Olivie Blake

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six, Succession meets magic in Gifted & Talented by Olivie Blake. This is the story of three siblings who, upon the death of their father, are forced to reckon with their long-festering rivalries, dangerous abilities and the crushing weight of all their unrealized adolescent potential. Where there’s a will, there’s a war. Thayer Wren, brilliant CEO of Wrenfare Magitech, is dead. As the ‘father of modern technology,’ he leaves an incredible legacy. But which of his three telepathically and electrokinetically gifted children could inherit the Wrenfare throne? Meredith, head of her own profitable company, has recently cured mental illness. If only her journalist ex-boyfriend wasn’t set on exposing what she really is: a total fraud. Arthur, second-youngest congressman ever, wants to do everything right. Except his wife might be leaving, and he’s losing his re-election campaign. Heading Wrenfare could relaunch his sinking ship. Eilidh was a world-famous ballerina, until a life-altering injury. Gaining the company might finally validate her worth. On the pipeline of gifted kid to clinically depressed adult, nobody wins. Yet as they gather to read his final words, which Wren will come out on top? This is a compulsive contemporary fantasy of family, twisted love and dangerous secrets from a writer at the height of her powers. Praise for Gifted & Talented ‘Addictively entertaining, this is Blake at the height of her abilities’ – Ava Reid, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of Lady Macbeth ‘Utterly brilliant’ – Chloe Gong, New York Times bestselling author of Immortal Longings ‘A timely tale of greed, ambition and rivalry . . . terrific’ – M. L. Rio, bestselling author of If We Were Villains Olivie Blake's The Atlas Six was a No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 28 Feb 2022

The Sunday Times bestselling dark, twisty and magical fantasy from internationally bestselling author Olivie Blake

Gifted & Talented

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She longed for the shorthand of sex. There was so much that could be telegraphed with contact and motion that she could never—would never—say out loud.

Emily McMeans

“All of this sitting around and talking, it was such a waste of time, unless you considered time to be an accumulation of moments you'd rather die than go without.”

Laura Dobie

‘I’m not a sociopath,’ Meredith pointed out. ‘If anything, I’m a psychopath.’

‘No, you’re capable of empathy,’ said Jamie. ‘That’s what makes it all the more insane.’

It’s not enough to leave enrichment in the child’s enclosure.

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