Where The Dead Brides Gather - Nuzo Onoh

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Where The Dead Brides Gather – Nuzo Onoh

£9.99

Can young Bata protect the living from the dead? She must battle vengeful ghost-brides whilst navigating both the spirit world and her own family dynamics.

Feminist Horror & Femgore

2 in stock

Overview
Synopsis

Set in 1970’s Nigeria, Where The Dead Brides Gather follows Bata, a young girl plagued by nightmares who becomes supernaturally bound to product brides from vengeful ghost-brides seeking to reclaim their lost weddings…

If you loved the cultural rooting of the film His House and its exploration of trauma with supernatural elements, then Where The Dead Brides Gather should be in your TBR!

All Nightmare Nook Books are selected by our chief Book Ghoul, Cat. Here’s why she gathered you here today to read this title:

“I really feel like horror is a great medium for learning more about underrepresented cultures and traditions – and folklore horror is often the route in.

Where The Dead Brides Gather also covers some really interesting themes including the expectations of society in relation to gender and marriage.”

Condition:

Brand new and ready to haunt.

Synopsis

Bata, a young girl tormented by nightmares, wakes up one night to find herself standing sentinel before her cousin's door. Her cousin is to get married the next morning, but only if she can escape the murderous attack of a ghost-bride, who used to be engaged to her groom.

A supernatural possession helps Bata battle and vanquish the vengeful ghost bride, and following a botched exorcism, she is transported to Ibaja-La, the realm of dead brides. There, she receives secret powers to fight malevolent ghost-brides before being sent back to the human realm, where she must learn to harness her new abilities as she strives to protect those whom she loves.

By turns touching and terrifying, this is vivid supernatural horror story of family drama, long-held secrets, possession, death – and what lies beyond.