These Mortal Bodies - a beautifully astmospheric gripping dark academia novel about toxic

I’m ready to be part of something bigger, I told myself, whispering the words over and over, visualizing myself at the centre of things, never alone again. It’s the start of the new academic year and Ivy is ready for her future to begin at a prestigious university far from home. But her first year will be everything and nothing like she expected. Flung into a world of rigorous academics, secret societies and intense relationships, Ivy finds her feet quicker than she expected – things couldn’t be going better if she had planned them. But Ivy is keeping secrets. She hasn’t told anyone about her best friend, who drowned just months ago. She can’t tell anyone about the way water grounds and guides her, or about the heron she sees everywhere she goes, her own personal talisman. As she immerses herself into her new life, becoming the heart of an elite social circle and uncovering the truth behind the witchy legacy of her college, the lines between past and present become murky. And with the year racing towards summer, Ivy will have to decide how far she’ll go to become the person she was destined to be.

Product details

• Authors: Elspeth Wilson
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 17.07.2025
• EAN: 9781398535107
• ISBN: 978-1-398-53510-7
• No. of pages: 384
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / General, FICTION / Coming of Age, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Sea Stories, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Witchcraft, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Hallowe’en, Relating to early adulthood, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Sea stories, Relating to people on the autism spectrum, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, Witchcraft and wicca, Contemporary horror and ghost stories