Foxlight by Katya Balen

Foxlight by Katya Balen is stunningly beautiful. An intensely personal story of loss, longing and love, it takes readers into the wildlands right along with Fen and Rey as they search for who they really are. Katya Balen’s lyrical description and distinct voice ring out on every page. She writes with honesty and heart celebrating the wildness of nature and the value of sisterhood.

Fen and Rey were found at “foxlight” – that moment when quiet twilight meets the dawn. Two tiny babies, left alone in the night, they have never really known their story. Who was their mother? Why did she leave them? Where is she now?

They live at the Light House with Lissa who looks after the babies of mothers who are alone and in trouble. Her house is full of children who need a family and someone to remind them of their stories. Fen and Rey are thankful for her care but need something more. Suddenly, just imagining who there mother might be is no longer enough. They set off on the journey they were destined to make. Out in the wildlands, they discover a people who strive to rewild nature and bring the world back to life.

Foxlight is the kind of story that stays with you after you’ve finished. Readers unwrap layers of meaning as Fen and Rey learn to appreciate the gift of each other, the wildlands and finding a place where love lives.

Those who love October, October will feel at home surrounded once more by the richness of nature, the depth of feeling and the power of one girl’s voice.

Thank you to Bloomsbury Publishing and NetgalleyUK for an early read of this beautiful story.

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