The Accident Season
Moira Fowley-Doyle
'A magical debut that you will devour' Guardian
'Stunning . . . I am still blown away. An exquisite story' Publishers Weekly
'Hands down the best book I've read this year' Melinda Salisbury
It's the accident season, the same time every year. Bones break, skin tears, bruises bloom.
The accident season has been part of seventeen-year-old Cara's life for as long as she can remember. Towards the end of October, Cara's family becomes inexplicably accident-prone. They banish knives to locked drawers, cover sharp table edges with padding, switch off electrical items - but injuries follow wherever they go, and the accident season becomes an ever-growing obsession and fear.
But why are they so cursed? And how can they break free?
A bewitching, dark and beautiful novel that will stay with you long after the final page.
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About Moira Fowley-Doyle
Reviews for The Accident Season
Guardian
Eerie and edgy, dark and intense . . . You'll read it in a single breathless sitting
The Bookseller
Months after reading Moïra Fowley-Doyle’s stunning debut, I am still blown away . . . One of the best books I've read in years. An exquisite story – the kind to win awards, top bestseller lists, and become the obsession of book lovers everywhere
Publishers Weekly
Months after reading Moïra Fowley-Doyle’s stunning debut, I am still blown away . . . One of the best books I've read in years. An exquisite story – the kind to win awards, top bestseller lists, and become the obsession of book lovers everywhere
Publishers Weekly
This astonishingly bold debut combines gritty reality with mystical, ghostly presences – and is beautifully written
Daily Mail
The Accident Season is brilliant Compelling . . . a dark teen romance with a spooky vibe
The Times
Ghosts, secrets, and magic collide in this Irish author's astonishing debut . . . A powerful novel from an exciting new talent
Kirkus
I can’t call it anything but fantastic . . . There actually isn’t a thing about it that I would change. Eerie, mysterious, magical
Books for Birds Blog
Sensuous, eerie, lyrical . . . Fowley-Doyle’s The Accident Season reads like a poem. The mystery is intriguing, the writing is gorgeous, and the characters are vivid. A lovely debut
April Tucholke, author of Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea