Book guide
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth
A trans boy in Victorian London must expose the horrors behind a finishing school.
Genre and trope pairingsYoung AdultLGBTQ+Young AdultSelf-discoveryYoung AdultDisabled repYoung AdultHidden identityYoung AdultRebellionHorrorGhostsHorrorOccultHorrorBody horrorHistoricalLGBTQ+HistoricalHidden identityHistoricalResistanceFantasySecret powersParanormalGhostsParanormalOccultParanormalPsychic abilities
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About The Spirit Bares Its Teeth
In an alternate 1883 London where violet-eyed mediums commune with the dead, Silas Bell is sent to a sanitorium after resisting an arranged marriage. When ghosts of missing students beg for help, he risks everything to uncover the institution's violence.
Reading signals
- Spice
- None
- Darkness
- Extreme
- Pacing
- Balanced
Content warnings
- graphic violence
- sexual assault
- medical gore
- transphobia
- misgendering
- deadnaming
- anti-autistic ableism
- medical abuse
- forced institutionalization
- gaslighting
- abuse
- miscarriage
- abortion
- forced pregnancy
- conversion therapy
- suicidal ideation
