Gothic Romance

[close] If, like us, you enjoy anything paranormal, then this place is for you. This is a bookclub dedicated to Paranormal (YA & Adult) Fantasy, dystopia, science-fiction with vampires, werewolves, ghosts... Anything out of this world is welcome around here! Each month we have a Book Of The Month club and Reading Challenges. We also have an informal Read-to-Review program and an ongoing We Found Free Ebooks post where you can find paranormal freebies. ABSOLUTELY NO SELF-PROMOTION IS ALLOWED That means authors, and also bloggers and marketers who try to lure people away to outside websites. First time you do it, you will be banned. No warnings. No exceptions.

[close] Discussing the darker aspects of 18th - 21st century literature. If you cannot find a topic you are interested in feel free to create a new thread for discussion. Despite the name we are very inclusive of a wide range of fiction; anything which comes under supernatural, mysterious, or dark in atmosphere is welcome as a book of the month. Rules: I’m sure it doesn’t need to be expressed but we have a zero tolerance for trolling or direct personal attacks in the group. That being said don’t be scared to discuss and dispute ideas. Lack of participation and/or prolonged inactivity on GR will likely result in your membership to the group being discontinued. If you’re still interested in the group don’t worry, you are free to rejoin again.

[close] A romance book club especially for young adults.

[close] Midnight Gothic Sancturary Gothic fiction is a genre of literature that combines elements of both horror and romance. As a genre, it is generally believed to have been invented by the English author Horace Walpole, with his 1764 novel The Castle of Otranto. The effect of Gothic fiction depends on a pleasing sort of terror, an extension of essentially Romantic literary pleasures that were relatively new at the time of Walpole's novel. Prominent features of Gothic fiction include terror (both psychological and physical), mystery, vampires, the supernatural, ghosts, haunted houses and Gothic architecture, castles, darkness, death, decay, doubles, madness, secrets and hereditary curses.