Welcome to this week’s edition of Wishlist Wednesday! Today I am featuring We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia. It has been a while since I have read a dystopian and I think that this one sounds like the one that might pull me back into the genre.
Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about and have yet to read. It is a spin-off of the original meme, Waiting on Wednesday that was formerly hosted by Breaking the Spine.
THIS WEEK’S BOOK:
Title: We Set the Dark on FirePublisher: Tehlor Kay Mejia
Publication Date: February 26, 2019
In this daring and romantic fantasy debut perfect for fans of The Handmaid’s Tale and Latinx authors Zoraida Córdova and Anna-Marie McLemore, society wife-in-training Dani has a great awakening after being recruited by rebel spies and falling for her biggest rival.
At the Medio School for Girls, distinguished young women are trained for one of two roles in their polarized society. Depending on her specialization, a graduate will one day run a husband’s household or raise his children. Both paths promise a life of comfort and luxury, far from the frequent political uprisings of the lower class.
Daniela Vargas is the school’s top student, but her pedigree is a lie. She must keep the truth hidden or be sent back to the fringes of society.
And school couldn’t prepare her for the difficult choices she must make after graduation, especially when she is asked to spy for a resistance group desperately fighting to bring equality to Medio.
Will Dani cling to the privilege her parents fought to win for her, or will she give up everything she’s strived for in pursuit of a free Medio—and a chance at a forbidden love?
Thoughts
I am immediately drawn into this book because of the forbidden love trope. The concept is so intriguing and the cover is just so pretty. It also sounds a bit like The Handmaid’s Tale with its polarized society. Looking forward to finding out more about this one in the spring!
About Tehlor Kay Mejia
Tehlor Kay Mejia is a YA author and poet at home in the wild woods and alpine meadows of Southern Oregon. When she's not writing, you can find her plucking at her guitar, stealing rosemary sprigs from overgrown gardens, or trying to make the perfect vegan tamale.
Her short fiction appears in the ALL OUT and TOIL & TROUBLE anthologies from Harlequin Teen. Her debut YA fantasy, WE SET THE DARK ON FIRE, is out 2/26/2019 from Katherine Tegen/Harper Collins, with a sequel to follow. Her debut middle grade, PAOLA SANTIAGO AND THE DROWNED PALACE, releases from Disney-Hyperion/Rick Riordan Presents in 2020, with a sequel to follow in 2021. METEOR, co-written with Anna-Marie McLemore, is out summer 2020 from HarperTeen.
Forbidden love is one of my favorite tropes to read about! 😀
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Same! So excited for this one. 🙂
I love a forbidden love trope, too! Gorgeous cover also. I hope you enjoy this one and look forward to your thoughts.
Thank you! I can’t wait. 🙂
I am so, so, SO hyped about this book, too! It sounds really amazing and I am in love with that cover. Fingers crossd we will both love it 😀
I have a good feeling that we will. 😉
Sounds intriguing! I really like the title and cover too. 🙂
-Lauren
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I love the cover and the synopsis is great too. Adding this one to the wishlist!
I hope that you love it! 🙂
This does remind me a little of Handmaid’s Tale. It sounds interesting and that is a lovely cover.
I love forbidden love!!!! One of my favorite tropes 😉
Right?! Me too!
This sounds like it will be really good. I hope you enjoy it.
This sounds very intriguing! I also like forbidden romance tropes! I hope you enjoy this book when you finally get around to it.
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it does have shades of The Handmaid’s Tale! I’d be interested to learn how society became this way.
reading about forbidden love never gets old. And I have a feeling there will be much more to this story.
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I agree! 🙂
The cover had me at first sight. IT is awesome. Definitely one of my favorite types of artwork. And the story itself sounds pretty good. I am definitely interested!
I know, right?! I am definitely all over that cover! 🙂
This does sound good! I like the resistance group angle especially. I will have to keep my eye out for this one!