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Fave Five: Queer Dark Academia
For even more recs for dark academia fans, check out this post of Queer YA for Dark Academia Lovers. (Shopping links are affiliate; using them earns a small percentage of income for the site.) Society for Soulless Girls by Laura Steven (Bks) All That Consumes Us by Erica Waters (Bks) Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo (Bks) The World Cannot Give by Tara Isabella Burton (Bks) These Violent Delights by…
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#All That Consumes Us#An Education in Malice#Dark Academia#Derek Milman#Erica Waters#Laura Steven#Lee Mandelo#Micah Nemerever#S.T. Gibson#Society for Soulless Girls#Summer Sons#Tara Isabella Burton#The World Cannot Give#These Violent Delights
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I'm reading the Society for Soulless Girls for the first time and if Lottie doesn't hit Harris with a hockey stick for Alice I'm gonna loose it
#lottie x alice#lottie/alice#laura steven#society for soulless girls#Carvell College#sapphic books#axin reads#sapphic#ya#mystery#thriller#jekyll and hyde
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While I can't blame people for trying to market new releases, I would very much like to see them stop the comparison of every book with an academic setting to TSH. They truly are doing themselves a disservice since a lot of people will find the author making the comparison pretentious, or they will be overly critical because of that. And most importantly, people just get disappointed in the end when the tone of the book is completely different or it doesn't follow a similar storyline.
Books about academia can exist without being compared to The Secret History and be just as good as TSH.
This has been bothering me since I started to read more "dark academia" books. It just saddens me since, in the end, the most talked-about part is that the book is like TSH, which mostly ends up not being true, while the people who would like the premise probably miss it.
I understand that comparisons are helpful, but at this point, I believe they're overdone.
#books and reading#book characters#dark acamedia#dark academia books#the secret history#donna tartt#booktok#if we were villains#bunny#mona awad#m l rio#the society for soulless girls#laura steven#the truants kate weinberg#babel an arcane history#babel#rf kuang#these violent delights#micah nemerever
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books i read in 2024:
"the society for soulless girls"
laura steven
rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
genre: dark academia, horror, mystery, wlw, ya
synopsis:
A dark and funny YA thriller with a supernatural twist. From the winner of the Comedy Women in Print Prize
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 student Lottie is determined to find out what really happened. But when her 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 can they stop flirting for literally fifteen seconds in order to do this?
Exploring possession and ambition, lust and bloodlust, femininity and violence, The Society of Soulless Girls is perfect for fans of Ace of Spaces, The Secret History and The Inheritance Games.
#the society for soulless girls#laura steven#aesthetic#moodboard#litedit#book moodboard#booklr#books and reading#book recommendations#lgbt books#horror aesthetic#gothic literature#gothic moodboard#gothic#gothic aesthetic#dark academia#dark academia aesthetic#dark academia literature#wlw books#wlw literature#sapphic books#sapphic literature#my moodboard
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✨ BOOK REVIEW ✨
The Society for Soulless Girls by Laura Steven
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Oooh this was a great combination of dark academia, crime thriller and horror. It had so many good elements all working together to create a story that had me absolutely hooked.
The concept was so fascinating. Rituals to split anger from the soul that obviously inevitably go wrong and the hunt for the cure, a strong of mysterious on-campus deaths, midnight hauntings, religious and philosophical motif’s woven throughout. It was all just so interesting.
I really loved the relationship between Alice and Lottie. They were the beating heart of this story and their slow-burn romance honestly had me in a chokehold.
If you’re looking for something dark and twisted but also a little bit sweet, I definitely recommend giving this a go.
#the society for soulless girls#laura steven#books#bookedit#book review#dark academia#queer dark academia#queer horror#horror#asexual rep#sapphic romance#lgbtqia+#mine*
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🌈June Books🌈
I used 🌈 before the title to indicate LGBTQ+ featured characters within the book. I rated each book from ⭐️ - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. The books are listed in the order that I completed them.
🌈 “Breasts and Eggs” by Mieko Kawakami ⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌈 “The Society for Soulless Girls” by Laura Steven ⭐️
🌈 “Sunbringer” by Hannah Kaner ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“The Princess Bride” by William Goldman ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌈 “The Invocations” by Krystal Sutherland ⭐️⭐️⭐️
“The Dragon Republic” by R.F. Kuang ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌈 “The Song of Achilles” by Madeline Miller ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“The Iliad” by Homer; translation by Emily Wilson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌈 “This is How You Lose the Time War” by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone ⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌈 “Siren Queen” by Nghi Vo ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌈 “Jade City” by Fonda Lee ⭐️⭐️⭐️
#reading#breasts and eggs#mieko kawakami#the society of soulless girls#laura steven#sunbringer#hannah kaner#the princess bride#william goldman#the invocations#krystal sutherland#the dragon republic#r.f. kuang#the song of achilles#madeline miller#the iliad#homer#emily wilson#this is how you lose the time war#amal el mohtar#max gladstone#nghi vo#siren queen#jade city#fonda lee#book recommendations#month in review#books#june#lgbtq
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books I’ve read in 2024
The Society for Soulless Girls by Laura Steven
"Anger left to run free is like wildfire, indiscriminate in its destruction. But if you learn to tame it, to position it, to take aim with it? Then it becomes a candle. And what is the candle but one of mans greatest assets? It warms. It nourishes. It shines a light in the darkest of places, and it illuminates the path forward."
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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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"I believe that the Gothic has an almost supernatural power to corrupt. To unravel, to violate, to deprave."
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#booklover#booklr#books#booksbooksbooks#books and reading#book lover#current read#Laura Steven#the society for soulless girls
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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 student Lottie is determined to find out what really happened. But when her roommate, Alice, stumbles upon a sinister soul-splitting ritual hidden in Carvell’s haunted library, the North Tower claims another victim.
#polls#book: the society for soulless girls#author: laura steven#genre: young adult#genre: horror#genre: thriller#year: 2020s
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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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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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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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📚 CONNECT FOUR 📚
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Books pictured:
- The PERFECT Crimes of Marian Hayes by Cat Sebastian
- PERFECT on PAPER by Sophie Gonzales
- GIRLS of PAPER and Fire by Natasha Ngan
- The Society for Soulless GIRLS by Laura Steven
#books#bookedit#pretty books#book photography#book stack#the perfect crimes of marian hayes#cat sebastian#perfect on paper#sophie gonzales#girls of paper and fire#natasha ngan#the society for soulless girls#lauren steven#queer books#lgbtqia+#mine*
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