We Set the Dark on Fire

We Set the Dark on Fire takes place an alternate reality in which upper class women are sorted into two classes of potential wives, the Primeras (who run the hosuehold) and the Segundas (who have sex with and do emotional labor for the husband). High profile men get a pair of these wives to help prop him up as he enters adulthood. This YA novel is about class struggles, gay feelings, and institutional sexism. Sometimes the plot and worldbuilding feels a little bit thin for the themeatic content it's reaching for, but I often feel that way about speculative young adult fiction, so it's worth taking my opinion with a grain of salt here.

It was nice to read a young adult book that shows a life beyond the boarding school walls that the girls attend at the beginning of the book. It's perfectly enjoyable. I'll probably read the sequel when it comes out.