The Trials of Morrigan Crow

from electrascaife

Morrigan Crow doesn't have long to live, because she's one of the Cursed Children, who are born on Eventide, cause all sorts of mishaps while alive, and always die young. But then again, maybe not. Things seem not to go according to the plans of fate once Jupiter North gets involved, and he takes...

from ArkhamReviews

Despite being a middle grade novel, the plot of this book is surprisingly dark. It opens on the funeral of young girl and features some scenes that young or sensitive readers may find scary. You have been warned. The Trials of Morrigan Crow is a really creative novel. It reads a bit like a cross ...

from deslivres5

This book series, Nevermoor, was mentioned as a current read by Victoria Schwab during her talk I attended recently. I really enjoyed this first book in the series, The Trials of Morrigan Crow. It is a middle grade fantasy novel, with shades of Harry Potter: an unloved 11 year old, a bearded wiza...

from BillieBook

Books are constantly being compared to Harry Potter, but rarely do they capture that same sense of charm and discovery and wonder on first reading. I'm not going to say that Nevermoor reaches quite those heights, but it comes really, really close and seemingly without trying. Like a Dahl-ian hero...

from humouress

(First of 2?; YA, fantasy) library book Morrigan Crow is a cursed child; she is on the Register of Cursed Children because she is due to die on the night of her eleventh birthday, at midnight on Eventide. Of course, as a cursed child, everyone else's misfortunes are her fault, too - like the time...