Aífe marries Lir, a chieftain with four children by his previous wife. Jealous of his affection for his children, the witch Aífe turns them into swans for 900 years. Retold through the voice of Aífe, Savage Her Reply is unsettling and dark, feminist and fierce, giving voice to a woman from fairytale whose story has never before been told. The story is told in Sullivan’s trademark rich, lyrical prose as developed in Tangleweed and Brine, the multiple award-winner which established Sullivan as the queen of witchy YA.