We Set the Dark on Fire (We Set the Dark on Fire, #1)

by Tehlor Kay Mejia

Faith, it so often seemed, was for the lacking.

On the outside, she was frozen, but inside her, whole cities were being razed to the ground. Explosions were shaking the walls of her stomach. People were screaming in her throat.

If we’re not all free, none of us are free.

Society has no use for a weak woman who clings to her husband’s coattails.”

She couldn’t help it; she had expected more. Wanted more, even. But this was just intimidation. Manipulation. The same kind perpetrated by all boys who thought they were stronger than girls.