Once Wren's people, the Augurs, controlled an ancient, powerful magic. Thrilling, atmospheric, and filled with ancient magic, this lyrically written YA debut is perfect for readers of The Raven Cycle and Wink Poppy Midnight.Įvery Christmas, Wren is chased through the woods near her isolated Irish village by her family's enemies-the Judges-and there's nothing that she or her grandfather can do to stop it. Lewis George Orwell Mary Pope Osborne LeUyen Pham Dav Pilkey Roger Priddy Rick Riordan J.

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Free UK p&p over £10, online orders only. To order a copy for £6.79 (RRP £7.99) go to or call 03. The Wren Hunt is published by Bloomsbury. Kiran Millwood Hargrave’s The Girl of Ink & Stars is published by Chicken House.

While fans of Maggie Stiefvater, Peadar Ó Guilín and Melinda Salisbury will find plenty to savour here, the book is its own thing entirely. The Wren Hunt is engaging contemporary storytelling that rings with ancient resonances. The progress of a love interest is believable and well paced, if a little secondary to the story.

Her motivations are complicated, and while she is level-headed for the most part, her anxieties will be recognisable to any teen who has felt as if they might be getting everything wrong – though, hopefully, not with quite so much at stake. Her talent is unusual even among the augurs, and serves to incapacitate as well as to illuminate her. Wren is a flawed and likable protagonist. Watson’s writing has the sort of poise rarely found in a debut, moving the plot at a steady pace, shot through with moments of true beauty. But the story takes flight once Wren is ensconced in the judges’ territory, and the book settles into a deft equilibrium between thriller and myth. Variously described as folklore, fantasy and mystery, The Wren Hunt wears its labels lightly, shedding one genre for another with a sort of slippery grace that initially confuses. ‘Mary Watson’s writing has the sort of poise rarely found in a debut.’

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