Fire with Fire Book Review: Kareena Mannan

Everybody in their life has had to deal with some hardships at least once in their lifetime if not more. And it can be hard to get through these dark times if you're dealing with them alone and without the support of a friend. But luckily for Mary, she has the support of her friends, Kat and Lillia. Fire with Fire written by authors Jenny Han and Siobhan Vivian is a captivating novel which starts right from where the drama and action left off in the book Burn for Burn. I would not recommend reading Fire with Fire unless you have read Burn for Burn first, because you would have no clue what is going on since the book picks up exactly from where it left off as if the first book had never even ended. But if you're looking for a great read after reading the first book in the series, join me on this journey of friends and enemies, truths and lies, love and hate, and revenge and schemes. You'll be glad you did because Fire with Fire is a book that you won't be able to put down once you start reading it.
Friends Mary, Kat, and Lillia have been plotting together to get revenge on the people that have hurt them the most. Kat and Lillia have already gotten their revenge on Rennie in the book Burn for Burn, by snatching away her title of homecoming queen. Mary also got her revenge on Reeve too, in the last book by giving him punch loaded with ecstasy, which gave him a seizure and resulted in a broken fibula. Kat and Lillia are satisfied, but Mary still wants more revenge! She has an encounter with Reeve on Halloween night in a corn maze where she reminds him of everything he had done to her, from calling her harsh names to pushing her off of a ferry. Mary feels like Reeve will apologize to her because of all the things that's been happening to him, but instead he just tells Mary to "go fuck yourself" (127). Mary is left crushed and broken from within and has some suicidal thoughts, but her friends explain to her that killing yourself or crying over the issue won't make it any better. And that's when Mary gets an idea to pull her final move on Reeve, one that will leave him feeling like nothing. Mary secretly knows that Reeve likes Lillia and she wants Lillia to make Reeve fall for her even more, just to dump him and leave him feeling heartbroken in the end. For once, Mary will be the one doing cruel things to Reeve and playing with his heart, through Lillia, and Reeve will be on the other side, taking in all this drama and ultimately feeling ruined at the end. Will these three friends be able to pull off their revenge scheme and have Reeve apologize to Mary, or will they be caught and get in trouble and the situation ends up getting worse from where they started? To find out, go and read Fire with Fire, an amazing, heart-touching story of how three teenagers try to set things straight and get what they've wanted all along- revenge.
I personally enjoyed reading this book because it kept me wanting to keep on reading more every single time I picked up the book to read it. Jenny Han and Siobhan Vivian do a great job of portraying the daily hardships and struggles of teenagers today and how they might be able to overcome these problems. This book is definitely for you if you love to read books that might be able to connect to your life in a way, whether it's a theme that was showed in the book or whether you went through something like the main character(s) went through.