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Sweet & Bitter Magic by Adrienne Tooley

A witch cursed to never feel love and a girl who bargains for magic cross paths, each guarding secrets that could rewrite their fates. Tender and enchanting, Sweet & Bitter Magic blends yearning, choice, and spellcraft into a romance where every touch has consequences.

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... a tender, witchy sapphic romance born from a dangerous bargain?

The Dark Tide by Alicia Jasinska

If you loved how Tamsin’s curse and Wren’s deal spark a fragile, forbidden connection in Sweet & Bitter Magic—all while they hunt the source of a spreading hex—you’ll click with The Dark Tide. Here, Lina makes a desperate bargain with Eva, the island’s witch-queen, and that uneasy pact kindles into a slow, aching romance against a backdrop of moonlit rituals and peril. It delivers the same blend of magic, sacrifice, and heart you felt when Tamsin and Wren traded love for aid.

... two girls’ guarded alliance that deepens into trust and love across alternating points of view?

Crier's War by Nina Varela

Like Tamsin and Wren’s wary partnership evolving into something tender as they track the plague-maker, Crier’s War pairs Crier and Ayla in a tense alliance that grows into slow-burn devotion. The dual-POV lets you live inside both hearts the way you did with Tamsin and Wren, watching every shift in trust, every stolen glance, and every choice that risks everything for the other.

... questions about who deserves power and how to use it without hurting the people you love?

The Scapegracers by H. A. Clarke

If Tamsin’s punishment for misusing magic—and Wren’s role as a rare source—hooked you on the moral costs of power in Sweet & Bitter Magic, try The Scapegracers. Hexed parties, messy coven politics, and queer camaraderie force Sideways to decide when magic protects and when it corrupts, echoing the way Tamsin and Wren must weigh every spell against the harm it might do.

... an intimate, slow-burn partnership between two outcasts on a perilous hunt?

A Far Wilder Magic by Allison Saft

If you were drawn to the close, almost claustrophobic bond between Tamsin and Wren as they scour villages and forests for the plague’s origin, A Far Wilder Magic will resonate. Margaret and Weston team up to hunt a legendary creature, and in the quiet spaces between danger they forge trust and tenderness—mirroring the intimate, atmospheric journey that made Sweet & Bitter Magic so absorbing.

... a queer teen discovering the shape of her magic and herself within a witchy community?

The Lost Coast by Amy Rose Capetta

Wren’s realization about the nature of her magic—and what it means for her heart—gives Sweet & Bitter Magic its glow. The Lost Coast offers that same sense of becoming: Danny finds a coven among the redwoods and, through strange enchantments and fierce friendships, discovers who she is and how her magic fits into the world, much like Wren coming into her own power and purpose.

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