New books: May 2025
In a month of sequels and standalones, we have three exciting magical mysteries coming to you this May ...
Dare you unearth The Binding Spell? The spectacular debut novel from Times/Chicken House Fiction Competition winner Marisa Linton is hitting shelves in May – think dark academia meets Mexican Gothic for YA readers.
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 . . .
Up for some slow-burn romance and twisty-turny murder mystery? Time to jump into the second instalment in Amie Jordan's razor sharp crime romantasy series, All the Lost Souls. (Or if you haven't already, check out book 1, All the Hidden Monsters!)
Sage and Oren are sent to investigate rising tensions between witches and werewolves in the Jura Mountains.
After dealing with murder, this case feels tame – punishment for their undeniable connection.
But neither expects to find evidence of worse: traces of old magic, tortured lost souls and a deadly fog that kills everything it touches.
And finally, return to the Infinite City for the thrilling conclusion of Laila Rifaat's Aliya To The Infinite City series in the spectacular finale: Aliya and the Shop of Second Chances! Set in a parallel Egypt, the third and final book in the series is packed full of adventure, magic and teamwork – perfect for readers aged 9 and up.
Aliya is looking forward to the Infinite City’s time-travelling flying carpet race.
But when her fellow locksmiths vanish on the course and the power source for time travel is left unguarded, she has to delve into her past to save her world from arch-villain Dorian Darke and his shapeshifting shop of darkness ...
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