A Fix of Light - Hardcover

by Kel Menton (Author)

A Booklist Editor's Choice: Books for Youth in 2025

This queer love story with a dark magical twist comes from an astonishing new Irish voice - perfect for fans of Daniel Jose Older.

Be careful. The dark is listening.

Hanan is supposed to be dead. The forest outside Skenashogue sent him home alive - but changed. A strange new magic makes every emotion a physical force he can't control. Bright and gentle, fox-like Pax is everything Hanan is not. And when he touches Hanan he mutes his secret power, quiets the curse. To survive their own darknesses they'll need to be honest with each other. But Hanan isn't sure Pax will like what he finds out...

Can their love help them find their way back to the light?

Author Biography

Kel Menton (they/them) is a non-binary, neurodivergent writer from Cork in Ireland. Kel works in youth theatre and has written, produced and published a number of plays for teen actors. They were selected as a Young Writer Delegate for the 2021 Dublin Book Festival. They hold a master's in medieval English from University College Cork.