The Bone Houses

In a Welsh-inspired fantasy world, gravedigger Ryn and mapmaker Ellis must journey through a haunted forest to break the curse that causes the dead to rise as 'bone houses' and attack the living. A YA dark fantasy with horror elements, romance, and Welsh folklore.

Content Ratings

High Romance

Ryn and Ellis develop a romantic relationship over the course of their journey; the romance is emotionally central and involves physical intimacy including kissing; romance is age-appropriate for YA.

Moderate Themes

Ryn is an orphan struggling to support her siblings and is slowly dying from the same curse that creates the bone houses; Ellis is dealing with memory loss; themes of death, sacrifice, grief, and the cost of magic are emotionally significant; the novel balances horror with romance and heart.

High Violence

The bone houses are animated corpses that attack and kill; battles with the undead are sustained and graphic; deaths occur; the violence is fantasy-horror but genuinely intense and sometimes gory.