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Lana popovic twins iris and malina have been born with a gleam a unique way of using magic to manipulate beauty. Wicked like a wildfire by lana popovic the bibliophile girl. Iris and malina are twins who are born with a unique way of manipulating beauty through magic. Violence is rare but includes one description of a large pool of blood. Wicked like a wildfire book chicago public library. Iris and malinas family has a history of manipulating or gleaming beauty into magical works of art. Dont be surprised if you find yourself adding it to your bucket list. Wicked like a wildfire is a book which explores what it is to be a woman, to love, to age, to have children and to loose all.
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Wicked like a wildfire is debut author lana popovic s first book in a sumptuous, bewitching duology about the power of love, death, and magic and the many faces of beauty. Sixteenyearold anna darvulia has just begun working as scullery maid for countess elizabeth bathory, a woman as enigmatic as she is beautiful. Wicked like a wildfire is a novel with so much to offer. When i first heard of this book, i was immediately intrigued. They live in old town cattaro, where their mother runs a bakery. I love the idea of being able to manipulate beauty, and i can tell that the curse is going to add a lot of drama.
Bonds between sisters is one of my favourite things to see in a book, so i can already tell that i. If you are anything like me and love stories with many details that it drags you right in, this is a great book for you. They will discover a wicked curse that haunts their family linebut will they find that the very magic that bonds them together is destined to tear them apart forever. Twins, iris and malina, each have a different gleam, a power that manipulates the beauty around them. Wicked like a wildfire was like devouring a succulent fairy fruitit will rob your time, settle into your dreams, and leave you starving for more. I had not heard of the book before receiving it in my fairyloot crate. Wicked like a wildfire was like devouring a succulent fairy fruitit will rob your time. Wicked like a wildfire was nothing like i expected. Apr 26, 2017 when i first heard of this book, i was immediately intrigued.
In wicked like a wildfire, 17yearold twins iris and malina each have a magical ability, called a gleam, that they have to practice in secret. Told from iris pov, wicked like a wildfire tells her what seems at first like the story of an angsty teenager. Wicked like a wildfire 2 book series by lana popovic goodreads. Aug 15, 2017 wicked like a wildfire ebook written by lana popovic. Buy wicked like a wildfire book online at low prices in india. It is a tale of two sisters, iris and malina, who must combine talents to break a curse and win their freedom. Wicked like a wildfire, book by lana popovic hardcover. Wicked like a wildfire 2 book series kindle edition. You still dont discover most of the things the summary of the book reveals until after the halfway point of the book the summary spoils that much of. Readers will be rapt with anticipation for the sequel. Another aspect of wicked like a wildfire that i adore is the sisters. Sixteenyearold anna darvulia has just begun working as scullery maid for countess elizabeth bathory, a. Buy wicked like a wildfire book online at low prices in.
This is probably the most disappointing book ive read this year. Wicked like a wildfire, by lana popovic, is an amazing novel that i would rate 4. Author lana popovic is particularly good at bringing the mountainous beauty of montenegro to life. Evelyn skye, author of the crowns game wicked like a wildfire was like devouring a succulent fairy fruitit will rob your time, settle into your dreams, and leave you starving for more. Wicked like a wildfire by lana popovic, paperback barnes. Wicked like a wildfire by lana popovic, 9780062436832. Reminiscent of practical magic, this sensoryrich debut and series opener highlights the mysteries of life, death, and love for modern twin witches produced from their eastern european mother and a japanese father theyve never met, mixedrace fraternal twins iris and malina know they are also witches born with the gleam, a magical way to bring forth and manipulate beauty. Wicked like a wildfire book johnson county library. Wicked like a wildflower is a book about witches, magic, and sacrifice. If you are the publisher or author of this book and feel.
And like most series starters, that means you can expect lots of world building, a cliffhanger ending, and some unresolved stuff. Popovic has created a world that you tumble into from the very first words and wish you could stay in forever. For all of those magical fantasy book lovers out there, this is your dream book. Roshani chokshi, new york times bestselling author of the startouched queen. I feel like the summary of wicked like a wildfire just tells you way too much about the book and spoils a lot of things for you. From the very beginning until the very end, this book swept me away. Bargain books are excess inventory or store returns from publishers that are discreetly marked with a small dot or line on the edge of the pages and may exhibit minor cosmetic wear and tear. Wicked like a wildfire is yet another hyped up ya magical realism book that completely let me down. The only reason i kept this book off for so long is because i read the blurb a long time ago and,sadly, the only part i remembered was that the girls were forbidden to love, which led me to the, frankly stupid, notion that this book would be a story about girls who are not supposed to fall in love. Books similar to wicked like a wildfire hibiscus daughter. Jan 05, 2018 wicked like a wildfire is a lovely and wonderfilled book.