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"I believe that the Gothic has an almost supernatural power to corrupt. To unravel, to violate, to deprave."
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2023 reads // twitter thread
The Society For Soulless Girls
YA sapphic retelling of Jekyll & Hyde set in 90s Northumberland
set in a haunted old convent-turned-university with a history of deaths tied to the north tower
mystery, dark magic, female rage, an immortal cat
#The Society For Soulless Girls#aroaessidhe 2023 reads#i enjoyed this mostly?#(did not realise it was set in the 90s until after lol…)#(though some fashion choices make sense now)#good spooky vibes#there’s a lot of pov overlap which is a little odd and feels unnecessary a lot of the time#what’s up with the immortal cat. was it just being possessed?#one MC is maybe ace? it never clarifies whether she must be demi or is not actually ace anymore?#would have been nice to have a mention in the epilogue even or something#i do respect the mention of the asexuality spectrum despite it being in the 90s tho i guess#i feel like. the whole thing being about female anger could have had some intersectionality - it felt. a little white feminism adjacent?#i guess it was addressing it all from an internal space rather than societal perception stuff but idk. there could have been more complexity#there.
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Check out these books for some summer reading! Here are just a few of the great books dropping in July.
As always, check under the cut for more on each~
The Society for Soulless Girls by Lauren Steven is a sapphic YA retelling of Jekyll & Hyde with some dark academia thrown in! The whole aesthetic of this book seems great!
What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher is also a retelling! But this one is adult, and adapts Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher. As a big Poe fan I'm looking forward to seeing what Kingfisher does with this! That's also just such a striking cover it makes me need to hold it.
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia has the Mexican Gothic author taking a spin at the story of Doctor Moreau and his unethical, somewhat magical experiments. I've always had sort of a strange fascination with Moreau, and I'm sure Moreno-Garcia's lush and haunting writing is going to make this a whole experience.
Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey is the first non-retelling or adaptation on this list! This is a haunted house story of complicated, tainted love for killers, and if that wouldn't be enough to get you excited, this is by the fabulous couldnt't-miss-to-save-their-life Sarah Gailey!
Youngblood by Sasha Laurens is a sapphic vampire story of social pressure, mystery, and friends-to-enemies-to-lovers! It's also one of the few books on this list I've already read- and the recipient of one of the two 5-star ratings I've actually given this month!
A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Foz Meadows is another I've already gotten to read! This is a queer (mlm) romance between two princes in an arranged marriage, dealing with no just the newness of each other and their relationship, but assassination attempts and one of their slow healing from the trauma of assault. This is heavy at times, but if you want good communication and a healthy relationship, look no further.
Violet Made of Thorns by Gina Chen could easily fit into the "retellings" category, but it doesn't actually retell one single thing. This is a dark, romantic fantasy inspired by multiple fairytales, creating a new one altogether. If you like the morally gray and seeking power girl and dynamics similar to the in The Cruel Prince, you'll probably fun with this!
The Witchery by S. Isabelle is a YA debut with 6 witchy main characters setting out to fight monstrous Wolves. This is a diverse fantasy full of secrets and hefty consequences.
#book list#july books#new books#anticipated reads#bookblr#booklr#book blog#diverse books#sarah gailey#just like home#youngblood#sasha laurens#the society for soulless girls#lauren steven#silvia moreno garcia#the daughter of doctor moreau#a strange and stubborn endurance#foz meadows#violet made of thorns#tfoa#the witchery#gina cen#s isabelle#castorstarr#castor starr
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My headcanons (?) about Alice appearance from "The Society For Soulless Girls" by Laura Steven
The only details I remember from book descriptions that she had red hair, ice-blue eyes and scar on her lips that crooked when she smiled? Sorry, I have such a bad memory 😭
#my art#my fanart#digital art#The society for soulless girls#Laura Steven#book fanart#artists on tumblr#small artist#queer lit#sapphic books
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Lottie from The Society For Soulless Girls is asexual!
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Something different about finishing books. Like my life has been changed and maybe it's not dramatic but I'm no longer the same person I was before I started this book and there's no one out their who understands what you've just been through. There's no big fandom to go join and rave about it there's just you, alone in the middle of the night feeling like you understand everything a little bit clearer
#any ways im emotional#i read one book and look what its done to me#the society for soulless girls#bookblr
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There would always be cats. Cats hated you regardless of your thoughts. They could judge you, but it was probably too much effort, and anyway, they’d rather be left alone.
Laura Steven, The Society for Soulless Girls
#razreads#book quote#laura steven#the society for soulless girls#cats#judgement#solitude#queue have a good day now
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The society for souless girls is so good it made me log on to Tumblr for the first time in 4 years
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— laura steven, the society for soulless girls
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Halloween 2023: 31 Days of Dark Academia, October 17
Dark Academia novel: The Society for Soulless Girls by Laura Steven (2022)
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It was open on the very last page I’d looked at: ‘How the Ritual Was Performed’.
I wondered which of my fellow philosophy students had stumbled upon it. And why did they leave in such a hurry that they left the volume lying around like a piece of old junk?
The page was exactly as I last saw it, with one tiny, significant exception: the droplet of blood in the bottom right corner. A small smudge, as though someone had pricked their finger on a spindle and then tried to turn the page.
The sight made me smile. Someone had tried to perform the ritual. I knew it in my bones. There was someone at Carvell as intrigued by the occult as I was. For some reason, this knowledge bolstered me.
In a moment, the decision was made. I was going to attempt the ritual too.
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Alice Wolfe and Lottie Fitzwilliam from The Society of Soulless Girls are so Ginny Weasley and Pansy Parkinson coded it's insane!
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eARC Review: The Society for Soulless Girls
A HUGE thank you to Netgalley and Delacorte for providing me an eARC in exchange for an honest review!
RATING: ⭐⭐⭐
GOODREADS SYNOPSIS:
A sapphic enemies-to-lovers retelling of Jekyll & Hyde, this dark academia thriller follows two roommates who must solve an infamous cold case of serial murders on their campus after an arcane ritual gone wrong prompts another death.
Ten years ago, four students lost their lives in the infamous North Tower murders at the elite Carvell College of Arts, forcing Carvell to close its doors.
Now Carvell is reopening, and fearless freshman Lottie is determined to find out what really happened. But when her beautiful but standoffish roommate, Alice, stumbles upon a sinister soul-splitting ritual hidden in Carvell's haunted library, the North Tower claims another victim.
Can Lottie uncover the truth before the North Tower strikes again? Can Alice reverse the ritual before her monstrous alter ego consumes her? And will they give in to the ill-fated attraction that's growing between them?
RELEASE DATE: First published 7/7/2022, this edition 9/19/2023
See my full review under the cut!
If this is Jekyll & Hyde, let’s lead with the good:
I’m so glad to see a YA (ish? New adult might be a better label) novel featuring both lesbians and women’s rage.
I know, I know. It’s the stereotype: angry, man-hating lesbians.
But buried under the mockery is some barely contained truth.
Gay or straight, cis or trans--women are angry.
And we should be.
For so long we have been pushed and pushed and pushed. But when we bite back, we’re told that we’re monstrous. Crazy. In need of fixing. We’re told that we’re unnatural, that our place is under patriarchy’s boot heel.
No wonder we’re fucking angry.
Seeing a novel that both validates that response, that says women’s anger can be both provoked and just spontaneously exist because some of us are just born angry, is refreshing.
But the problem is that a novel isn’t just supposed to be about characters standing on a soapbox blaring out a message.
You actually have to tell a story, and craft it well.
Enter the bad:
This novel suffers from the imbalance between sufficient plotting/crafting of the narrative and moments of philosophical speculation. Too much time is spent navel-gazing to the point where the solution to the mystery doesn’t pay off. In the end, men are the guilty parties. (Which sort of feels like a cop-out. If the message is: ‘women can be evil, too,’ then let us be evil!) But supposed logic underpinning their actions doesn’t hold water. Somehow, we’re expected to believe men would both say ‘women need to be controlled, their evil is unnatural and must be stopped!’ and ‘let’s see how this unhinged demonic possession plays out’ can exist simultaneously. The whole time I’m left thinking: “why wouldn’t they be busy trying to either exploit this to look like heroes or shut it down? What’s their game plan in letting the soulless girls exist in the shadows for so long?”
Still, Stevens has writing chops. I marked several one-liners that either I found moving or made me smile. I’ve heard that she has a sapphic Dorian Gray remix next. Truthfully, I hope she does that one better justice.
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there's nothing quite like reading spooky dark academia before it's light out into the wee hours of the morning
#this is how it was meant to be experienced#the society for soulless girls#laura steven#dark acamedia#I'm living this so much
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Hey I'm making a list of books about/focusing on Female Anger. Please add to the list.
Equal Rites (Terry Pratchett)
The Society for Soulless Girls (Laura Stevens)
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