a picture leading her to a place called Phalene, she takes off without permission hoping to find out something about where she comes from.  But there was a reason Margot’s mother left her home.  What truths will Margot find out about her family tree?  Why do other people know more about her past than she does?

Burn Our Bodies Down is a stand-alone novel that requires the readers to suspend their disbelief just a little bit.  Power has created a story with many layers that readers will enjoy unraveling.  I know that I thought I knew where the story was going and was pleasantly surprised when I was wrong.  This would probably be considered 95% realistic fiction with about 5% supernatural.  If that is not your thing, this is your warning.  Burn Our Bodies Down has a good, firm ending and readers will close the book feeling like they know what needed to be known.

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