With pitch-pure dialogue, and a plot that weaves in and around the theatre until the edges of reality blur, Lisa Harding presents us with a psychologically gripping story about personal manipulation and the imbalance of power in intimate relationships. A powerful performance

JANE URQUHART

Harding's style of writing is direct and intense, giving her novel a raw and emotional tone. It's a compelling read, one which will be hard to forget

IRISH EXAMINER

A deliciously dark psychological mystery

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Remarkable, shocking ... The characters all stayed in my mind long after I'd turned the last page

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Lisa Harding is at her best when she is fearless. She writes with defiance and impudent energy, at the centre of which is care for a person's soul. And The Wildelings is alive with this. It's a carefully merciless portrait of what it's like to be in the thrall of parasitic charm, double-edged with warning: beware yourself, creative vampires, of those whose skins you leave empty

CYNAN JONES

The Wildelings is a shiver-inducing delight. I found myself reading when I should have been doing a million other things, unable to tear myself away from these bewitching characters, Harding's beautiful prose, and the prickly suspicion that a dark surprise was waiting for me on every page

LAUREN GRODSTEIN