Hummingbird Broken Wings

by Spencer K. Prescott

n the small, affluent town of Allison Creek, seventeen-year-old Abigail Anderson decides against college despite graduating a year early. Instead, she stays to save her family-owned antique store from the slimy hands of her mother’s new boyfriend. But her journey is unique from the ordinary troubles most teenagers encounter. Abby has other demons to face. Ghosts and spirits of the dead have been terrorizing her since she was a child. Disembodied voices call her by name, silhouettes hide in the dark corners of her home, and malevolent beings scratch at her skin when she is asleep and awake. After meeting a group of friends with the same glass-like, color-changing eyes and streaks of blue hair, she learns she is Cerulean. The divine gift leads to dangerous realizations about the doorways between spiritual realms and her dark, twisted roots of the Anderson family tree. Demons hunt her, angels are hovering, and a mysterious coven is lurking in nearby Hell Town. Abby yearns to make sense of her life and find her purpose, but she must first save her soul, once she figures out where it belongs.

283 pages, Paperback

First published October 6, 2020

About the author

Spencer K. Prescott was born and raised in a small town in Ohio. As a child, she gravitated towards books involving witches, ghosts, and magic. As an adolescent, she spent many nights reading eerie tales by the light of a candle or hidden behind interlaced fingers, watching another thriller play out on film.
As an adult, she has focused on weaving tales around ideas that are difficult to reason. The world she constructs is magnificently designed and provides an escape from the mundane. Her characters are equally bold, powerful, mystical, magical, and dangerous.
Hummingbird Broken Wings was born in an attic where she hid alone, with a pack of markers and a giant dry erase board. It started with a passion for writing, a love of dark fantasy, an interest in the unknown, and a dream to become an author.

Reviews

[BookTrib.com]

For those intrigued by all things supernatural, HUMMINGBIRD: BROKEN WINGS has it all without being overwhelmingly mystical. Come the last page, readers will surely be left anticipating the next adventures in Allison Creek.

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[Alexa · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.25

This would've benefited from another editing read through. There were a good amount of minor grammatical mistakes, but this didn't bother me too much ultimately.

I am interested in reading the next book in this series as I'm very intrigued as to where it will go, though I do believe there was some depth missing. I think if it was longer, things would've been more detailed -- something I find very important in fantasy and paranormal. Especially toward the end, it felt almost rushed. Despite the short length, I think it was easy to read and follow along well enough. There was enough information and explanation to mostly understand (I just always want more). The characters were fairly in-depth; you got a good understanding of them.

There was a lot going on though that didn't go very far, but I think it may be set up for a later book. I also wasn't a huge fan of the immediate Harper and Abby drama, as I'm over girl-on-girl instant and unnecessary drama. I did really like how it developed though.

Overall, I think this has great potential and I'm interested to see where it goes.

[Kathryen Atencio · Rating 1 out of 5]

I thought it was weird and difficult to follow. The plot just didn’t make any sense.