The Wren Hunt (Paperback)

The most superb collection of character and fantasy and love and landscape I have read since Phillip Pullman's Northern Lights - Hilary McKay

A modern day fairy tale … Throwing romance, magical visions and gruesome rituals into the pot, this is a thrilling and otherworldly depiction of Irish culture - Sunday Times Magazine

Beautiful, eerie, dark and dreamy ... An absolutely stunning mix of myth and legend and family saga. I haven't stopped thinking about it - Melinda Salisbury

The Wren Hunt occupies an eerie, in-between place, where fantasy and reality meet in contemporary Ireland infused with ancient magic … 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 ... Engaging contemporary storytelling that rings with ancient resonances. While fans of Maggie Stiefvater, Pead ar Ó Guilín and Melinda Salisbury will find plenty to savour here, the book is its own thing entirely - Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Beautiful ... This YA novel draws on folktale and myth to weave a story that melds reality and fantasy almost perfectly … Heartfelt, deeply spiritual; we look forward to seeing more books from Mary Watson in the years to come - SFX

The tentacles of this story reach deep into Ireland’s mythological past, in a haunting tale … The story is riveting, set in a modern country town but at all times laced with reminders of more violent but intriguing times - Irish Examiner

In this moody magical thriller, a girl with a secret identity and a talent that doubles as a curse has to outwit her enemies, survive her own damaging power, and follow her heart. For fans of The Call and The Shannara Chronicles - Buzzfeed

Gripping and romantic, it shares the idea of violent adolescent initiation into adult life - New Statesman

The Wren Hunt rings with ancient, subtle magic, masterfully transmuted into words. A tale that gets into your bones - Samantha Shannon

The Wren Hunt has a dreamy folk-horror sense about it from the outset: the drubbing of an underlying war drum … A story that unfurls and peels apart like a flower-human hybrid, bleeding as it blooms - Times Literary Supplement

[I have] fallen under the spell of The Wren Hunt, a beautifully written story and unlike anything I have read ... Magical and real - Jenny McLachlan

A beautiful mix of myth and magic and discovering the path you want to tread - Karen Gregory

Folklore, secrets, betrayal, magic, forbidden love and dark discoveries. Eerie, atmospheric, seductive and completely captivating - Katherine Webber

The language is lyrical, the concept unique and, while comparisons are tricky to make, I’d recommend this highly to fans of Frances Hardinge’s thought-provoking fantasy - LoveReading

Dreamy … Protagonist Wren is endearing, and her struggles with a power that threatens her own sanity are a compelling thread throughout the narrative - Irish Times