Fire Becomes Her
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
In Rosiee Thor's lavish fantasy novel with a Jazz Age spark, a politically savvy teen must weigh her desire to climb the social ladder against her heart in a world where magic buys votes.
Flare is power.
With only a drop of flare, one can light the night sky with fireworks . . . or burn a building to the ground -- and seventeen-year-old Ingrid Ellis wants her fair share.
Ingrid doesn't have a family fortune, monetary or magical, but at least she has a plan: Rise to the top on the arm of Linden Holt, heir to a hefty political legacy and the largest fortune of flare in all of Candesce. Her only obstacle is Linden's father who refuses to acknowledge her.
So when Senator Holt announces his run for president, Ingrid uses the situation to her advantage. She strikes a deal to spy on the senator’s opposition in exchange for his approval and the status she so desperately craves. But the longer Ingrid wears two masks, the more she questions where her true allegiances lie.
Will she stand with the Holts, or will she forge her own path?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Thor (Tarnished Are the Stars) delves into politics through the layered plot of this high-stakes fantasy, in which magic—a fiery substance called flare—represents both money and power. Driven to disavow her impoverished childhood and burdened with resentment toward her imprisoned father, ambitious high school senior Ingrid Ellis, who is white, has her future planned: marry handsome, wealthy Linden Holt, also white, and rise above her tarnished past. To win the favor of Linden's contemptuous senator father, Ingrid concocts a plan to spy on the opposing political campaign, only to find herself embraced and respected by its members and increasingly invested in their altruistic mission. With dangerous rebels attacking both campaigns, Ingrid questions her future, including what, and who, she wants in it. The magic-dominated world of Candesce, with its greed, excess, and defined social classes, is both eerily familiar and intriguingly unique. Thor's cast, inclusive in socioeconomic status, ethnicity, gender identity, and sexuality, shares refreshingly candid perspectives on relationships and acceptance, but inconsistencies in Ingrid's character—quickly vacillating feelings, fluctuating stances on power and money—muddy this otherwise vividly imagined, pleasantly unpredictable story. Ages 14–up.
