Alison Croggon is the acclaimed author of the Books of Pellinor and an award-winning Australian poet and playwright. About Black Spring, she says, “This book is my love letter to Emily Brontë, whom I've adored since I was a child. I was especially inspired by the free spirit and passionate music of her poems.” Alison Croggon lives in Melbourne, Australia.
In language and pitch, the pastiche is spot on... Devotees of
Brontë’s original work will still enjoy Croggon’s amplification of
the story’s supernatural elements.
—Publishers Weekly
Brontë devotees will swoon.
—Kirkus Reviews
Beautifully written, emotionally intense, lots to think about and
entirely deserving of its beautiful cover.
—KirkusReviews.com
An atmosphere dripping with gothic touches and a darkly captivating
tale of heartbreaking, destructive passion. ... Readers unfamiliar
with Wuthering Heights will stick around for Lina’s obsessive and
doomed romance with Damek, but fans of Brontë’s classic will
delight in the clever echoes of the original.
—Booklist
More than a story told in the style of Emily Bronte, this is a
retelling of Wuthering Heights in a fictional land that hates
witches and relies on wizards, vendettas, and blood money to keep
its royal family in power. ... As a comparison novel for Wuthering
Heights, this book would be a valuable addition for the high school
library.
—Library Media Connection
The insistent power of the Gothic is on full display here, with the
added dimension of the kinds of magic that appeal to contemporary
teen readers. The language is challenging in the best sense,
echoing the prose of its source text. ... [T]he world is
compellingly made and fully immersive, and readers will be as
attracted and repulsed by Lina and Damek as they have been for
nearly two centuries by Catherine and Heathcliff.
—Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
[A] romantic and magical tale with a gothic flair.
—School Library Journal
Goths of every era have found romance in darkness, and Croggon is
no exception.
—The LA Times
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