“Dark Wings Spread” picks up right where “Rise of the Dark Angel” leaves off. We watch as Aingeal rides a rollercoaster of emotion. From the highest of highs encompassing love, contentment, and peace to the lowest of lows entwined in a thorn bush of loneliness, despair, and depression. As sad as we are for our heroine, her negative emotions culminate in anger and it’s her anger that brings the Dark Angel back to life. Like a phoenix rising from the dead, Aingeal takes justice into her own hands and becomes the jury, judge, and executioner. It’s feels good to have her back. In “Dark Wings Spread,” Aingeal takes on an accomplice who becomes a friend and a lover. We start to see her begin to reopen her heart and to once again find a glimmer of happiness. Carol “Pixie” Brearley has done what few authors have accomplished. She has written a sequel that outshines her debut. She has written a dark thriller whose emotion leaves the pages of the book and enters our souls. Dark Wings Spread is a hypnotic, adrenaline filled ride that will leave you breathless. The ending will pierce your heart and leave you begging for the third installment of the Dark Angel Trilogy."
~ J. M. LeDuc, author of Cursed Days, book three in the Trilogy of The Chosen
Carol "Pixie" Brearley was born in Florida, raised in Brooklyn/Queens NY, and moved to upstate NY in her early teens where she now resides.
A stay-at-home mother to three she chose family over career and does not regret a moment of it because it allowed her to bring The Dark Angel Trilogy to life.
Book two in the series is a roller coaster ride of highs and lows for the protagonist, Aingeal. She was on top of the world when a catastrophe undermines everything she loves about her life. She had accepted her experience from the first book and made peace with it. But now everything changes as she accepts her new life, realizing she was meant to be the person she became in the first book. After that, if you've done something to wrong the women of her city, watch out!
This is the classic story of a woman pushed too far, and a woman more than willing to push back. But when she pushes, she takes it to the extreme. The writing really shines in the way the author takes us on the slippery emotional ride Aingeal experiences while she struggles to right many wrongs and fights to find her place in the world.
This book covers Aingeal's highest highs and lowest lows, taking the reader along every step of the way. The author, Carol Brearley, does an amazing job of putting the reader in Aingeal's shoes and letting us share in her personal experiences. This makes for a very engaging and emotionally draining reading experience.