Book description
Gothic, intoxicating, feminist, darkly provoking and deeply romantic - this is the breathtakingly imagined untold story of the brides of Dracula, by bestselling author Kiran Millwood Hargrave in her much-anticipated YA debut.
'A Chilling and breathlessly paced thriller... Feminism, spirituality, legend and desire are beautifully interwoven in this mesmerising tale…
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1 author picked The Deathless Girls as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I studied Dracula as a university student, so I love the way this book turns the latent homophobia, misogyny, and racism on its head by putting the “Brides of Dracula” and persecuted East European Traveller community center stage and giving us a tender, sapphic love story.
It’s set in the fifteenth-century Romania of Vlad The Impaler—here called the Dragon—when people believed in lele (forest spirits) and strigoi (undead). For me, the most memorable setting is Boyar Valcar’s castle, where twin sisters Lil and Kizzy are taken as slaves. The black-and-red uniforms, the cliff-edge pool, and the unforgettable incident with the…
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