Burning Bright by Chris Cannon is the fifth book in the Going Down in Flames series. I have loved this series ever since the beginning and this book was no exception.
Chris Cannon has this unique way of writing that completely eases you in to the story smoothly though it's been a while since you've visited the world.
Bryn was quick to draw me back into the intrigue.
This is their Senior year at the Institute and Bryn was resolved to move past all the drama and tragedy they've had.
Focusing on maintaining the Blue facade of perfection and hanging out with Clint and Ivy took most of her time but being with Jaxon and pretending to be together began to get less unappealing but no less frustrating. The thing I love most about Burning Bright is that we get to see how their life is without chaos, sure there's drama but it's not world shaking. And the normalcy is quite entertaining, there's not nonstop action but I loved every single moment. It's a testament to Chris Cannon's amazing writing that it works so well.
There is a lot of time spent on showcasing her relationship with Jaxon which is something this series needed as we go into the endgame. We see both the bad and good, I was completely sold on it by the ending though the path is rough and troublesome.
The romance is amazing, the dragony aspect is still great as we get more familiar with the community and the Directorate. Bryn has been instrumental in the changes put it place and it's nice to see just how far these characters and their world has progressed.
That's not to say there isn't villains, there is and they're quite nasty but Bryn and the gang are pretty formidable at this point.
Lovers of the series are going to love this book, I recommend this highly.
The cover is also my favorite in the series so far.
P.S: Bryn does not lose her badassness and her love for food.

I was so happy to start Burning Bright, that lasted right up until I remembered this was it, no more Bryn! And although it took me just two days to read, rather devour, this final instalment did seem slightly longer than previous offerings but I certainly wasn't complaining.

This time around there is again a strong focus on relationships with the first half of Burning Bright centering on connections both past and present as well as the challenges of trying to work as a team with a Blue, yes Jaxon but Burning Bright does welcome back pretty much all characters old and new and yes, this includes both Zavien and Valmont!

I don't think as much time was spent on the overarching mystery and although it may have been a little rushed towards the back end of the story it didn't feel detrimental to the whole.

In true Bryn fashion there are numerous laugh out loud quips, usually at Jaxon's expense and although the conflict did seem a little shorter this was overall a satisfying conclusion to the series which left me wearing a smile but I'm not gonna lie man, she could have definitely written another 3, 4, 10 books!

Now then, for those of you interested in the romance you'll get to point once Bryn makes her decision in terms of her personal life were you start to get a bad feeling, you'll think to yourself surely this isn't going were I think it's going, and I feel it important that this torture be shared so no, I'm not going to tell you whether it's unfounded, happy reading!

Just kidding, but not really :)

ARC provided by Entangled Publishing.

The is last in the series, I loved the book overall, the only issue I found was that the ending was a rushed went from conflict to resolution without a lot of story to back it up.  It would have been better with a few more chapter but otherwise a great read, I hope we get more stories from this "world".