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Hungerstone by Kat Dunn
5.0

β€œβ„‘ π”₯π”žπ”³π”’ 𝔣𝔬𝔲𝔀π”₯𝔱 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔱π”₯𝔦𝔰 𝔩𝔦𝔣𝔒 𝔴π”₯𝔒𝔫 β„‘ 𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔑 π”₯π”žπ”³π”’ 𝔰𝔬 π”’π”žπ”°π”¦π”©π”Ά 𝔑𝔯𝔬𝔴𝔫𝔒𝔑 π”Ÿπ”’π”«π”’π”žπ”±π”₯ 𝔱π”₯𝔒 π”΄π”žπ”±π”’π”―π”° 𝔬𝔣 π”ͺ𝔢 π”ͺ𝔦𝔰𝔣𝔬𝔯𝔱𝔲𝔫𝔒. 𝔑𝔬 𝔬𝔫𝔒 π”₯π”žπ”° 𝔩𝔬𝔳𝔒𝔑 π”ͺ𝔒 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔰𝔬 π”ͺπ”žπ”«π”Ά π”ž 𝔩𝔬𝔫𝔀 π”Άπ”’π”žπ”―, β„‘ π”₯π”žπ”³π”’ 𝔑𝔬𝔫𝔒 𝔦𝔱 π”žπ”©π”© 𝔣𝔯𝔬π”ͺ 𝔰𝔭𝔦𝔱𝔒. ℑ𝔣 𝔱π”₯𝔒 𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔩𝔑 𝔬𝔣𝔣𝔒𝔯𝔰 π”ͺ𝔒 𝔫𝔬 𝔨𝔦𝔫𝔑𝔫𝔒𝔰𝔰, 𝔱π”₯𝔒𝔫 β„‘ 𝔴𝔦𝔩𝔩 π”±π”žπ”¨π”’ 𝔣𝔯𝔬π”ͺ 𝔦𝔱 π”žπ”―π”ͺ𝔬𝔲𝔯 π”žπ”«π”‘ 𝔰𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔑, π” π”―π”’π”žπ”±π”’ π”žπ”« π”²π”«π”žπ”°π”°π”žπ”¦π”©π”žπ”Ÿπ”©π”’ 𝔣𝔬𝔯𝔱𝔯𝔒𝔰𝔰 𝔣𝔬𝔯 π”ͺ𝔢𝔰𝔒𝔩𝔣 π”žπ”«π”‘ 𝔩𝔬𝔠𝔨 𝔱π”₯𝔒 𝔑𝔬𝔬𝔯.”

Published: 06/02/25
Genre: Historical fantasy, horror
Page count: 328
Format read: πŸ“–
Other books read by this author: None

I’d seen this book online & had it on my wishlist, then I came across this absolutely stunning edition in @waterstonesbpl & couldn’t resist. Pitched as a β€˜compulsive sapphic reworking of π‚πšπ«π¦π’π₯π₯πšβ€™, I was thrilled when it didn’t disappoint. Main character Lenore Β­Β­is in the perfect position, primed to take over management of the Nethershaw estate, near to the Sheffield steelworks owned by her husband Henry, when the couple come across Carmilla amongst the wreck of her carriage on the road to their new home. Carmilla’s stay at the estate throws everything Lenore thought she knew into disarray, forcing her to confront the trauma of her past, the horror of her present, & the hunger she denies. I adored Lenore’s character, the gothic tones of the book & the setting; the wildness of the Yorkshire moors juxtaposed against the industry of the Ajax steelworks. Nethershaw itself was fascinating, its tendency toward ruin & decay mirroring the secrets & betrayals that threaten Lenore’s painstakingly constructed reality.