If I Promise You Wings - A.K. Small Audiobook

Written by A.K. Small
Read by Carine Montbertrand
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
Release date: March 28, 2024
Duration: 08:44:16

Alix Leclaire has a plan: graduate high school and land her dream job as a feather artist at Mille et une Plume, where her creations will help define high fashion. Her best friend Jeanne will get a record contract and they’ll take over the Paris art scene together. But then Jeanne dies. Alix is lost, until the day she feels Jeanne pushing her to the feather boutique. Soon, Alix is living a life she hardly recognizes—pursuing a passionate affair with an alluring artist, stealing feathers for her own creations, risking everything as Jeanne once did.

But then Alix meets Blaise, the dreamy musician who comforts her, centers her, challenges her. Torn between two beautiful boys and coping with grief, Alix’s art takes on a frightening and wild beauty. Living like Jeanne has given her everything she thought she wanted—but she must decide whether to hide in Jeanne’s shadow or soar on her own wings. “If I Promise You Wings is a beautiful masterpiece. Vivid, immersive, and a heart-wrenching depiction of grief and healing, A. K. Small has written absolute magic.”

“Unhurried, ethereal prose works well to present this fanciful rendition of learning how to move on. Elements of seemingly unlimited freedom, found family, impossible dreams, and dancing on the Eiffel Tower in the rain make this lyrical novel a sure thing for romantics and Francophiles alike. Ages 14–up.—-PW

“Her steamy romantic entanglements with the shop owner’s charming son and Jeanne’s friend, a guitarist, will satisfy romance-lovers, though it doesn’t detract from Alix’s story of working toward her dreams and reckoning with her memory of her late friend. VERDICT A charming story of personal growth that glitters with the art and culture of modern. —– School Library Journal,