Dive into a haunting tale of curses and secrets with Kids Binding Spell, a debut YA fantasy novel from British author Marisa Linton. Perfect for fans of dark academia and folk horror, this book weaves magic with ancient burial sites and supernatural dread.
A debut atmospheric fantasy, think dark academia meets Mexican Gothic. Morgan thinks her nightmares are over when she moves to Weir Hinny with her archaeologist father. She even befriends a local boy, Joe Harper, whose secrets seem as tangled as hers. And for a while, their time together is magic. But when her father begins work on an ancient burial site - Morgan's bad dreams return. With every relic he unearths, she sees a creeping horror emerge. A binding curse that binds them all . . .
The debut novel from the Times/Chicken House 2023 award winner, historian and professor Marisa Linton. A stand-alone YA contemporary fantasy novel with folk horror elements, set in a creepy rural village. Spells, legends, druids and all things supernatural.
