With pitch-pure dialogue, and a plot that weaves in and around the theatre until the edges of reality blur, Lisa Harding presents us with a psychologically gripping story about personal manipulation and the imbalance of power in intimate relationships. A powerful performance

JANE URQUHART

Dark, blistering and full of theatrics, The Wildelings is an electric exploration of control, guilt, and one young woman's fight to free herself. I was hooked from the very start

RACHEL JOYCE

Fans of dark academia or Donna Tartt's The Secret History, this one's for you

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Harding gives Jessica a self-excoriating, incisive, bitter, and evocative first-person voice. The Wildelings' inexorable plot is like the proverbial train wreck: shocking, electric, impossible to turn from. Its psychological tumult verges on horror. With this atmospheric roller coaster of a novel, Harding offers pulsing intensity, gut-wrenching emotional upheaval, and high drama in every sense

SHELF AWARENESS

A story of obsession, control and guilt, set in 1990s Dublin ... Perfect for fans of dark academia and Donna Tartt's The Secret History

IRISH TIMES

The Wildelings arrives to fill the Secret History-shaped hole in your lives ... Gothic and gloriously entertaining

Alex Preston, OBSERVER, Fiction to look out for in 2025