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Sweet & Bitter Magic

by Adrienne Tooley

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Why Read This?

You'll experience a beautifully slow-burn sapphic romance that explores love as healing, with an open but hopeful ending that leaves you emotionally satisfied.

Synopsis

In this debut fantasy, a witch cursed to never love meets a girl hiding her own dangerous magic, and the two strike a dangerous bargain to save their queendom. Tamsin is the most powerful witch of her generation. But after committing the worst magical sin, she’s exiled by the ruling Coven and cursed with the inability to love. The only way she can get those feelings back—even for just a little while—is to steal love from others. Wren is a source—a rare kind of person who is made of magic, despite being unable to use it herself. Sources are required to train with the Coven as soon as they discover their abilities, but Wren—the only caretaker to her ailing father—has spent her life hiding her secret. When a magical plague ravages the queendom, Wren’s father falls victim. To save him, Wren proposes a bargain: if Tamsin will help her catch the dark witch responsible for creating the plague, then Wren will give Tamsin her love for her father. Of course, love bargains are a tricky thing, and these two have a long, perilous journey ahead of them—that is, if they don't kill each other first..

At a Glance

3.69 ★ Goodreads
Spice Level🌶️fade to black
Endingspoiler
PairingF/F
Romance Pacingslow burn

Top Tropes

contract/transactional romanceforced proximitymagic bond

Mood

melancholichopefulwhimsicalatmosphericemotional

Book Details

Goodreads Rating

3.69 ★

Page Count

368 pages

Published

2021

Primary Genre

Ya Fantasy

Pairing

F/F

POV

Dual POV

Romance Pacing

Slow Burn

Audiobook

Available

Yes

Format

Standard

Narrator

Ferdelle Capistrano|Andrea Emmes

Narrator Count

Dual

Tropes

RomanceMagicActionAngstWorld
Theme Constellation

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Mood & Vibe

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Characters

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Spice Details 🌶️

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deathemotional abusetraumaabandonmentcaptivitygriefterminal illness

World & Setting

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Reading Context

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