Book Review: These Dark Wings by John Owen Theobald

Anna Cooper is the main character in These Dark Wings. After her mother’s death, she was forced to live in the Tower of London with her uncle and the many people that live inside it. It is a very strict place to live in, specially for a twelve year old girl in the middle of WWII. Everything in her live changes– her house, her friends, her school, the food she eats, even her responsibilities as a kid. Anna has a hard time getting used to her new life and even befriends a boy named Timothy Squire that also has a hard time getting along inside the tower. Even though they are both outcasts, I liked  the relationship they both develop with each other. 

She soon takes up the job to help her uncle take care of the ravens in the tower. There is an old saying written inside those walls that says: ‘If the ravens leave the tower, Britain will fall’. That is something that Anna takes to heart. This was such a simple quest for the main character, to spend time with ravens, but I liked reading about her growing fond of them.

Final Verdict: 

All in all, I thought this was a good book. I love the fact that it left me with new information about London that I didn’t know about. I also enjoyed the details of the place and the inside scoop of the Tower of London through the eyes of Anna. I’ve already read the sequel and I can tell you that this series gets better and, if you are a fan of historical fiction, you might want to have this on your TBR!