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Wicked Like a Wildfire

Lana Popovic

Reading: Check in about the romantic and substance-use material without assuming it will trouble every reader.
Themes: Sisterhood and family loyalty: Iris and Malina rely on one another while investigating their mother’s hidden past and the curse affecting their family. The twin bond is explicitly described as deep, loving and protective, though the story tests whether magic may divide them.
Rules, secrecy and independence: Their mother forbids the sisters to reveal their magical abilities or fall in love, and the sisters secretly rebel against those rules. The book leaves its stance open to more than one reading.
Beauty as magic and burden: The women in the family manipulate beauty through different forms of magic: glasswork, music and confectionery. The abilities are imaginative and distinctive, but they are also described as a liability under the family curse rather than as an uncomplicated gift.
Worth knowing: Romance includes kissing, caressing and implied sex; alcohol, marijuana references, smoking and occasional strong profanity are also reported.