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Nocticadia

Keri Lake

Start date: November 1, 2024

Finish date: November 30, 2024

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Jan 11, 2025 Jeanette rated it really liked it

Rating: 4.5 ⭐️

This book was intense. It gave me a definite gothic, dark, and eerie feel when it came to the setting. Lilia was such an interesting protagonist and kept me reeling for more as I read.

But oh Devryck is a whole other type of animal.

“He was moody like rainy days and bitter coffee. Sensual whispers in dark corners and the slow burn of fine whiskey. A torment I both hated and welcomed at the same time.”

That quote alone described the type of MMC he is. The grey moral man that he is ...more

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Dec 01, 2024 Kahea rated it it was amazing

Shelves: dark-romance, morally-grey-mmc, book-boyfriend, dark-academia, favorites, romantic-fantasy-horror, alpha-mmc, best-spice, favorites-of-2024

Feels weird to say that I was super “pleasantly” surprised by this book given that it’s NOT pleasant, but I was. I’m in a bit of a romantasy-heavy phase right now, so didn’t think I would love Nocticadia as much as I did, but it fast became one of my favorite 2024 reads!

First, is this considered fantasy? Is it? It leans pretty dark-academia-gothic-horror vibes to me? Whatever, just don’t go in wanting magic and dragons, or not expecting science and gore. But also, definitely go in because uuuuuu ...more

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Apr 10, 2025 LydiaGrace rated it liked it

This was entertaining, but not amazing. The first two chapters felt like horror with maybe a slice of dark gothic historical fiction. Then it veered dark romance for quite a bit. Then the last 30% was more like a generic thriller? I didn’t love the wrap up or the villains. The MCs drew you in. Quite a bit of heat; medium kink. I liked the dark and macabre ambience but feel like if you are looking for gothic and macabre, there are better stories out there.

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