Book guide
This Vicious Hunger
A lonely botanist falls for the woman trapped in a secret garden—and follows love into poison and obsession.
Genre and trope pairingsFantasyMorally greyDark FantasyMorally greyGothic FantasyMorally greyGothic FantasyVampireRomanceFriends to loversQueer RomanceFriends to loversQueer RomanceLGBTQ+
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About This Vicious Hunger
Widowed and cast out, Thora is offered a place studying botany at a university, where she becomes fascinated by Olea, a woman confined to a private garden. As their relationship deepens, Thora pursues a cure and enters a world of beauty, poison, and obsession.
Reading signals
- Spice
- Medium
- Darkness
- Dark
- Pacing
- Balanced
Content warnings
- alcohol use
- death of parent
- death of loved one
- murder
- domestic abuse
- body image dysphoria
- gore
- blood draining and consumption
- grief
- homophobia
- forced isolation
- parental neglect
- emotional abuse
- sexual content
- self-harm
