When seventeen-year-old Robin runs away from home and his abusive father and boards a Greyhound bus to find his missing sister Dove, little does he know he's just taken the first steps towards a life that's better than he could ever have imagined. But first, he's going to have to earn his happy ending.

I've loved every moment of reading the Raven Song trilogy, and Birdsong was no exception. I left it until last because I had a feeling it was likely to be the hardest book for me to read, and I wasn't wrong about that. Robin/Raven goes through so much hardship, so much of it because he's a vulnerable kid who doesn't know any better, who's trying to cope in the only way he knows how, and who doesn't believe himself deserving of anything more than the way he's treated. I just wanted to give him the biggest hug. But I also loved how so much of this novel is about found family, and the way good friends can rally round to support one another through hard times. Equally, I thought the author didn't shy away from recognising that everyone has to make their own decision to start their healing and recovery journey, and that it's nowhere near as easy as it's often made out to be.

Raven is a wonderful character, and I hope so many readers get to meet him!