What a bizarre book! And a particularly bizarre ending - I kept waiting for the climax of the story to come...and I think I'm still waiting, with no more book left to read.
So, if you haven't read it, Burn for Burn is about three girls (the alternative girl, the cheerleader, and the formerly-fat-but-now-beautiful one) who make a revenge pact. Each has someone they want to get back at, so everyone pitches in to make the revenge fantasies come true. Like Horrible Bosses, but not as funny. Actually, it reminded me of The Craft more than anything, especially since Mary, the formerly fat girl, obviously has some latent witchy powers fueled by her angst.
Burn for Burn is certainly easy to read, but none of the characters are particularly likeable. On the other hand, none of the characters are particularly unlikeable either, which sort of hurts the vengeance aspect - the three targets don't really seem to deserve what's coming to them. One of them is pretty obviously a really nice guy and the victim of a massive misunderstanding, so watching the three protagonists make him an object of ridicule is painful. The other two targets are not necessarily nice people, but they're also not THE WORST.
And then there's that ending. Even if this is the first book in a planned trilogy (or series or whatever), this story should be somewhat self-contained. There should be a climax and a resolution, but this story doesn't seem to have either. It doesn't have a particularly compelling cliff-hanger either, and, as I've already said, I don't find the protagonists to be people I'm really rooting for. Assuming that, yes, there is a sequel, I'm not sure it's something I'll be picking up.
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