3.5 stars

Briella Blake, isn’t your average 10 year old child. This becomes even more apparent when she is moved to attend Parkhaven, a private school for extremely gifted children. Briella’s mother Marian is struggling to cope with the ever changing behaviour of her daughter, which is made worse by Briella’s unlikely friendship with a raven she has named Onyx. With Marian at breaking point, and Briella’s behaviour putting others in danger; what could possibly be breaking point for this family?

I was lucky enough to be given a copy of this book by Netgalley and Flame Tree Press. This book pleasantly surprised me. Obviously, I liked the look of it, otherwise I would not have requested it but I definitely enjoyed it more than I thought. I did enjoy the authors writing style and I found that the book was very easy to read and follow. I did feel at times that some parts were unnecessary and I did find myself skim reading through certain parts. Also, the characters refer to Briella as “the kid”, I understand why the author has done this but I couldn’t stop myself from noticing the constant reference and it did become a bit tedious. I would recommend this book to anybody that is thinking of reading it and I would definitely pick up another book by Megan Hart.