Nothing Burns as Bright as You [Paperback]

Five starred reviews!

Now in paperback, fromNew York Timesbestselling author Ashley Woodfolk,Nothing Burns as Bright as Youis an impassioned stand-alone tale of queer love, grief, and the complexity of female friendship.

Two girls. One wild and reckless day. Years of tumultuous history unspooling like a thin, fraying string in the hours after they set a fire.

They were best friends. Until they became more. Their affections grew. Until the blurry lines became dangerous.

Over the course of a single day, the depth of their past, the confusion of their present, and the unpredictability of their future is revealed. And the girls will learn that hearts, like flames, arent so easily tamed.

It starts with a fire.

How will it end?

• Best Friends to Lovers:For years, they were everything to each other. But when their affections grew, the blurry lines became dangerous.
• Tumultuous Relationship:An all-consuming connection told over one wild, reckless day that unspools years of their shared history after they set a fire.
• Poetic and Lyrical Prose:Written entirely in verse, this story captures the breathless, heart-pounding intensity of first love and first loss.
• Sapphic Romance:A raw and impassioned story about two girls learning that hearts, like flames, aren’t so easily tamed.

“An emotional inferno and Woodfolk’s best book yet.”  -BookPage (starred review)

All of Woodfolk’s choices—every line break, indentation, and italicization... Even the blank space on the page helps to carry this piece to its full potential as a feverishly gripping, immersive, and emotional ride that will stick with readers for a long time... A masterfully crafted love letter to tumultuous, young, queer love and its lessons. -School Library Journal (starred review)

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