A dark, atmospheric tale of deadly secrets and forbidden love.Mortui vivos docent.The dead teach the living.After watching my mother succumb to a mysterious illness, I promised myself two things. I'd find the cure for what ravaged her. And leave the godforsaken city where she abandoned me.Four years later, I receive an acceptance letter from Dracadia University, one of the oldest, most prestigious schools in the country. Nestled on a secluded island off the coast of Maine, it's rumored to be haunted by the souls of the mental patients exiled there centuries before. Those whose bones are said to make up the island's white sandy shores.And restless ghosts aren't even its most daunting peculiarity.Devryck Bramwell, known on campus as Doctor Death, is a brilliant pathologist in charge of the midnight lab. He's also my devastatingly handsome professor, who seems to loathe tenacious first-years, like me. Except, his dark and enigmatic gaze tells me all the ways he'd devour me if given the chance, and his stolen kisses burn my lips with forbidden jealousy.I crave his authority.He aches for redemption.Together, we're toxic. Delicious fodder for the prying eyes hellbent on exhuming the rotted skeletons of our pasts.For the dead have much to teach, and it's only a matter of time before Dracadia's most depraved secret is resurrected.
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Nocticadia: A Dark Academia Gothic Romance
von Keri Lake
A dark, atmospheric tale of deadly secrets and forbidden love.Mortui vivos docent.The dead teach the living.After watching my mother succumb to a mysterious illness, I promised myself two things. I'd find the cure for what ravaged her. And leave the godforsaken city where she abandoned me.Four years later, I receive an acceptance letter from Dracadia University, one of the oldest, most prestigious schools in the country. Nestled on a secluded island off the coast of Maine, it's rumored to be haunted by the souls of the mental patients exiled there centuries before. Those whose bones are said to make up the island's white sandy shores.And restless ghosts aren't even its most daunting peculiarity.Devryck Bramwell, known on campus as Doctor Death, is a brilliant pathologist in charge of the midnight lab. He's also my devastatingly handsome professor, who seems to loathe tenacious first-years, like me. Except, his dark and enigmatic gaze tells me all the ways he'd devour me if given the chance, and his stolen kisses burn my lips with forbidden jealousy.I crave his authority.He aches for redemption.Together, we're toxic. Delicious fodder for the prying eyes hellbent on exhuming the rotted skeletons of our pasts.For the dead have much to teach, and it's only a matter of time before Dracadia's most depraved secret is resurrected.
Aktuelle Rezensionen(11)
Rezension von simply_yAddictive! I flew through the pages and drank every sentence in. The idea of this was unique, fresh and compelling, I loved how Lilia spiraled into the world of moral greyness, fully aware what she's doing and what awaits her. Following the inner darkness of Darvyk was absolutely fascinating as well. One tries to become more white, the other more black. I'd loved to have a sequel with another couple, since some interactions in this book came far too short and cramped into a few pages. But since the author said she won't be returning, that's that.
Rezension von EdnaVery entertaining story with the disease and the worms. I loved how the threads of the story came together. Therefore it was fast and easy to read and the scenery was always quite detail-oriented written. It was dark-atmospheric and it was giving the goth-acadamia vibes it intended. The chemistry between Lilia and 'Dr. Death' was well developed in my opinion. I loved the pull and tension. And their backstories were great too. The downside of this story is regretabbly some scenes where I cringed so hard that I almost quit the book... First the FL is almost always tripping or tumbling into something/someone when she sees him. Or something falls out of her hand. (classic) Second: the scene where her best friend told her how to make some more cash.... and she proceeds to do it. That was quite unnecessary. (Also what best friend would do such a thing ??? and recommending something like this) So overall a 3.5 out of 5 if you can ignore the cringe and continue to concentrate on the (darker-love) story.
Rezension von Nele NolteFav Dark Fantasy Roman!! Für diesen, zugegeben nicht knappen, Fantasy Roman brauchte ich (im Nachhinein: wieso auch immer!?) zwei Anläufe. Obwohl ich Anfangs skeptisch war gegenüber des Schüler-Lehrer/ Age-Gap Tropes, wurden meine Erwartungen übertroffen!! Die düstere Atmosphäre und die Storylines sowohl von Lilia Vespertines Herkunft, Devryck Bramwells krummen Machenschaften oder ihrer gemeinsamen, und vor allem geheimen, Liebesgeschichte waren einfach mehr als perfekt erzählt und zogen mich so sehr in ihren Bann, dass es für mich definitiv das Paradebeispiel eines Dark Fantasy Romans geworden ist!
Rezension von cherryNocticadia hatte einen eher langsamen Einstieg und ich hab kurz gebraucht, um reinzukommen. Viele Details, viele Infos, ein recht dickes Buch. Aber es hat sich gelohnt. Die Story ist speziell, spannend und teilweise richtig eklig mit diesen Würmern. 😂 Aber genau das macht das Buch so besonders und anders. Englisch ist nicht meine Muttersprache und ja, die Sprache war anspruchsvoller als bei vielen anderen Büchern (kein Kritik Punkt). Der Schreibstil, die Tension zwischen den beiden Hauptfiguren, ihre Verbindung und der Plot haben mich komplett abgeholt. Definitiv ein Buch, welches im Kopf bleibt.
Rezension von Sophiahabs einfach geliebt, mochte das setting sehr!