Set on Anglesey in 1870, this story is as wild and beautiful as the island’s coasts and mountain views. Wren lives with her father, younger brother and aunt in an ancient castle and dreams of flight. She longs to escape from her father’s disapproval and to emulate her daredevil mother, who built and launched her own flying machine.
As Wren pursues her dreams, she discovers more about her family’s dark secrets and the cause of the tremors that shake her home so often. Druids, Welsh choirs and mythical beasts all have their part to play. Like her protagonist, Lucy Hope has an imagination ‘as vast as Snowdonia’ and she lets it soar in a story that will enthrall and uplift readers.
Let your imagination soar in this dark, gothic adventure set on the island of Anglesey in North Wales and featuring a very fantastical beast.
Wren lives in an ancient castle in the mountains near the sea. The wind whistles through it and the walls sing to her. Wren is busy inventing things, and her father is busy disapproving.
But the castle contains a mystery and as Wren is drawn further into it, she realises the answer lies in the very foundations of her home, foundations that are being shaken to their core.
The next fantastic novel by highly-acclaimed author of Fledgling Lucy Hope. Wren is alluring and lyrically written, captivating readers from the very first page.
Lucy Hope grew up in North Wales, though now she lives in the Cotswolds. After jobs ranging from managing telecoms products to working in schools, she did a master's degree in Writing for Young People at Bath Spa university. Fledgling was her first novel. Wren is her second novel
