Name: A Rush of Wings
Rating: 4.5 (5 reviews)
ISBN: 9781534493094

Laura E. Weymouth

In the eighteenth-century Scotland Highlands, untutored cailleach Rowenna must master her craft to free her cursed brothers, thwart a charismatic tyrant, and save her village.

A Rush of Wings

For fans of Serpent & Dove and A House of Salt and Sorrows comes a darkly atmospheric and romantic fantasy about an untrained witch who must unlock her power to free her brothers from a terrible curse and save her home. Rowenna Winthrop has always known there’s magic within her. But though she hears voices on the wind and possesses unusual talents, her mother Mairead believes Rowenna lacks discipline, and refuses to teach her the craft that keeps their Scottish village safe. And when Mairead dies a sinister death, it seems Rowenna’s only chance to grow into her power has died with her. Then, on a fateful, storm-tossed night, Rowenna rescues a handsome stranger named Gawen from a shipwreck, and her mother miraculously returns from the dead. Or so it appears. The resurrected Mairead is nothing like the old one. To hide her new monstrous nature, she turns Rowenna’s brothers and Gawen into swans and robs Rowenna of her voice. Forced to flee, Rowenna travels to the city of Inverness to find a way to break the curse. But monsters take many forms, and in Inverness, Rowenna is soon caught in a web of strangers who want to use her raw magic for their own gain. If she wishes to save herself and the people she loves most, Rowenna will have to take her fate into her own hands and unlock the power that has evaded her for so long.

There are some books that make you sit back and go “gosh, I’m so glad books exist.”

Simultaneously fresh and classical, with immersive world building and lovable characters, A Rush of Wings is more than just a Scottish retelling of the Grimm Brothers’ “The Six Swans”. It’s a beautiful urge to find inner strength, to speak truth to power, to reject the easy path.

If you’re a fan of Rebecca Ross or Hannah Whitten, I urge you to pick up this book!

Liz Griffin

There are some books that make you sit back and go “gosh, I’m so glad books exist.”

Simultaneously fresh and classical, with immersive world building and lovable characters, A Rush of Wings is more than just a Scottish retelling of the Grimm Brothers’ “The Six Swans”. It’s a beautiful urge to find inner strength, to speak truth to power, to reject the easy path.

If you’re a fan of Rebecca Ross or Hannah Whitten, I urge you to pick up this book!

A Rush of Wings

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