We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia

In the world of We Set the Dark on Fire, men have two wives – a Primera and a Segunda. Primeras are supposed to be men’s equals in all things public, and Segundas are softer, the ones who have the babies and worry about their home’s aesthetics. 

Daniela is about to graduate school, where she has been trained to be a Primera her whole life. When one of her biggest secrets is about to be exposed, she is saved by a member of La Voz, a resistance group that Dani has always been told to fear. 

She goes on to graduate and marry Mateo Garcia – a boy whose family is high up in politics. The Segunda, Carmen, was anything but a friend to Dani in school. And when La Voz calls upon Dani to work for them, she knows what she has to do – or else they’ll find a way to expose the secret she’s worked so long to conceal. 

I highly recommend this book for anyone who is looking for Latinx representation, LGBTQ representation, and a world based on a different kind of mythology. 

Darcy Lepore

Library Director

Available at the Langley Adams Library