The Binding Spell

Author: Linton, Marisa

Interest age: from c 14 years

Published on 8 May 2025 by Chicken House Ltd in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 464 pages
128 x 198 x 29 | 272g

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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,

it's the perfect read for WitchTok.