WE SET THE DARK ON FIRE

Audie winner Kyla Garcia delivers a thrilling Latinx-themed fantasy debut by Tehlor Kay Mejia. Dani Vargas has finished her training to become a Primera, one of two wives every husband must take in the nation of Medio. The second wife, a Segunda, is the emotional and passionate nurturer, while Primeras like Dani are rational and intelligent partners. Garcia gives Dani an appropriately crisp and matter-of-fact voice, while Carmen, Dani's sister wife, has a softer and more sensual tone. Garcia's take on their husband, an ambitious and ruthless politician, is perfectly smug. As Dani becomes embroiled in a secret plot to spy on her new husband, Garcia's narration evokes the breathless danger of covert and deadly missions. S.A.C. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine [Published: APRIL 2019]