While the beginning of the book starts off as so many YA stories do: mysterious, brooding boy moves next door to plucky, outsider teen girl, after the first couple of chapters I wound up really liking both Angie and Reece. But that’s only half as dangerous as falling in love with a harbinger of death.ĭark, haunting and romantic, Black Bird of the Gallows is a lush and beautifully told YA supernatural story that for the most part, hits all the right notes. That the secrets her town holds could kill them all. What’s more, she knows something most don’t. Right in the center of it is Reece-and he’s not human. When something supernatural tries to attack her, Angie is thrown into a battle between good and evil she never saw coming. Synopsis: A simple but forgotten truth: Where harbingers of death appear, the morgues will soon be full.Īngie Dovage can tell there’s more to Reece Fernandez than just the tall, brooding athlete who has her classmates swooning, but she can’t imagine his presence signals a tragedy that will devastate her small town.

When she’s not writing, Meg is reading, hanging out with her husband and daughter, hiding her peanut butter cups, or walking her rescue mutt, Luna.Thanks to NetGalley and Entangled Publishing for providing an eARC in exchange for an honest review. A fan of ’80s cartoons, original Netflix series, daydreaming, and ancient mythology, Meg has always been fascinated and inspired by the fantastic, the creepy, and the futuristic. She now lives in a log house in the Maine woods with her family, and is busy at work on her next novel. A New Jersey native, Meg graduated from Parson's School of Design and worked as a graphic designer before embracing her true passion, writing. Meg Kassel is an author of paranormal and speculative books for young adults.

When she’s not writing, Meg is reading, hanging out with her husband and daughter, hiding her peanut butter cups, or walking her rescue mutt, Luna.

Black Bird of the Gallows by Meg Kassel