They fight and Wren gives into her abilities, taking Marlena’s magic in whole, snapping the dark magic and what little Marlena had of magic. The two find Marlena who is high on anger. Marlena, Tasmin’s sister who she thought she killed, never died and Wren and Tasmin have to hunt her down. Tasmin’s mother, the High Chancellor of the coven, explains that it is Marlena who has caused the issue. They cross the border and Wren is faced with the truth of Tasmin.

The two travel to the witch lands and Wren slowly falls in love with Tasmin and Tasmin grows attached to Wren. Tasmin lost her ability to love and feel when she was banished, and Wren agrees.

Tasmin who has been seen her sister’s diary appear out of nowhere, offers to hunt the witch for Wren’s love for her father. A magic plague begins to spread and Wren’s father is caught in it. Tasmin was a witch banished from the Within, the coven for witches, after she attempted to save her sister’s life with magic. She has been taking care of her father afraid of what was to come. Her brother died from magic and her mother died from grief of it. Wren is a source who has been hiding from the witches. Its a really good book about love and sacrifice, but seeing my name? Killed me. Each time it was there, a part of me died a bit inside. I won’t lie, I cringed every single time I read my name in this book. Time to fall in love with some witches! Initial Thoughts After Reading: However the book is pretty so it captured my attention. What if the person is terrible? What if I hate her? I’m thoroughly icked out, and it is 100% the reason I have been holding off on reading this for so long.

Do you have any idea how much I dread that? Seeing my name in a book gives me the creeps. 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.įantasy | YA – E | Character Death, Manipulation, Fear, Distrust and Prejudice | Love, Friendship, Coming of Age 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. When a magical plague ravages the queendom, Wren’s father falls victim. 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. Wren is a source–a rare kind of person who is made of magic, despite being unable to use it herself. The only way she can get those feelings back–even for just a little while–is to steal love from others. But after committing the worst magical sin, she’s exiled by the ruling Coven and cursed with the inability to love. Tamsin is the most powerful witch of her generation.

Bitter magic