Oh my! How exciting this book sounds!'it has everything I look for in a novel- magic, owls feathers, gothic overtones, singing, taxidermy and family secrets! I adore the cover - this would grab me immediately. Has this author been secretly spying on me all these years? You actually had me at 'she was tiny, she had wings....'. I can't wait to share details of this with my bookish friends of similar taste. I'm so eager to read this novel!