👹 Heroine As Monster

A female protagonist who embodies or becomes something terrifying, blurring the boundary between victim and villain in ways that challenge the reader's sympathies.

Someone You Can Build a Nest In

by John Wiswell • 2024

A flesh-eating shapeshifter falls in love with the daughter of the hunters who want her dead.

3.86

24k+

👹 Monster Romance 🫀 Body Horror 💕 Sapphic Love Story

Someone You Can Build a Nest In 88%

A flesh-eating shapeshifter falls in love with the daughter of the hunters who want her dead.

by John Wiswell 2024

3.86

24k+ ratings

👹 Monster Romance 🫀 Body Horror 💕 Sapphic Love Story

She Made Herself a Monster

by Anna Kovatcheva • 2026

A cursed orphan allies with a vampire slayer to fake her death and flee her abuser.

3.57

2k+

✊ Feminist Horror 🧛‍♀️ Vampire Hunter 💀 Fake Death

She Made Herself a Monster 87%

A cursed orphan allies with a vampire slayer to fake her death and flee her abuser.

by Anna Kovatcheva 2026

3.57

2k+ ratings

✊ Feminist Horror 🧛‍♀️ Vampire Hunter 💀 Fake Death

But Not Too Bold

by Hache Pueyo • 2022

She inherited the keys, the spiders, and a mistress whose brides all end up dead.

3.63

4k+

🏚️ Gothic Horror 🕷️ Monster Romance 💕 Sapphic Romance

But Not Too Bold 87%

She inherited the keys, the spiders, and a mistress whose brides all end up dead.

by Hache Pueyo 2022

3.63

4k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Horror 🕷️ Monster Romance 💕 Sapphic Romance

Such a Pretty Smile

by Kristi DeMeester • 2022

A classmate's murder awakens an ancient hunger in Lila. Her mother has felt that hunger before.

3.34

6k+

🖤 Literary Horror 🌿 Southern Gothic 🩸 Generational Trauma

Such a Pretty Smile 87%

A classmate's murder awakens an ancient hunger in Lila. Her mother has felt that hunger before.

by Kristi DeMeester 2022

3.34

6k+ ratings

🖤 Literary Horror 🌿 Southern Gothic 🩸 Generational Trauma

And Her Smile Will Untether the Universe

by Gwendolyn Kiste • 2017

Tales of women who birth birds, steal skin, and unmake the world with a smile.

4.29

600

🩸 Body Horror 🍎 Dark Fairy Tales 🐦‍⬛ Outsider Women

And Her Smile Will Untether the Universe Summary

And Her Smile Will Untether the Universe 87%

Tales of women who birth birds, steal skin, and unmake the world with a smile.

by Gwendolyn Kiste 2017

4.29

600 ratings

🩸 Body Horror 🍎 Dark Fairy Tales 🐦‍⬛ Outsider Women

Hungerstone

by Kat Dunn • 2025

Her husband is poisoning her. The stranger from the moor offers a darker hunger.

3.90

40k+

🩸 Sapphic Vampires 🗡️ Feminist Horror 🕯️ Victorian Gothic

Hungerstone 87%

Her husband is poisoning her. The stranger from the moor offers a darker hunger.

by Kat Dunn 2025

3.90

40k+ ratings

🩸 Sapphic Vampires 🗡️ Feminist Horror 🕯️ Victorian Gothic

The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein

by Kiersten White • 2018

Raised to be Victor Frankenstein's companion, Elizabeth discovers she was his experiment all along.

3.89

23k+

🖤 Feminist Retelling 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🫂 Found Family

The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein Summary

The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein 87%

Raised to be Victor Frankenstein's companion, Elizabeth discovers she was his experiment all along.

by Kiersten White 2018

3.89

23k+ ratings

🖤 Feminist Retelling 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🫂 Found Family

The Haar

by David Sodergren • 2022

Developers want her cottage. A sea creature offers her dead husband back, for blood.

4.02

36k+

🏚️ Folk Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🦑 Eldritch Horror

The Haar 87%

Developers want her cottage. A sea creature offers her dead husband back, for blood.

by David Sodergren 2022

4.02

36k+ ratings

🏚️ Folk Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🦑 Eldritch Horror

Our Dark Duet

by Victoria Schwab • 2017

Infected by a creature of pure violence, a monster hunter returns to the fractured city she fled.

4.12

62k+

🗡️ Monster Hunters 🎵 Monsters With Souls 🖤 Found Family

Our Dark Duet 87%

Infected by a creature of pure violence, a monster hunter returns to the fractured city she fled.

by Victoria Schwab 2017

4.12

62k+ ratings

🗡️ Monster Hunters 🎵 Monsters With Souls 🖤 Found Family

Near the Bone

by Christina Henry • 2021

An isolated wife endures her husband's cruelty, but something worse is watching from the trees.

3.69

22k+

🩸 Survival Horror 👹 Creature Feature ⛓️ Abusive Marriage

Near the Bone 87%

An isolated wife endures her husband's cruelty, but something worse is watching from the trees.

by Christina Henry 2021

3.69

22k+ ratings

🩸 Survival Horror 👹 Creature Feature ⛓️ Abusive Marriage

Rouge

by Mona Awad • 2023

Belle discovers the quest for perfect skin at a cliffside spa requires feeding a cult's hunger.

3.53

51k+

🌊 Gothic Seaside 💋 Beauty Cult 🩸 Body Horror

Rouge 87%

Belle discovers the quest for perfect skin at a cliffside spa requires feeding a cult's hunger.

by Mona Awad 2023

3.53

51k+ ratings

🌊 Gothic Seaside 💋 Beauty Cult 🩸 Body Horror

Nestlings

by Nat Cassidy • 2023

A paraplegic mother wins a luxury apartment in a building that feeds on families like hers.

3.78

28k+

🩸 Postpartum Horror 🏢 Sentient Building 🦴 Body Horror

Nestlings 87%

A paraplegic mother wins a luxury apartment in a building that feeds on families like hers.

by Nat Cassidy 2023

3.78

28k+ ratings

🩸 Postpartum Horror 🏢 Sentient Building 🦴 Body Horror

Pig Tales

by Marie Darrieussecq • 1998

A Paris salon girl sells allure until her body starts turning into a pig.

3.46

4k+

🩸 Feminist Body Horror 🐖 Grotesque Metamorphosis 💄 Beauty Industry Critique

Pig Tales 87%

A Paris salon girl sells allure until her body starts turning into a pig.

by Marie Darrieussecq 1998

3.46

4k+ ratings

🩸 Feminist Body Horror 🐖 Grotesque Metamorphosis 💄 Beauty Industry Critique

And the Sea Called Her Name

by Joe Hart • 2015

The sea took her mother. Now his wife is vanishing, and the tide is pulling her under.

3.73

429

🌀 Cosmic Horror 🌊 Coastal Gothic 💔 Doomed Marriage

And the Sea Called Her Name 87%

The sea took her mother. Now his wife is vanishing, and the tide is pulling her under.

by Joe Hart 2015

3.73

429 ratings

🌀 Cosmic Horror 🌊 Coastal Gothic 💔 Doomed Marriage

Her Radiant Curse

by Elizabeth Lim • 2023

Her sister is beautiful. Her face is a curse. The witch who marked her is back.

4.17

11k+

📖 Fairy Tale Retelling 🏮 East Asian Fantasy ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers

Her Radiant Curse 86%

Her sister is beautiful. Her face is a curse. The witch who marked her is back.

by Elizabeth Lim 2023

4.17

11k+ ratings

📖 Fairy Tale Retelling 🏮 East Asian Fantasy ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers

Goddess of Filth

by V. Castro • 2021

Five friends hold a séance. One wakes possessed by an Aztec goddess who feasts on sin.

3.58

10k+

🖤 Feminist Horror 🕯️ Possession Horror 🏛️ Mythological Horror

Goddess of Filth 86%

Five friends hold a séance. One wakes possessed by an Aztec goddess who feasts on sin.

by V. Castro 2021

3.58

10k+ ratings

🖤 Feminist Horror 🕯️ Possession Horror 🏛️ Mythological Horror

Hollyhocks

by January Rayne • 2025

A resurrected lab monster follows a mate-pull to a gentle mechanic she will kill to protect.

4.07

3k+

🧟 Monster Romance 💫 Fated Mates 🔪 Unhinged Heroine

Hollyhocks 86%

A resurrected lab monster follows a mate-pull to a gentle mechanic she will kill to protect.

by January Rayne 2025

4.07

3k+ ratings

🧟 Monster Romance 💫 Fated Mates 🔪 Unhinged Heroine

A Soul to Protect

by Opal Reyne • 2024

Fleeing her abuser, she shelters with a skull-faced monster who aches for her warmth.

4.45

6k+

🐍 Monster Romance 🩹 Traumatized Heroine 🤫 Non-Verbal Hero

A Soul to Protect 86%

Fleeing her abuser, she shelters with a skull-faced monster who aches for her warmth.

by Opal Reyne 2024

4.45

6k+ ratings

🐍 Monster Romance 🩹 Traumatized Heroine 🤫 Non-Verbal Hero

Trad Wife

by Saratoga Schaefer • 2026

A tradwife influencer's wish at a well brings a pregnancy that craves raw flesh.

3.84

11k+

🫀 Body Horror 🏠 Domestic Horror 📱 Social Media Satire

Trad Wife 86%

A tradwife influencer's wish at a well brings a pregnancy that craves raw flesh.

by Saratoga Schaefer 2026

3.84

11k+ ratings

🫀 Body Horror 🏠 Domestic Horror 📱 Social Media Satire

Wake

by Amanda Hocking • 2012

A teenage swimmer joins three beautiful strangers in the bay and wakes up craving human flesh.

3.7

26k+

🧜 Siren Mythology 🖤 Reluctant Monster 💀 Forced Transformation

Wake 86%

A teenage swimmer joins three beautiful strangers in the bay and wakes up craving human flesh.

by Amanda Hocking 2012

3.7

26k+ ratings

🧜 Siren Mythology 🖤 Reluctant Monster 💀 Forced Transformation

In the Veins of the Drowning

by Kalie Cassidy • 2025

A Siren ward kills her Siren-hunter groom, then marries his rival king to escape the fortress.

3.92

45k+

🖤 Dark Fantasy Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🩸 Blood Bond

In the Veins of the Drowning 86%

A Siren ward kills her Siren-hunter groom, then marries his rival king to escape the fortress.

by Kalie Cassidy 2025

3.92

45k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Fantasy Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🩸 Blood Bond

Malice

by Heather Walter • 2021

Briar needs her curses but despises her blood. The princess doomed at twenty-one just needs her.

3.91

34k+

🖤 Villain Origin Story 🌹 Sleeping Beauty Retelling 💕 Forbidden Romance

Malice 86%

Briar needs her curses but despises her blood. The princess doomed at twenty-one just needs her.

by Heather Walter 2021

3.91

34k+ ratings

🖤 Villain Origin Story 🌹 Sleeping Beauty Retelling 💕 Forbidden Romance

Girl in a Rabbit Hole

by R.J. Law • 2021

A geneticist refuses a shadowy offer, and within days her entire life is surgically erased.

3.50

1k+

🧬 Genetic Horror 👁️ Paranoid Thriller 🏛️ Shadow Government

Girl in a Rabbit Hole 86%

A geneticist refuses a shadowy offer, and within days her entire life is surgically erased.

by R.J. Law 2021

3.50

1k+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Horror 👁️ Paranoid Thriller 🏛️ Shadow Government

By the Horns

by Ruby Dixon • 2025

She can hear the dead. She shared his bed. Now he's the Taurian assigned to her guild team.

4.08

6k+

🖤 Monster Romance 💀 Necromancer Heroine 🔮 Forbidden Magic

By the Horns 86%

She can hear the dead. She shared his bed. Now he's the Taurian assigned to her guild team.

by Ruby Dixon 2025

4.08

6k+ ratings

🖤 Monster Romance 💀 Necromancer Heroine 🔮 Forbidden Magic

Symbiont

by Mira Grant • 2014

A tapeworm-human hybrid awakens to her true nature as a plague turns hosts into sleepwalkers.

3.71

8k+

🩸 Body Horror 🧬 Biopunk ⚠️ Scientific Hubris

Symbiont 86%

A tapeworm-human hybrid awakens to her true nature as a plague turns hosts into sleepwalkers.

by Mira Grant 2014

3.71

8k+ ratings

🩸 Body Horror 🧬 Biopunk ⚠️ Scientific Hubris

Siege and Sacrifice

by Charlie N. Holmberg • 2019

A branded vessel must walk into a god-monster and make her own heart the weapon.

4.24

6k+

🔥 Spirit Summoning 💀 Monster Apocalypse 🫂 Found Family

Siege and Sacrifice 86%

A branded vessel must walk into a god-monster and make her own heart the weapon.

by Charlie N. Holmberg 2019

4.24

6k+ ratings

🔥 Spirit Summoning 💀 Monster Apocalypse 🫂 Found Family

The Knight and the Butcherbird

by Alix E. Harrow • 2025

Her wife became a demon to survive. Now a scarred knight has come to kill her.

3.99

13k+

🩸 Body Horror Fantasy 💔 Monstrous Lover 🏹 Lost Wife Quest

The Knight and the Butcherbird 86%

Her wife became a demon to survive. Now a scarred knight has come to kill her.

by Alix E. Harrow 2025

3.99

13k+ ratings

🩸 Body Horror Fantasy 💔 Monstrous Lover 🏹 Lost Wife Quest

Nightbitch

by Rachel Yoder • 2021

A stay-at-home mom's transformation into a dog awakens a wildness she thought motherhood had erased.

3.42

89k+

😤 Maternal Rage 🐺 Animal Transformation 🩸 Body Horror

Nightbitch 86%

A stay-at-home mom's transformation into a dog awakens a wildness she thought motherhood had erased.

by Rachel Yoder 2021

3.42

89k+ ratings

😤 Maternal Rage 🐺 Animal Transformation 🩸 Body Horror

Gypsy Blood

by Kristy Cunning • 2018

A ghost-seeing gypsy moves to a monster town and becomes the obsession of four cursed alphas.

4.23

26k+

🖤 Reverse Harem 👻 Ghost Seeing Heroine 🩸 Cursed Bloodline

Gypsy Blood 86%

A ghost-seeing gypsy moves to a monster town and becomes the obsession of four cursed alphas.

by Kristy Cunning 2018

4.23

26k+ ratings

🖤 Reverse Harem 👻 Ghost Seeing Heroine 🩸 Cursed Bloodline

Walking Practice

by Dolki Min • 2022

To survive on Earth, an alien seduces and devours lovers, but the loneliness cannot be consumed.

3.55

7k+

🩸 Body Horror 📖 Literary Horror 🦎 Shapeshifter Horror

Walking Practice 86%

To survive on Earth, an alien seduces and devours lovers, but the loneliness cannot be consumed.

by Dolki Min 2022

3.55

7k+ ratings

🩸 Body Horror 📖 Literary Horror 🦎 Shapeshifter Horror

Our Hideous Progeny

by C.E. McGill • 2023

Frankenstein's great-niece stitches life from fossils, but rivals will kill to steal her creation.

3.90

9k+

🧟 Frankenstein Retelling 🔬 Victorian Women In Science ⚡ Scientific Hubris

Our Hideous Progeny 86%

Frankenstein's great-niece stitches life from fossils, but rivals will kill to steal her creation.

by C.E. McGill 2023

3.90

9k+ ratings

🧟 Frankenstein Retelling 🔬 Victorian Women In Science ⚡ Scientific Hubris

House of Hunger

by Alexis Henderson • 2022

Marion sells her blood to a northern countess, but the gothic estate hungers for far more.

3.63

25k+

🩸 Sapphic Gothic Horror 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 💔 Dark Sapphic Romance

House of Hunger 86%

Marion sells her blood to a northern countess, but the gothic estate hungers for far more.

by Alexis Henderson 2022

3.63

25k+ ratings

🩸 Sapphic Gothic Horror 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 💔 Dark Sapphic Romance

Song of the Abyss

by Emma Hamm • 2024

Sent to capture a general's deaf daughter, an undine outcast finds an ally, not a hostage.

4.13

12k+

🖤 Monster Romance 🦻 Deaf Heroine ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers

Song of the Abyss 86%

Sent to capture a general's deaf daughter, an undine outcast finds an ally, not a hostage.

by Emma Hamm 2024

4.13

12k+ ratings

🖤 Monster Romance 🦻 Deaf Heroine ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers

A Ship of Bones and Teeth

by Karina Halle • 2023

She traded her tail for a cage. The pirate who chains her next wears matching scars.

3.74

22k+

🌑 Dark Retelling ⛓️ Captive Romance ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers

A Ship of Bones and Teeth 86%

She traded her tail for a cage. The pirate who chains her next wears matching scars.

by Karina Halle 2023

3.74

22k+ ratings

🌑 Dark Retelling ⛓️ Captive Romance ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers

Unhinged

by Vera Valentine • 2023

Her front door loves her. To save her from a killer, she must have sex with it.

3.00

28k+

😈 Monster Romance 🎭 Absurdist Erotica 👑 Gentle Femdom

Unhinged 86%

Her front door loves her. To save her from a killer, she must have sex with it.

by Vera Valentine 2023

3.00

28k+ ratings

😈 Monster Romance 🎭 Absurdist Erotica 👑 Gentle Femdom

The Poisoner

by I.V. Ophelia • 2024

A Victorian poisoner returns home to find a vampire leaving bodies carved in her image.

3.71

23k+

🧪 Poisoner Heroine 🖤 Gothic Vampire Romance 🦇 Predator To Protector

The Poisoner 86%

A Victorian poisoner returns home to find a vampire leaving bodies carved in her image.

by I.V. Ophelia 2024

3.71

23k+ ratings

🧪 Poisoner Heroine 🖤 Gothic Vampire Romance 🦇 Predator To Protector

House of the Beast

by Michelle Wong • 2025

A slum girl gives her arm to a god and wakes a shadow lover hellbent on revenge.

3.84

6k+

🏰 Gothic Romantasy 🌹 Beauty And The Beast Retelling ⚔️ God-Touched Heroine

House of the Beast 86%

A slum girl gives her arm to a god and wakes a shadow lover hellbent on revenge.

by Michelle Wong 2025

3.84

6k+ ratings

🏰 Gothic Romantasy 🌹 Beauty And The Beast Retelling ⚔️ God-Touched Heroine

A Certain Hunger

by Chelsea G. Summers • 2019

A food critic with a secret menu of lovers; her next course could be her last.

3.70

69k+

🔪 Female Serial Killer 🍴 Culinary Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror

A Certain Hunger 86%

A food critic with a secret menu of lovers; her next course could be her last.

by Chelsea G. Summers 2019

3.70

69k+ ratings

🔪 Female Serial Killer 🍴 Culinary Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror

The Temptation of Charlotte North

by Camilla Bruce • 2026

A willful girl on a remote island embraces a dark spirit, trading obedience for power.

3.56

209

🖤 Feminist Horror 🌊 Gothic Seaside 🔥 Female Rage

The Temptation of Charlotte North Summary

The Temptation of Charlotte North 86%

A willful girl on a remote island embraces a dark spirit, trading obedience for power.

by Camilla Bruce 2026

3.56

209 ratings

🖤 Feminist Horror 🌊 Gothic Seaside 🔥 Female Rage

Attack on Titan, Vol. 1

by Hajime Isayama • 2010

Man-eating Titans breach the wall. Eren Yeager joins the military with one vow: extermination.

4.48

298k+

🦖 Kaiju Horror ⚔️ Military Fantasy 👹 Becoming The Monster

Attack on Titan, Vol. 1 86%

Man-eating Titans breach the wall. Eren Yeager joins the military with one vow: extermination.

by Hajime Isayama 2010

4.48

298k+ ratings

🦖 Kaiju Horror ⚔️ Military Fantasy 👹 Becoming The Monster

Juniper & Thorn

by Ava Reid • 2022

A young witch, captive to her father's hunger, risks it all for a wounded ballet dancer.

3.62

29k+

🌲 Dark Fairy Tale 🧙‍♀️ Witch Sisters 🩸 Body Horror

Juniper & Thorn 86%

A young witch, captive to her father's hunger, risks it all for a wounded ballet dancer.

by Ava Reid 2022

3.62

29k+ ratings

🌲 Dark Fairy Tale 🧙‍♀️ Witch Sisters 🩸 Body Horror

Our Last Echoes

by Kate Alice Marshall • 2021

An orphan hunts for her missing mother on an Alaskan island where the mist hides doppelgangers.

3.49

4k+

👥 Doppelganger Horror 🏝️ Gothic Island 👩‍👧 Missing Mother

Our Last Echoes 86%

An orphan hunts for her missing mother on an Alaskan island where the mist hides doppelgangers.

by Kate Alice Marshall 2021

3.49

4k+ ratings

👥 Doppelganger Horror 🏝️ Gothic Island 👩‍👧 Missing Mother

The Hellbound Heart

by Clive Barker • 1986

Her lover vanished solving a puzzle box. Blood she spills brings him back piece by piece.

4.08

70k+

🖤 Erotic Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🏚️ Haunted House

The Hellbound Heart 86%

Her lover vanished solving a puzzle box. Blood she spills brings him back piece by piece.

by Clive Barker 1986

4.08

70k+ ratings

🖤 Erotic Horror 🩸 Body Horror 🏚️ Haunted House

Echoes of the Tide

by Emma Hamm • 2024

In a deep-sea prison, a scarred mechanic must trust the merman who refuses to look away.

4.03

6k+

🖤 Monster Romance 🌊 Underwater City ⚔️ Touch Her And Die

Echoes of the Tide 86%

In a deep-sea prison, a scarred mechanic must trust the merman who refuses to look away.

by Emma Hamm 2024

4.03

6k+ ratings

🖤 Monster Romance 🌊 Underwater City ⚔️ Touch Her And Die

Catwoman

by Sarah J. Maas • 2018

Batwing hunts Catwoman. Catwoman hunts a cure. And the assassins who made her hunt her.

4.06

27k+

🐈‍⬛ Supervillain Origin Story 🗡️ Assassin Training ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers

Catwoman 86%

Batwing hunts Catwoman. Catwoman hunts a cure. And the assassins who made her hunt her.

by Sarah J. Maas 2018

4.06

27k+ ratings

🐈‍⬛ Supervillain Origin Story 🗡️ Assassin Training ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers

Galatea

by Madeline Miller • 2013

A statue given life by a goddess discovers her sculptor-husband's devotion is just another cage.

3.93

126k+

📜 Feminist Myth Retelling 🔒 Domestic Captivity 🗿 Created Being Rebels

Galatea 86%

A statue given life by a goddess discovers her sculptor-husband's devotion is just another cage.

by Madeline Miller 2013

3.93

126k+ ratings

📜 Feminist Myth Retelling 🔒 Domestic Captivity 🗿 Created Being Rebels

Stone Blind

by Natalie Haynes • 2022

A sea-god's crime leaves a mortal gorgon with a petrifying gaze. A hero wants her head.

3.78

80k+

🏺 Feminist Myth 🐍 Monstrous Women ⚡ Divine Cruelty

Stone Blind 86%

A sea-god's crime leaves a mortal gorgon with a petrifying gaze. A hero wants her head.

by Natalie Haynes 2022

3.78

80k+ ratings

🏺 Feminist Myth 🐍 Monstrous Women ⚡ Divine Cruelty

The Faire

by Kathryn Ann Kingsley • 2020

Bound to a hungry circus, she loves its beautiful monster. The ringmaster wants them dead.

4.34

3k+

🎪 Dark Carnival 🖤 Villain Love Interest 💕 Enemies To Lovers

The Faire 86%

Bound to a hungry circus, she loves its beautiful monster. The ringmaster wants them dead.

by Kathryn Ann Kingsley 2020

4.34

3k+ ratings

🎪 Dark Carnival 🖤 Villain Love Interest 💕 Enemies To Lovers

The Book Eaters

by Sunyi Dean • 2022

A book eater's son hungers for minds. She feeds him strangers while their family's knights close in.

3.61

57k+

🩸 Vampire Reimagining 🖤 Found Family 🐺 Protective Mother

The Book Eaters 86%

A book eater's son hungers for minds. She feeds him strangers while their family's knights close in.

by Sunyi Dean 2022

3.61

57k+ ratings

🩸 Vampire Reimagining 🖤 Found Family 🐺 Protective Mother

Her Body and Other Parties

by Carmen Maria Machado • 2017

Eight stories where misogyny is body horror: women fade, split, and haunt the lives they lost.

3.80

109k+

🫀 Body Horror ✂️ Feminist Horror 🏠 Queer Domesticity

Her Body and Other Parties 86%

Eight stories where misogyny is body horror: women fade, split, and haunt the lives they lost.

by Carmen Maria Machado 2017

3.80

109k+ ratings

🫀 Body Horror ✂️ Feminist Horror 🏠 Queer Domesticity

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