Book guide
The Gilda Stories
A woman escapes slavery, becomes immortal, and searches across centuries for home and chosen family.
Genre and trope pairingsFantasyFound familyParanormalVampireLiteraryFound familyLiteraryLGBTQ+LiterarySelf-discoveryLiterarySocial commentaryHistoricalLGBTQ+HistoricalResistance
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About The Gilda Stories
Beginning in 1850s Louisiana, Gilda escapes slavery and is initiated into eternal life by two women who “share the blood.” Over the next two hundred years, she searches for belonging in a landmark vampire novel exploring Blackness, lesbian identity, family, ecology, power, and survival.
Reading signals
- Spice
- Light
- Darkness
- Dark
- Pacing
- Slow
Content warnings
- attempted rape
- sexual assault
- attempted suicide
- blood
- drug use
- murder
- racial slurs
- pedophilia
- racism
- slavery
- stalking
- violence
- domestic abuse
- street harassment
