Where to find it: Amazon, your local bookstore, your local library
What is it, in summary?: Iris has spent most of her teenage years trying to avoid the weirdness that sticks to her like tar. But when her eldest sister, Grey, goes missing under suspicious circumstances, Iris learns just how weird her life can get: horned men start shadowing her, a corpse falls out of her sister’s ceiling, and ugly, impossible memories start to twist their way to the forefront of her mind. The closer Iris gets to the truth, the closer she comes to understanding that the answer is dark and dangerous – and that Grey has been keeping a terrible secret from her for years.
What do you love about it?: There is an overall spooky, creepy atmosphere to this entire book while also very much encompassing the 'coming of age' aspects of young adult fiction.
What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: Worldbuilding! Creepy sisters! Canon queer characters! Most likely I'll be leaning heavily into the worldbuilding aspect, but the character's themselves are also great.
Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfil your requests, or that showcase particular characters and relationships?: Not really. It's not a long read, so I'd say read it all. The last ~third of the novel will likely be the focus of my requests, though.
Content warnings (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence): As far as YA goes, this is pretty far in the spectrum of darkfic. I'm happy to give more content warnings to anyone who has specific squicks/triggers.
House Of Hollow - Krystal Sutherland (book)
Media: Book
Approx length: 300 pages
Where to find it: Amazon, your local bookstore, your local library
What is it, in summary?: Iris has spent most of her teenage years trying to avoid the weirdness that sticks to her like tar. But when her eldest sister, Grey, goes missing under suspicious circumstances, Iris learns just how weird her life can get: horned men start shadowing her, a corpse falls out of her sister’s ceiling, and ugly, impossible memories start to twist their way to the forefront of her mind. The closer Iris gets to the truth, the closer she comes to understanding that the answer is dark and dangerous – and that Grey has been keeping a terrible secret from her for years.
What do you love about it?: There is an overall spooky, creepy atmosphere to this entire book while also very much encompassing the 'coming of age' aspects of young adult fiction.
What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: Worldbuilding! Creepy sisters! Canon queer characters! Most likely I'll be leaning heavily into the worldbuilding aspect, but the character's themselves are also great.
Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfil your requests, or that showcase particular characters and relationships?: Not really. It's not a long read, so I'd say read it all. The last ~third of the novel will likely be the focus of my requests, though.
Content warnings (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence): As far as YA goes, this is pretty far in the spectrum of darkfic. I'm happy to give more content warnings to anyone who has specific squicks/triggers.