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A Rush of Wings book review

 


A Rush of Wings follows Rowenna who along with her brothers has been cursed by a monster pretending to be her mother, during the day her brothers all turn to swans and Rowenna can't speak. 

I enjoyed a lot about this book and found it to be a really interesting read. I was a fan of the magic system and how it worked, it felt different to something I'd read before but at the same time not completely unknown and ungraspable. I was also a fan of the writing it felt very flowy and lyrical which is something I have previously not enjoyed but found myself quite liking in this book. Something else I liked was the characters and the journey they all went on throughout the book, the curses affected them all and for Rowenna, Liam, Gawen and even Duncan they changed as people during this book, they all went on a journey and learned new things about themselves and who they want to be as people. Finally, I enjoyed reading about the setting of this book as historical Scotland, specifically in the Highlands because while the 'historical' events in this book were fictional there were similar things that did happen in the Scottish Highlands at points in history (English invasions). 

Overall this was a book that had some great aspects I really enjoyed and I highly recommend it. 4.5 stars. 

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