If you loved how Pidge and Brigit stumble into the old gods’ feud—trading words with the Dagda, outfoxing the Morrígan’s hounds—then Will Stanton’s awakening in The Dark Is Rising will hit the same chord. As the Old Ones rally him to gather the Signs, that same chill of myth walking the modern world returns: the Wild Hunt rides, Herne stirs, and every ordinary lane hides a doorway into story. It’s the deep-rooted, folkloric magic you felt when the Salmon of Knowledge offered help—now with winter closing in and time itself thinning.

In The Hounds of the Morrigan, the road from Galway keeps slipping sideways into the Otherworld—one turn and you’re speaking with a pooka or skirting the Morrígan’s snares. The New Policeman captures that same threshold magic: when J.J. Liddy goes hunting for more time, he finds the path to Tír na nÓg and discovers music, bargains, and immortal politics as tricky as anything Pidge and Brigit faced. If you liked watching modern kids negotiate with myth on its own turf, you’ll savor every crossing and clever promise here.

Remember the delight of sudden marvels—wise creatures like the Salmon of Knowledge, shape-shifters like the pooka, roads that won’t stay put—threaded through real danger as the Morrígan closed in? September’s voyage in The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland brims with that same sparkling astonishment. Wyverns from libraries, fickle rulers, and riddling tasks greet her at every turn, balancing whimsy with stakes that matter, much like Pidge and Brigit’s encounters where every kindness or clever answer opens the next impossible door.

If the companionship of clever creatures—those helpful, chattering allies who shepherd Pidge and Brigit past the Morrígan’s hunters—was your favorite thread, The Golden Compass amplifies it. Lyra’s bond with Pantalaimon and her alliance with Iorek Byrnison echo the way animal wisdom and strength tip the scales in The Hounds of the Morrigan. As secrets tighten like the goddess’s snares, those friendships become the decisive magic, every bit as vital as when a beast’s courage or counsel saved the children on the road.

The Morrígan’s shadow stalking Pidge and Brigit—her hounds sniffing out every misstep—gives The Hounds of the Morrigan its delicious dread. The Owl Service channels a similar chill as the Blodeuwedd legend rewrites the lives of three teenagers in a Welsh valley. Household noises become omens, patterns turn to portents, and the past’s dark magic insists on reenactment. If that sense of an ancient, predatory will felt thrilling, this haunting modern-myth tangle will grip you just as hard.