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Hungerstone
Kat Dunn
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THE FIERCEST, MOST POWERFUL RETELLING OF 2025: A STORY OF AMBITION, FEMALE OPPRESSION AND UNSTOPPABLE HUNGER . . .
'Rich and daring. This is everything I dream of in a novel' Ava Reid
'Ravenous, righteous and utterly sublime' Bea Fitzgerald
'Intoxicating and vivid . . . Sensual and vicious' Hannah Kaner
'An extraordinary book' Jennifer Saint
FOR WHAT DO YOU HUNGER . . . ?
Lenore is the wife of steel magnate Henry, but ten years into their marriage the relationship has soured, and no child has arrived to fill the distance growing between them. Henry's ... Read moreambitions take them from London to the Peak District, to the remote, imposing Nethershaw estate, where he plans to host a hunting party. Lenore must work to restore the crumbling house and ready it for Henry's guests - their future depends on it.
But as the couple travel through the bleak countryside, a shocking carriage accident brings the mysterious Carmilla into Lenore's life. Carmilla, who is weak and pale during the day but vibrant at night, Carmilla who stirs up something deep within Lenore. And before long, girls from the local villages fall sick, consumed by a terrible hunger . . .
As the day of the hunt draws closer, Lenore begins to unravel, questioning the role she has been playing all these years. Torn between regaining her husband's affection and the cravings Carmilla has awakened, soon Lenore will uncover a darkness in her household that will place her at terrible risk . . .
Set against the violent wilderness of the Peaks and the uncontrolled appetite of the Industrial Revolution, HUNGERSTONE is a compulsive sapphic reworking of CARMILLA, the book that inspired DRACULA: a captivating story of appetite and desire.
Everyone is devouring HUNGERSTONE . . .
'Hungerstone grabbed me body and soul. From the first page, I was bewitched by its heady mix of danger and desire. Gothic, sensual, and captivating, I could not put it down' Anya Bergman, international bestselling author of The Witches of Vardo
'A fabulous Gothic feast of a novel. So gripping I genuinely struggled to put it down. Lenore is one of the most compelling and morally complex characters I have encountered in recent years' Elodie Harper
'A sumptuous delight, Hungerstone combines gothic thrills with a feminist exploration of what it means to become estranged from our desires, and what it might mean if we let ourselves be whole. I feasted on it' Jessica Moor
'Kat Dunn repaints the classic story of Carmilla in the boldest, bloodiest colours. Hungerstone is decadent, brilliant, triumphant and I devoured it' Sarah Underwood, author of Lies We Sing to the Sea
'Richly imagined and utterly compelling, this story's fierce heart beats like a drum, calling to every woman who has ever had to deny herself. A dark, gothic delight' Hester Musson
'Deliciously dark and atmospheric, Hungerstone throbs with the taste of the forbidden. I devoured this breathtakingly original novel' Emily Critchley
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Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
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About Kat Dunn
Kat Dunn grew up in London and has lived in Japan, Australia and France. She has a BA in Japanese from SOAS and an MA in English from Warwick. She's written about mental health for Mind and the Guardian, and worked as a translator for Japanese television. Her YA has been published by Head of Zeus and Andersen Press.
Reviews for Hungerstone
A rich and daring reimagining that brings the beating heart of Carmilla to life again. Hungerstone is a delicious tribute to the inherent horrors of womanhood and the desperate and exquisite vulgarity of desire. This is everything I dream of in a novel.
Ava Reid, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Lady Macbeth
With writing both evocative ... Read moreand enchanting, Hungerstone is a horrifyingly delectable novel. A celebration of female appetite and agency, Dunn's gothic reimagining of Carmilla is ravenous, righteous and utterly sublime
Bea Fitzgerald, Sunday Times bestselling author of GIRL, GODDESS, QUEEN Hungerstone is an intoxicating and vivid take on the gothic novel. Sensual and vicious, Lenore's devastating story of self discovery, betrayal and power feels like one for the ages
Hannah Kaner, Sunday Times bestselling author of GODKILLER Hungerstone is an extraordinary book: 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
Kat Dunn repaints the classic story of Carmilla in the boldest, bloodiest colours. Hungerstone is decadent, brilliant, triumphant and I devoured it.
Sarah Underwood, author of Lies We Sing to the Sea
A sumptuous delight, Hungerstone combines gothic thrills with a feminist exploration of what it means to become estranged from our desires, and what it might mean if we let ourselves be whole. I feasted on it.
Jessica Moor
Richly imagined and utterly compelling, this story's fierce heart beats like a drum, calling to every woman who has ever had to deny herself. A dark, gothic delight.
Hester Musson
Deliciously dark and atmospheric, Hungerstone throbs with the taste of the forbidden. This is a novel that asks what might happen when we reach for those places inside ourselves previously kept under lock and key. Dunn's Carmilla is as alive and alluring today as Le Fanu's was in 1872. I devoured this breathtakingly original novel.
Emily Critchley
A dream of a gothic. Combines all the best of Carmilla and would make Edgar Allan Poe jealous. Reading Kat Dunn is like finding treasure.
Sarah Rees Brennan, USA Today and Sunday Times #1 bestseller
Sensual, claustrophobic and hungry, Hungerstone is a deliciously smart novel of fury and want. Dunn reimagines the classic Carmilla story in the gloom and gore of the Industrial Revolution, as one woman considers the life she has, and the one this intoxicating woman offers her. Exhilarating right to the last page.
Lizzie Huxley-Jones
Deliciously dark and atmospheric, Hungerstone throbs with the taste of the forbidden. This is a novel that asks what might happen when we reach for those places inside ourselves previously kept under lock and key. Dunn's Carmilla is as alive and alluring today as Le Fanu's was in 1872. I devoured this breathtakingly original novel.
Emily Critchley
A dream of a gothic. Combines all the best of Carmilla and would make Edgar Allan Poe jealous. Reading Kat Dunn is like finding treasure.
Sarah Rees Brennan, USA Today and Sunday Times #1 bestseller
A devilishly delicious read that embraces female rage in all its blood-soaked glory. Hungerstone, like Carmilla herself, is both horrifying and enchanting. I couldn't put it down.
Frances White, Sunday Times bestselling author of Voyage of the Damned
The most seductive, darkly captivating novel about female oppression, freedom & desire. Wonderfully written with a brilliant sense of claustrophobia & growing rage.
Caroline Lea
Stunningly vivid and brimming with desire and female rage, Hungerstone is a sapphic reimagining of Carmilla that demands to be devoured in one sitting.
Ella Machray, author of REMEMBER, REMEMBER
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