Think twice if…
- Content warnings: Child sexual abuse, Child abuse, Child neglect, Childhood trauma, Parental abuse, Abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grooming, Suicide, Animal death, Fatphobia, Body horror, Gore, Violence, Death, Racism/bigotry
Delicious Monsters
by Liselle Sambury
A genuinely creepy upper-YA horror that lets angry Black girls be angry while the house keeps its secrets - atmospheric, layered, and the ending lands.
goodreads 4.03/5 8,056 ratings
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A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length512 pages
Story statusStandalone
Spice0/5
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- None
- Cathartic release
- Book hangover
- Perspective shift
- Expanded empathy
Fantasy promise
- Young adult
- Manor house / estate
- Contemporary
- Ghosts
- Paranormal
- Spirits
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Medium
- Eerie
- Atmospheric
- Heavy
- High
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- Black MC
- Dark
- Immersive
- Sapphic
- Gay
- Gothic
- Emotional
- BIPOC MC
- Tense
- Suspenseful
- Heartbreaking
- Gritty
- Haunted castle
- Slow descent into darkness
- Morally complex
- No one is safe
- Plot twist heavy
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Book details
- Length
- 512 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book