As she accompanies Tamsin to Within, she begins to feel herself changing, and she comes to the realization that she cannot keep taking care of everyone else while neglecting her own wants and needs. Wren has always put others first – she has always taken care of her father and put her wants and needs second. As the story continues, we learn more about Tamsin’s past, including why she was banished and how she became the cold person she is in the novel. This novel is full of mystery, magic, and of course, the developing relationship between Wren and Tamsin. Sweet & Bitter Magic allows us to follow Tamsin and Wren on the journey they take to Within (where the Coven resides) to hunt down the dark witch. Their journey is filled with danger, and as the two girls clash against each other, they may just find what they are both looking for. In order for Wren to save her father, she makes a proposal to Tamsin: help her catch the dark witch who created the plague, and Wren will give Tamsin her love for her father. Sources are to report and train with the Coven immediately after they discover their abilities, but Wren refuses in order to care for her sick father and has spent her life hiding her abilities.Ī magical dark plague that takes people’s memories is consuming the kingdom, and Wren’s father is its next victim. Wren is a source – a person who is made of magic even though she can’t use it herself. She can get her feelings back, for a little while, by stealing other people’s love. Tamsin is a powerful witch who is banished from the ruling Coven after performing Dark Magic – also resulting in the aforementioned curse. Sweet & Bitter Magic, by Adrienne Tooley, is a young adult fantasy novel that involves a witch cursed to never love, Tamsin, and a young woman named Wren who is hiding her own version of magic.

A sweet and bitter magic