A Secret of Birds & Bone: the new children's book from Times-bestselling author Kiran Millwood Hargrave

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love puzzles, secret passageways, pet crows and the very worst of villains, then do pick this one up.

Hargrave's fantastical world of bone magic and avian 'familiars' is fascinating, and the plot is fast-paced and mysterious; it consistently turns in unexpected directions, and the allure of discovering the book's magical secrets had me truly gripped. Sometimes the story got a bit confusing - and that's why I am mainly subtracting stars here - especially during the scenes in the tunnels I was like "what?They're only worry is their mother, Renata, who spends her days shut up in her workhouse manipulating bones into beautiful creations for the Duchessa. This story is set in the same world as Candy’s book Bone Talk, which focuses on Samkad’s story in the Philippines set just prior to this one and while it’s not necessary to read Bone Talk before reading Wild Song, it does add an extra dimension to the storytelling and is certainly wonderful partner read. Not only the most sought-after bone crafter in Italy, Sofia thinks that her mother’s gift for binding magic to her bone creations might make her the best in the world. I would love to come back to this family a little way in the future and see how things are working out for them.

Her first book for adults, The Mercies, debuted as The Times number 1 bestseller, and at number 5 in the Sunday Times Bestseller Charts. There's one evil person behind it and I was shocked at the reveal, but what a fantastic reveal it was.Kiran Millwood Hargrave takes us on an adventure through historic Siena alongside siblings Sofia and Ermin, who only wish to be reunited with their mother after the city guards stole her away. It’s not my favourite book by the author, The Deathless Girls and The Island at the End of Everything hold those places but for different reasons. Przez tą historię po prostu płynęłam i z każdym rozdziałem byłam coraz bardziej zaintrygowana losami bohaterki.