The novel takes place in a fictional rural town in Bergslagen in central Sweden and follows a group of teenage girls with little in common who discover that they are witches chosen to save the world from an otherworldly evil.

The novel follows the six "chosen ones" Minoo, Rebecka, Vanessa, Anna-Karin, Ida, and Linnéa, all of whom are first-year students at the same secondary school.

The apparent suicide of Linnéa's "brother in all but blood" Elias becomes the start of a series of strange events in the town.

Cirkeln received positive reviews in Dagens Nyheter,[5] Tidningarnas Telegrambyrå[6] and Skånska Dagbladet.

[7] A film adaptation was to be produced by Filmlance with Levan Akin set to direct and Sara Bergmark Elfgren as scriptwriter.