A review by onesmartcupcake
Dirty Wings by Sarah McCarry

5.0

GORGEOUS. Beautiful lyrical language, well drawn characters, and incredibly thoughtful & thought-provoking explorations of sexuality, gender, art, and human relationships. Others have written much more eloquently about the excellence of Sarah McCarry's books (including The Book Smugglers in a fairly recent edition of their Kirkus column) so I'll just say that this genre-bending novel is one of my favorites of 2014. I would recommend it to fans of both fantasy and contemporary realistic fiction--and especially to readers with an interest in stories that explore the experiences of teenage girls with complexity and authenticity.