'We Set The Dark On Fire' Burns Bright
Tehlor Kay Mejia's debut novel We Set the Dark on Fire is set at a posh girls' school in a dystopian world where the students are being trained for lives as political consorts to powerful men.
by Caitlyn Paxson
Feb 28, 2019
3 minutes
Tehlor Kay Mejia's debut novel We Set the Dark on Fire aims to burn it all down.
Daniela is graduating at the top of her class at the Medio School for Girls, an elite institution that trains girls to be wives. Divided into two groups — Primeras and Segundas, Dani and her classmates know that they will be offered in pairs to the rich young men whose families can afford to pay their dowries. Primeras like Dani are preparing to be
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