Book Synopsis

Perfect for fans of The Shadows Between Us and Powerless, this high stakes romantasy follows a vengeful teen who cons her way into an elite society of tyrannical witches. But her warring feelings for two people--an enemy prince and her childhood friend--could ruin everything.

Caya was once the ward of Coventry's royal family...until they were killed by the three witch Houses that now rule the peninsula.

Now eighteen, Caya plans to infiltrate the witches' glittering world to enact justice. With the help of a mysterious benefactor, she adopts the persona of Marisol Vinyet, a disarmingly beautiful aristocrat. As Marisol, she'll attend the annual Coronet, a cutthroat social season during which witches increase their power by binding new members to their Houses. The Coronet will draw even the prince of neighboring Domingo--Tómas Castellan--to the peninsula just in time for "Marisol" to kill him. After all, his family set the witches upon Coventry in the first place.

But Tómas is more charming than Caya ever anticipated. Worse, her estranged childhood friend, Bas Arroyo, is the prince's protector, and she struggles to control her complicated feelings for him.

To take down the witches from within, Caya will have to keep both her identity and her desperate heart under wraps: Although she's made herself a weapon, she might be the one to bleed.

Review Quotes

Praise for So Let Them Burn:
A National Bestseller
A Lambda Award Finalist
A Lodestar Award Finalist

"So Let Them Burn is the best young-adult novel I've read in ages, and one of the best fantasy novels, full stop."--The Washington Post

* "Morally ambiguous and absolutely magical Black girls take the fate of their world into their own hands in this action-packed, cleverly crafted fantasy that will leave readers clamoring to know what happens next."--Booklist, starred review

"Clever and utterly fresh. So Let Them Burn takes the fantasy genre and soars into brilliant new heights, subverting expectations and hitting every mark. Kamilah Cole is a wordsmith through and through."--Chloe Gong, #1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights

Ava Reid, award-winning and internationally bestselling author of A Study in Drowning, Fable for the End of the World, and Juniper & Thorn--Ava Reid, award-winning and internationally bestselling author of The Wolf and the Woodsman, Juniper & Thorn, and A Study in Drowning

About the Author

Kamilah Cole is the bestselling author of So Let Them Burn and This Ends in Embers and has been nominated for a Lodestar Award and a Lambda Award. A graduate of New York University, Kamilah is usually playing Kingdom Hearts for the hundredth time, quoting early SpongeBob SquarePants episodes, or crying her way through Zuko's redemption arc in Avatar: The Last Airbender. She invites you to visit her online @wordsiren and kamilah-cole.com.