Do you like dark stories? Maybe a bit scary, a little paranormal? Or maybe with just a bit of magic? Try these novels.
For a really deep dive into dark gothic horror, read “Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil” by V.E. Schwab. I knew nothing about this book before I started it, and as a rule, I don’t like vampire tales and I don’t seek out sapphic love stories. So imagine my surprise when I realized I was reading a story about lesbian vampires! And it had me positively captivated — for a couple hundred pages, anyway. Alas, then it slowed down a bit; at more than 500 pages, it’s a bit too long for me.
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