Themes explored include sisterhood, class and gender divisions, border walls, social justice, and loyalty. There aren't many surprises or twists along the way, but the compelling, relatable characters keep things interesting. There's plenty of intrigue from the group dynamics, a budding romance, and suspense over when and how the bad guys will attack to keep the pages turning. Switching to Carmen's point of view keeps the reader a bit off balance at first, just like Carmen herself feels once she's back among her rebel family.

These missing elements make it less literary and more of an action-adventure romance, but it's effective as far as those aspects go. It's much grittier, and most of the dystopian and mythological elements are gone in favor of the fight for a better life with equal opportunities for everyone. Fans of the first volume should be aware that We Unleash the Merciless Storm is far from more of the same story in We Set the Dark on Fire. 269 likes, 41 comments - Ashley Hess Content Creator (mrshess24) on Instagram: ' BEACH NIGHTS APPRECIATION POST even the sparkler s it The re. Carmen is seemingly Dani's opposite and still has a lot in common with her- how much they love, and that love is what helps them find each other, growing from enemies to allies to lovers in the midst of their circumstances.This action-packed final installment leaves the pampered, privileged world of the first book behind, ramping up the excitement and romance while remaining steeped in Latinx culture. She’s battling with herself all the time, not able to be who she wants but discovering there’s more to the world and her role in it than she thought. Dani, a girl raised in the outskirts of Medio near the border, is forced to spy on her new husband for La Voz resistance or be exposed as an “illegal” citizen and potentially end up dead. Tehlor Kat Mejia is a bestselling and award winning author of young adult and middle grade fiction. The character development is majestic and each character grows and learns so much. The world Tehlor Kay Mejia feels like a reflection of ours while being a whole new world by its own, it reflects Mexican and Mexican-American culture whilst creating its own culture. It’s about fighting the system and tearing it down like it did to you and the people you love. Medio is an allegory of our own world, and shows what happens when you divide, marginalize and oppress people based on where they live or where they were born. Women are divided and sorted into Primeras, someone driven by logic and thinking, or Segundas, pretty, desirable and lovable and they compete with each other for the opportunity of marrying with the sons of wealthy families.

There are the people in the island who live outside the wall and the ones that live inside the wall, which equate to the rich and the poor.

We Set The Dark On Fire is all about female power in a world where women are treated like something men can acquire, a world of machismo, divided in many ways.

We set fire to the dark