Hungerstone

by Kat Dunn

A Town & Country Must Read Book of the Winter

A compulsive feminist reworking of Carmilla, the queer novella that inspired Dracula.

"A dark, sensuous, gothic story of female appetite, ravenous desire and insatiable rage. A blood-drenched, glittering jewel of a novel that I absolutely devoured." --Jennifer Saint, author of Ariadne and Atalanta

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1638932166
• ISBN13: 9781638932161
• Release Date: February 2025
• Publisher: Zando
• Length: 336 Pages

Customer Reviews

A Bit of a Struggle

I liked the sudden, surprising moments of goriness this book offers and I always love a “good for her” story. Plus sapphic vampires? Pure bliss. That being said, this was a hard book to get into. Picking it up always felt like a chore for some reason, maybe because there’s just a lot of historical details going on all the time? It felt overwhelming. I can appreciate the effort the author took but it was just a lot. Also something just felt predictable about the plot, I never felt surprised by anything. Except what ends up happening between Cora and Henry but that was more of a letdown than anything. All that work and he wasn’t even doing what Lenore suspected? Boring. Also??? I needed more Carmilla??? I almost don’t even know why she was there at all. Thanks to NetGalley, the publisher, and the author for this eARC in exchange for an honest review.