Her Dark Wings

An intoxicating combination of the ancient and modern, full of passion and rage * Guardian Best Children’s Books of the Year 2022 *
Mythical reimaginings remain a big trend, but this one is special … an intoxicating look at friendship, love and the intensity of teenage emotions * Observer *
Melinda Salisbury is a lush, magical writer - who isn’t afraid of the dark. Her Dark Wings captures the glory of having a real best friend, and the mythic pain of being betrayed by one * Rainbow Rowell *
Salisbury’s voice sings at the crossroads of classical and urgently modern … Her storytelling is tight and focused and moves at a breathless pace: as all good myth-making should … strange, elegant and chilling: I devoured it * Sarah Maria Griffin *
Infused with myth, Her Dark Wings is darkly enchanting, bold and unexpected. I loved experiencing this richly imagined world through the eyes of such a well-drawn, nuanced heroine * Mary Watson *
Raw emotion; searing prose and a darkly imagined world * Non Pratt *
A skilled contemporary reimagining full of friendship and fury * Deirdre Sullivan *
Astonishing: an intoxicating, sensual YA that combines Greek mythology with a modern-day love story … darkly luscious * The Bookseller, Book of the Month *

Melinda Salisbury is a three-time Carnegie nominated, bestselling author, whose first novel The Sin Eater’s Daughter was the bestselling UKYA debut of 2015. Her other books include the State of Sorrow duology, Hold Back The Tide, The Way Back: A Seasonal Guide to Connecting With Nature and the collaborative novel Floored (co-written with six other YA authors, including fellow DFB author Lisa Williamson). Melinda has been nominated and shortlisted for copious awards, including the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, YA Book Prize, Branford Boase Award and Carnegie Medal, and her books have been published in 15 countries to date. She lives on the East Sussex coast and is a passionate vegan and amateur naturalist.

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