← Back to Horror rankings
Check your library
Hungerstone
Kat Dunn · Horror
62 Pulse Score
Based on recommendations from independent creators
gothic atmospherehistorical fictiongrimdarkpsychological thriller
gothichistorical fiction
🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
#42 All Time
About this book
An orphaned, emotionally isolated heiress with no money marries a cunning steel tycoon for a chance to build back her life. As their relationship progresses, she grows increasingly disturbed by her own desires, which are brought to the forefront by the mysterious woman they rescue upon their arrival to their new, decrepit, countryside estate. Set during the English industrial revolution, inspired by Sheridan Le Fanu's *Carmilla* (1872).
Books with similar tropes
Last refreshed just now