The Deathless Girls
Paperback Published on: 02/04/2020
Price: £9.99
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A tale of sisterhood and strength in dark times
A dark, YA tale much in the vein of other modern fairy tale reimaginings. If you're a fan of Dracula style legends, girls fighting to choose their own fate... READ MORE
The Dark Sisters
Millwood Hargrave's debut YA novel can be counted amongst the recent surge in feminist re-appropriation of old texts which is bound to be popular with read... READ MORE
A Haunting Retelling
So my absolute favourite part of Dracula was the Vampires and the Transilvanian setting. So I was so excited when I heard of a book all about the origin st... READ MORE
Haunting tale of sisterhood & the brides of Dracula...
The Deathless Girls is a haunting tale of twin sisters Lil and Kizzy, who are cruelly taken on their divining day from their traveller community and enslav... READ MORE
A dark story of sisterly devotion
This book is a wonderful retelling of the Dracula myth, through the lens of the bond that forms between the women of the story. Our protagonist Lil and her... READ MORE
Perfect
Magical realism rooted in folklore, a story of sisterhood and survival, laced with queer romance.
In parts the book reads like a gothic Mad Max: Fury Road... READ MORE
Vampyres. Together.
Yet again we have a lush tale by the highly talented Kiran Millwood Hargrave and it is enchanting to say the least dripping in the blood of ancient stories... READ MORE
A beautiful retelling
I devoured this book in a day. I loved reading about Dracula's brides from their point of view. Just the right amount of love, suspense and magic. The endi... READ MORE
Delightfully Dark
A delightfully dark reimagining of the tale and origins of the Bride's of Dracula. After 17 blissful years living in their Traveller community, Kizzy and L... READ MORE
Atmospheric and lyrical
What an atmospheric delight this book was! It tells the story of Kizzy and Lil, twin sisters awaiting their divining day in their Traveller camp. When the ... READ MORE
Dark, fairytale-esque, with real bite
This is a really fun take on the Dracula story, and it reads like a good old fashioned fairytale. The characters are fresh and exciting, and the pace is ex... READ MORE
Synopsis
Longlisted for the The CILIP Carnegie Medal 2021
Shortlisted for the YA Book Prize 2020
Gothic, intoxicating, feminist, darkly provoking and deeply romantic - this is the breathtakingly imagined untold story of the brides of Dracula, by bestselling author Kiran Millwood Hargrave in her much-anticipated YA debut.
They say the thirst of blood is like a madness - they must sate it. Even with their own kin.
On the eve of her divining, the day she'll discover her fate, seventeen-year-old Lil and her twin sister Kizzy are captured and enslaved by the cruel Boyar Valcar, taken far away from their beloved traveller community.
Forced to work in the harsh and unwelcoming castle kitchens, Lil is comforted when she meets Mira, a fellow slave who she feels drawn to in a way she doesn't understand. But she also learns about the Dragon, a mysterious and terrifying figure of myth and legend who takes girls as gifts.
They may not have had their divining day, but the girls will still discover their fate...
Publisher information
- Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
- ISBN: 9781510105799
- Number of pages: 272
- Dimensions: 196 x 128 x 28 mm
- Interest age: From 12 years
- Weight: 280g
- Languages: English
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Dark and Rich
This novel is dark-chocolate. Rich with bitter undertones - It follows twin sisters, travellers, as their family is torn apart and they're forced into sla... READ MORE
Everything about this book draws you in and holds you captivated until the last page.
Simply stunning! Everything about this book draws you in and holds you captivated until the last page.
I’m what some people may call a vampire groupie, n... READ MORE
Seductive, spiritual and strong
As a huge fan of both classic gothic novels and Kiran Millwood Hargrave, this book was one where I was counting the days until its release. I knew that if ... READ MORE
Definately NOT disappointed!
You will always have high expectations when you open any book by Kiran.
This is her first teen /YA book and it certainly will not disappoint you!
Loved it!
Pale YA response to Dracula
Twins Kissaiya (Kizzy) and Lillai (Lil) are Travellers who, together with their mother, younger brother Kem, their bears Albu and Dorsi and a number of oth... READ MORE
A beautiful, fierce and tender book.
The Deathless Girls is an origin story for the brides of Dracula, who I'm mainly aware of from the Coppola film wafting around and looking rather sexy with... READ MORE
Eerie and dark, but the synopsis is misleading
Although The Deathless Girls is a YA fantasy, it doesn’t try to conceal how dark it is. The world is cruel, and especially so for travellers like Lil and K... READ MORE
Beautiful.
Truly breathtaking.
Boring
Where to begin? This started off compelling as Hargraves writing style was beyond perfection - it’s descriptions were so beautiful however there was no cha... READ MORE
a beautiful lgbtqia+ dracula-retelling
this book is beautiful, and i love having it my shelf! the most memorable part of this book was absolutely the ending, but i don’t want to give too much aw... READ MORE
Deathless
Having enjoyed the authors other books I was looking forward to reading this. It doesn't disappoint. Same style of writing that gives all the detail to d... READ MORE
A beautiful, fierce and tender book.
The Deathless Girls is an origin story for the brides of Dracula, who I'm mainly aware of from the Coppola film wafting around and looking rather sexy with... READ MORE
Not bad
On the very same day that they are due to learn their fate in life, twin sisters Lil and Kizzy are captured and enslaved by the boyar’s men, while their fa... READ MORE
One to devour
A wonderfully dark tale of the origin of two of Dracula’s brides and how, from their humble beginnings as nature-dwelling, folklore-believing twin Travelle... READ MORE
Dracula Prequel
First off this is basically the most awesome spinoff in existence. In good ol’ Bram’s Dracula, well, there are three female vampyres and it has been made i... READ MORE
Boring
One: I found it extremely hard to read, the writing style was weird.
Two: it was boring. After the first few chapters nothing exciting happened and then e... READ MORE
I see the blood moon rising
I would not call this a 'retelling' so much as an imagining of where two of Dracula's 'brides' came from and what could have made them choose to be undead ... READ MORE
Loved it! Until...
I loved this book from the very first page. I loved that the book was based in travellers and shows the true culture and doesn't demonise them. The book li... READ MORE
Evocative in places, but ultimately fairly boring
If you are looking for a vampire story this is not it. Hargrave's writing is evocative in places, but rarely inspired, and the story is fairly predictable.... READ MORE