Koren

I loved the concept. I loved that it was epistolary format.

I was disappointed by the execution. There were a lot of events that were either just dropped on us without any real foreshadowing that they were coming, or that were basically outlined and then handed to us. There were other areas of the story that felt like they were left almost completely unexplored, despite how important they were (or should have been) to Tilly. Not just because she's the main character, but because we're getting this story directly through her words and writings, I feel like those should have featured more prominently.

I also wish that more time and exploration had been spent in the written shared world the girls were creating, especially since I was expecting it to be a tool to explore the emotional chaos they were each going through. Instead, it felt like all we got was a brief info dump of each of them periodically instead.

Such a fantastic idea, and I wanted to love it. Unfortunately, it didn't live up to my hopes. :(

As usual, absolutely loved it.

I never get tired of visiting this world, this family, these characters, and this was a solid addition to the series.

I really enjoyed Lila, although some of her resistance felt a little forced, but it felt a little like it fell flat in places, and Ash was a little pushier than I like. And Jai didn't feel like a well enough developed villain for me.

It was a solid read. I like other trilogies by her better, but this one is really enjoyable.

I've yet to meet a book of Danielle's that I didn't like (she's certainly on my insta-buy list) - but White Hot Truth is even better than I expected it to be. It's refreshing to hear someone that can both address the real flaws and pitfalls of the spiritual self-help journey, and validate that it's a useful path to wander down. She doesn't sugar coat any of the hard truths or dangers inherent in working on your spiritual self, but at the same time, she doesn't degrade or dismiss that the work is valuable.

This is one of those books that you can pick up anywhere and find the words you need to read at a given time, that asks questions to lead you deeper into being your own guiding light, and shows you that you can be a fully-faceted, fully realized person while you're on the journey, in your now, not just in some kind of dream-like amorphous someday that you may or may not ever “get to”.

This is one of those books I'll be recommending to friends and family for a long time to come.