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- Content warnings: Violence, Death, Classism, Racism/bigotry, Poverty, War, Kidnapping, Trauma, Gaslighting, Sexism, Stalking, Abuse
We Set the Dark on Fire
by Tehlor Kay Mejia
Book 1 in We Set the Dark on Fire
You'll be swept into a thought-provoking rebellion story that balances heart-pounding tension with a slow-burn sapphic romance.
goodreads 3.75/5 20,962 ratings
storykind_community 5/5 1 rating
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Length400 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice1/5 · Romantic / sweet
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Rivals to lovers
- F/F
- Slow burn
- Low
- Romantic / sweet
- The angst delivered
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- Forbidden love
- Tension
- Perspective shift
- Anticipation
- Adrenaline rush
- Mutual pining
- Longing glances
- Expanded empathy
- She falls first
- Touch starvation
- Class difference
Fantasy promise
- Ya fantasy
- Academy / campus
- Dystopian
- Humans only
- Rivals competing
- Royal court / palace
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- Hidden identity
- War front / rebellion
- Secret relationship
- Forced proximity
Reading experience
- First person
- Medium
- Dramatic
- Lyrical
- Heavy
- Reluctant chosen one
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- Sapphic
- Tense
- Atmospheric
- Survivor
- Latinx MC
- Thought-provoking
- Bookworm/scholar
- BIPOC MC
- Romantic
- Ambitious schemer
- BIPOC love interest (LI)
- Intense
- Emotional
- Latinx love interest (LI)
- Hopeful
- Immigrant experience
- Dangerous
- Suspenseful
- Page turner
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Book details
- Length
- 400 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book