Yet even on Yiyo Peak, Rue is a misfit-with half a foot back in Houston and half a heart that is human as well as god, she’s not sure she’s the right person to lead the fight to reclaim a glorious past. When she finds them again, Rue makes a vow: she will find a way to return the magic that the Chancellor has stolen from her father’s people. Girls from the East Row break themselves out.īut reuniting with her friends is only half the battle. Girls from the East Row pick themselves back up when they fall. And girls from the East Row don’t give up. Rue has no memory of how she ended up locked in a basement prison without her magic or her allies.

In the heart-pounding conclusion to the Wings of Ebony duology, which #1 New York Times bestselling author Nicole Yoon calls “bold, inventive, big-hearted and deeply perceptive,” Rue makes her final stand to reclaim her people’s stolen magic. When she’s not writing, Elle can be found mentoring aspiring writers, binging reality TV, loving on her three littles, or cooking up something true to her Louisiana roots. Elle is a former educator and first-generation college student with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a master’s in educational administration and human development. Ms. magazine calls it “the debut fantasy we need right now.” She also wrote its sequel, Ashes of Gold. Elle is the author of the instant New York Times and Indie bestseller Wings of Ebony, a YA novel about a Black teen who must lean into her ancestor’s magic to protect her inner-city community from drugs, violence, and crime.

Ashes of gold by j elle