The Serpent and the Wings of Night

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Every single time I have to write one of these, I’m amazed by how surreal it still feels. I have so many people to thank for helping me dream this new dark bloody world into existence. Chief among them:

Nathan (first as always), for being my best friend, my greatest love, my biggest supporter, my brainstorming buddy, my art director, my encyclopedia, and so much more. I would not be able to do any of this without you. I love you!

Ariella, Dea

KD Ritchie at Storywrappers Design, for such a beautiful cover. Love working with you!

Noah, for being, as always, an amazing story sherpa. Thank you for lending your eyes to this manuscript many times over and for your invaluable editing pass.

Anthony, for fabulous proofreading and for eternally correcting my comma usage. I swear to god one of these days I’m going to actually nail it.

Rachel, for being the most eagle-eyed proofreader ever! Thanks for killing all my typos and correcting all my continuity errors!

Clare, thank you so much for listening to me whine all day every day and putting up with the notorious Carissa-Broadbent-brain-to-mouth pipeline. You are a star and I adore you.

And to my Swords & Corsets crew, Je

And finally, thank you to you—for coming on this adventure with me!

If you have been a reader since the War of Lost Hearts trilogy, thank you for following me to this new world. And if you’re new to me, thank you so much for taking a chance on this book.

Your support, readership, fan art, reviews, messages, emails…. all of it has been instrumental to my career, and I truly, truly ca

I’m excited to join you for the next one!