Asylum in Firelight

by Nicole Hayes

360 pages, Paperback

Published December 26, 2024

About the author

Nicole Hayes is a writer, writing teacher and public speaker based in Melbourne. Her novels include The Whole of My World, longlisted for the 2014 Gold Inky Award and shortlisted for 2014 YABBAs and One True Thing, a CBCA Notable book for 2016 and the winner of the 2015 Children’s Peace Literature Award, and shortlisted for the WA Premier's Literary Award for Young Adult fiction. She co-edited an anthology of footy stories with Alicia Sometimes, From the Outer: Footy like you’ve never heard it (2016), and together they've a new book for girls about the AFL Women's competition, A Footy Girl's Guide to the Stars of 2017. She is a Stella Prize Schools Program Ambassador, and one-sixth of the first all-women AFL podcast, The Outer Sanctum.

Reviews

[Marie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my fave book of the series so far. So many events, so many characters, so much action and drama. It's hard to pick a single favorite scene when it was packed full of humor, emotional moments, twists, and sad but sexy characters. I can't even pick a favorite couple, though Matt & Lucy and Sagan & Korac are definitely top five.
I loved seeing more behind the scenes with Nox and Korac and their true motivations. The ending has me itching for more.