The past Janeal thought had burned away is rising from the ashes.
Years ago, the Gypsy "Kumpania" where Janeal Mikkado lived was attacked by ... read full description
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Feb 09, 2011
Keiki
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Ambition, envy, betrayal, jealousy, and greed - all active and well in each persons heart are allowed to run free in the main character of Burn, the newest novel by Ted Dekker and Erin Healy.
Janeal Mikkado is young and ambitious. Only 17 when the book opens, Janeal is confronted with a choice that later shapes her life and impacts every other person she loves.
She makes an unwise choice. Her heart is not in check and she chooses money over her family, her friends, and her own More...
Janeal Mikkado is young and ambitious. Only 17 when the book opens, Janeal is confronted with a choice that later shapes her life and impacts every other person she loves.
She makes an unwise choice. Her heart is not in check and she chooses money over her family, her friends, and her own More...
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May 10, 2010
Pathway
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In true Dekker style this book will have you on the edge of your seat as you flip the pages. ( I listened to this book on audio, so it had me gripping the steering wheel a little hard a points!) Much in the style of Thr3e by Dekker and Peretti, this book will have you guessing to the very end of what is going on and what will happen next. I have yet to find one of Dekker's books that is predictable. He seems to kill the people you think he will spare and swists the storyline in ways you never
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Apr 10, 2010
Dottie
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Janeal is the manipulator, at first she denies what she is, and at first she telling the truth. But when circumstances spiral beyond her control, then she becomes what life forces to be. She learns quickly that looking out for herself needs to be her top priority. She believes that she's the only survivor from her father's Gypsy Kumpania.
Robert, Janeal's teen boyfriend, believes he is the only survivor from the massive fire and the destruction of their camp by the hands of drug lord More...
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Apr 04, 2010
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You know the saying… don’t judge a book by its cover? Well I usually do. Maybe it’s my artist sensibility, but good covers usually mean good books (because well published authors usually hire professional artists). This book has an incredibly appealing cover that gives you a sense of the duality and a character at odds. Let’s see what our reviewer thought.
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Mar 05, 2010
Kate (I Just Wanna Sit Here and Read!)
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Ted Dekker and Erin Healy join forces again after their co-author debut novel, Kiss. Dekker and Healy merged separate ideas into a cohesive novel full of suspense and the choices that people make to survive.
After reading the synopsis for Burn, I thought I had some general idea of where the book would go. I was wrong. These characters took me on a thrill ride that had me hooked until the last page.
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After reading the synopsis for Burn, I thought I had some general idea of where the book would go. I was wrong. These characters took me on a thrill ride that had me hooked until the last page.
The major theme of this novel was choices. The choice between right and wro More...
Feb 05, 2010
Nicola
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Reason for Reading: I've become a fan of Dekker's new mainstream thrillers and wanted to try one of his books from a Christian publisher.
Summary: Janeal lives in a Gypsy community but is not altogether accepted. Her father is the leader but she is half white. She has always felt the need to leave, do her own thing and knew that one day she would. Then Salazar Sanso, a powerful and dangerous man, comes to her with a way to help her father get out of a terrible life/death "business" More...
Summary: Janeal lives in a Gypsy community but is not altogether accepted. Her father is the leader but she is half white. She has always felt the need to leave, do her own thing and knew that one day she would. Then Salazar Sanso, a powerful and dangerous man, comes to her with a way to help her father get out of a terrible life/death "business" More...
Dec 23, 2009
Michael
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Feb 06, 2010
Krista
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This book is fast paced, and action packed with a touch of the supernatural thrown in to heighten the suspense. It is in a genre I don’t usually read, Christian Suspense. For me it was a relief that the first mention of a Christian precept didn’t appear until about halfway through the book.
Jeneal Mikkado, is a 17 year-old member of a gypsy ‘kumpania’ (community). She is thrust in the middle of a struggle between her father who is the leader of the camp and a drug kingpin, Sala More...
Jeneal Mikkado, is a 17 year-old member of a gypsy ‘kumpania’ (community). She is thrust in the middle of a struggle between her father who is the leader of the camp and a drug kingpin, Sala More...
Jan 31, 2011
Shane
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The story sucked me in quickly, the characters captured me fully, the suspense kept me guessing and the ending left me regretting my decision to finish this book. I don't know if they wrote themselves into a corner, or weren't sure what to do with the characters to put together a happy, thought provoking ending; either way it fell short of my expectations.
The theme of the book was very well thought out and perfectly executed. I never had a doubt about the message the authors were tryi More...
The theme of the book was very well thought out and perfectly executed. I never had a doubt about the message the authors were tryi More...
Aug 06, 2011
Becca
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An action-packed story full of mystery that kept me on my toes. My only complaint was that it took me a bit to get into the story because I found the protagonist difficult to connect with and was frustrated by her choices. Despite this, it kept my attention. Midway through, a typical Dekker twist gave the payback I needed to consider this book a win.
I can say without a doubt that I am a fan of the Dekker/Healy combined efforts. Kiss is one of my favorite books and Burn, while not surpassing its More...
I can say without a doubt that I am a fan of the Dekker/Healy combined efforts. Kiss is one of my favorite books and Burn, while not surpassing its More...
Apr 07, 2010
Gaby
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Burn was my first exposure to Ted Dekker & Erin Healy writing together. In Burn, Dekker & Healy have created complex female lead characters. Janeal, the lead protagonist, is a sympathetic and nuanced.
Born of mixed heritage and treated as an outsider by the Rom and the outside world, Janeal quick to react in a crisis. Janeal finds herself a pawn in power struggle and she's forced to choose between her father and security. Janeal struggles with the repercussions of this choice for year More...
Born of mixed heritage and treated as an outsider by the Rom and the outside world, Janeal quick to react in a crisis. Janeal finds herself a pawn in power struggle and she's forced to choose between her father and security. Janeal struggles with the repercussions of this choice for year More...
Oct 05, 2010
Bethany
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Burn is about a girl named Janeal who lives in a gypsy camp that her father is the leader of. She doesnt feel like she belongs there and she is unaccepted by the others because her mother was not a gypsy. One night while is off by herself, a man named Salazar Sanso gives her a proposition that is hard to resist. The catch is that she must recover a large amount of money that she is told her father has hidden. When her plan goes awry, Sanso and his team of men attack the camp, killing everybody t
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Jan 13, 2012
Becki
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I am a pretty decent Ted Dekker fan. Not as much as my husband (who I had read one of Dekker’s books while were dating), but I’ve read – and been fascinated by – most of his allegory works.
The story in Burn was engaging. I read it quickly and enjoyed the story and the characters. I could feel Janeal’s struggle throughout the text.
I was a little disappointed by the end. If you are a fan of Dekker, you know there is always a big “reveal” that ties everything together and explains t More...
The story in Burn was engaging. I read it quickly and enjoyed the story and the characters. I could feel Janeal’s struggle throughout the text.
I was a little disappointed by the end. If you are a fan of Dekker, you know there is always a big “reveal” that ties everything together and explains t More...
Dec 07, 2009
Catrina
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Seventeen year-old Janeal Mikkado dreams of the world outside the Rom kumpania, but little does she know her dream is about to become a nightmare. Neither her best friend nor her boyfriend share her curiosity about the world, and when a dark and handsome stranger convinces her that the only chance to save her father’s life is to betray him and find the one million dollars he has hidden, they dismiss her confession as simply her imagination run wild.
If only they had listened.
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If only they had listened.
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Aug 04, 2011
Steve
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This book is not quite up to Dekker par. It has its moments, with Healy needing just a bit of seasoning. The story is slightly unbelievable at first, but keeps your interest until page 250 when we finally begin to say Huh?!!. The plot thickens wonderfully at this point, but the resolution seems weak. This book is a spiritual allegory, but that is not clear until the last 50 or so pages. That appears to be the surprise end part of the ending, but it doesn't work well as the reader has id'd the ch
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Jun 18, 2010
Hannah
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Alright, so this book was defiantly good, but I had some issues with it. I loved the characters and the idea (and the book cover), but the ending and the lack of explanation really irked me. I expected some big, blowout ending that would downright knock my socks off. That's how the authors seemed to set up the plot, at least. But, as I read the last page, I found myself surprised. Nothing was explained, and I though there would be at least five more chapters to wrap things up. But, no. De
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Aug 10, 2011
I really enjoyed this novel. Dekker's novels written with Erin Healy are much different than his novels written by only himself. They are different in a wonderful way. I love Dekker's writing. He's my favorite author, but the difference in writing is a nice change. How his books are maybe physical struggles, the co-written books are more inner-struggles. This novel is a thriller. It keeps you wondering and guessing and has a nice twist in the end. It's a page turner that will keep you reading. I
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Jan 19, 2012
Beks
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Very well written, but it was another one of Dekker's signature "let's make it normal until the middle and then let's throw some unreality in the plot just to see who can follow it." It was a bit frustrating, because the story is supposed to be life-like, but then literally at the half-way point, it becomes an impossibility, a fantasy almost, but the rest of the story remains in "reality."
Supposedly everything Dekker writes is an analogy to some Scripture, and I can see More...
Supposedly everything Dekker writes is an analogy to some Scripture, and I can see More...
Jul 24, 2010
Jan Marie
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Well written and good character development. This is the first of the books that were co-authored by Ted Dekker and Erin Healy that I have read. It is pretty typical of Ted Dekker's books inasmuch as the concept is unexpected and requires the reader to step beyond the normal parameters of life and spirituality. I didn't feel that the whole idea of the dual concept was as well developed as it could have been. It seemed that the the main characters accepted the whole idea just a bit too readily a
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Mar 17, 2010
Melody
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I have heard a lot of raves about Ted Dekker's books, but just have not got around to reading them yet. Thus, when Amy of Phenix & Phenix Literary Publicists offered me the opportunity to review Burn, a collaboration between Ted Dekker and Erin Healy, I jumped at the chance.
Seventeen-year-old Janeal Mikkado often feels trapped in her father's Gypsy culture, and she longs for a different life outside their close-knit Gypsy community. When Salazar Sanso, a powerful druglord, made a de More...
Seventeen-year-old Janeal Mikkado often feels trapped in her father's Gypsy culture, and she longs for a different life outside their close-knit Gypsy community. When Salazar Sanso, a powerful druglord, made a de More...
Mar 01, 2010
Mishel
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I didn't know this was considered Christian fiction until just recently and I never noticed the fact that Thomas Nelson was a Christian publisher. I don't read a lot of Christian fiction, again not for any particular reason. I read books based on my interest in the synopsis, and this one definitely grabbed my attention. However, I didn't get a real sense of the Christian faith or religion while reading. There is some reference to God but I personally felt it was more of a spirtual thing for the
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Jul 29, 2011
Ted Dekker & Erin Healy have created a great story that doesn't disappoint, even the most ardent Dekker fan. Filled with action, adventure, mystery, and romance; Burn weaves a tale of bizarre fiction with several unexpected turns. When I started the book I thought of at least two excellent stories that could be told, but they went off into a completely different direction... go figure! The analogy and Gospel woven into this challenges the reader and had me on my knees before the Lord. This is an
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Apr 06, 2010
Sheree
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Burn is a thrilling and unusual suspense novel with page-turning pace and a supernatural twist that I really didn't see coming. It's also my first Ted Dekker novel and although I was unaware at the time of reading, my first foray into Christian suspense. While the story drew me in from the first page, I wasn't able to make the emotional connection with the characters I had hoped for. The intensity and intricacies of the plot carried me through the pages to the totally unexpected and thematic end
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Apr 01, 2010
Shannon
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Janeal lives at a gypsy compound, "Kumpania." To say she is unhappy there is like saying a cat is unhappy in water. Sure she has family and friends, but that is not enough for Janeal. She wants more. Then opportunity brings a situation that changes Janeal's world and heart. Years later, after dealing poorly with the decision she made, she must deal with the mark it has left on her soul and her friends.
I was surprised how we were introduced to Janeal, who seems to be a very More...
I was surprised how we were introduced to Janeal, who seems to be a very More...
Jan 14, 2010
Linda
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I won this book to write a review, I probably would have never chosen this book on my own. It is labeled as "fiction Christian suspense." The first part of the story ends when a resident camp is destroyed by a fire set by a drug lord. Fearing for the safety of survivors, the authorities say all were killed. The rest of the book tells how the survivors evade the drug lord and reunite. This was an o.k. book - nothing great, not bad.
Apr 11, 2010
Clockstein
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Burn by Ted Dekker and Erin Healy is another thought-provoking book by the pair who wrote Kiss. Janeal Mikkado has never quite fit in. Growing up in the Gypsy camp, she always hated the scams they pulled and has been tempted by the world outside the kumpania. The life of the kumpania is in her hands when an enemy of her father's, Salvador Sanso, both threatens and tempts her. Her best friends Robert and Katie don't understand her struggle, but they all have to face the consequences of her More...
Aug 09, 2010
Cameron
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Ted Dekker has done it again with his mastermind of thrills and Christian views! Burn will have your attention grasped like a magnet. It doesn’t take long for the plot to take place and it won’t get the slightest bit of boring throughout the book. For an awesome adventure of romance and twists that will have your mind escape from your everyday tasks, I highly recommend Burn.
Nov 20, 2011
Tama
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Very good page-turner, as I've come to expect of most of Ted Dekker's work. On the other hand, since I am so familiar with his books, they sometimes get a little same-ish. The unexpected twist is usually some sort of psychological quirk, and after so many of his books, I actually was able to predict how this book would turn out. Sad, because I love the unpredictable. This being said, I still very much enjoyed the story line and would recommend to anyone as an interesting read.
Oct 09, 2011
Maddie
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I have read a lot of amazing books from many different authors in my lifetime, but no one can compare to Healy and Dekker. Suspense, mystery, and all around amazing. Read it in 3 days and read for 5 hours a day! Couldn't put it down! Recommended it to my friend who also loved it! Dekker and Healy always create amazing stories that both teens and adults will enjoy. Love that!
Jun 06, 2010
Jaimie
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Really enjoyed this read. Another one of Ted Dekker's good vs. evil stories. His books always keep me thinking long after I'm done reading.
This is about Janeal Mikkado and a decision that she makes one night that changes the course of her life forever. When it comes back to haunt her 15 years later, will she stay on the course she's chosen or discover a new way to live her life?
I definately recommend this book to anyone.
This is about Janeal Mikkado and a decision that she makes one night that changes the course of her life forever. When it comes back to haunt her 15 years later, will she stay on the course she's chosen or discover a new way to live her life?
I definately recommend this book to anyone.
