Hungerstone

A fierce, powerful sapphic reworking of CARMILLA, the book that inspired DRACULA

Kat Dunn author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Bonnier Books Ltd

Publishing:13th Feb '25

£16.99

This title is due to be published on 13th February, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

Hungerstone cover

The fiercest, most powerful adult debut of 2025 - a brilliant sapphic vampire novel: a story of ambition, female oppression and unstoppable hunger . . .

THE FIERCEST, MOST POWERFUL RETELLING OF 2025: A STORY OF AMBITION, FEMALE OPPRESSION AND UNSTOPPABLE HUNGER .

THE FIERCEST, MOST POWERFUL RETELLING OF 2025: A STORY OF AMBITION, FEMALE OPPRESSION AND UNSTOPPABLE HUNGER . . .

'Rich and daring.
This is everything I dream of in a novel' Ava Reid
'Ravenous, righteous and utterly sublime' Bea Fitzgerald
'Intoxicating and vivid . . . Sensual and vicious' Hannah Kaner

'An extraordinary book' Jennifer Saint

FOR WHAT DO YOU HUNGER . . . ?

Lenore is the wife of steel magnate Henry, but ten years into their marriage the relationship has soured, and no child has arrived to fill the distance growing between them. Henry's ambitions take them from London to the Peak District, to the remote, imposing Nethershaw estate, where he plans to host a hunting party. Lenore must work to restore the crumbling house and ready it for Henry's guests - their future depends on it.

But as the couple travel through the bleak countryside, a shocking carriage accident brings the mysterious Carmilla into Lenore's life. Carmilla, who is weak and pale during the day but vibrant at night, Carmilla who stirs up something deep within Lenore. And before long, girls from the local villages fall sick, consumed by a terrible hunger . . .

As the day of the hunt draws closer, Lenore begins to unravel, questioning the role she has been playing all these years. Torn between regaining her husband's affection and the cravings Carmilla has awakened, soon Lenore will uncover a darkness in her household that will place her at terrible risk . . .

Set against the violent wilderness of the Peaks and the uncontrolled appetite of the Industrial Revolution, HUNGERSTONE is a compulsive sapphic reworking of CARMILLA, the book that inspired DRACULA: a captivating story of appetite and desire.

Everyone is devouring HUNGERSTONE . . .

'Hungerstone grabbed me body and soul. From the first page, I was bewitched by its heady mix of danger and desire. Gothic, sensual, and captivating, I could not put it down' Anya Bergman, international bestselling author of The Witches of Vardo

'A fabulous Gothic feast of a novel. S
o gripping I genuinely struggled to put it...

A rich and daring reimagining that brings the beating heart of Carmilla to life again. Hungerstone is a delicious tribute to the inherent horrors of womanhood and the desperate and exquisite vulgarity of desire. This is everything I dream of in a novel. * Ava Reid, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Lady Macbeth *
With writing both evocative and enchanting,Hungerstone is a horrifyingly delectable novel. A celebration of female appetite and agency, Dunn's gothic reimagining of Carmilla is ravenous, righteous and utterly sublime -- Bea Fitzgerald, Sunday Times bestselling author of GIRL, GODDESS, QUEEN
Hungerstone is an intoxicating and vivid take on the gothic novel. Sensual and vicious, Lenore's devastating story of self discovery, betrayal and power feels like one for the ages -- Hannah Kaner, Sunday Times bestselling author of GODKILLER
Hungerstone is an extraordinary book: a dark, sensuous, gothic story of female appetite, ravenous desire and insatiable rage.A blood-drenched, glittering jewel of a novel that I absolutely devoured. * Jennifer Saint *
HUNGERSTONE grabbed me body and soul. From the first page, I was bewitched by its heady mix of danger and desire. HUNGERSTONE brims with passion, longing and authenticity evoking the feminist struggle for agency within patriarchal Victorian constructs. Gothic, sensual, and captivating, I could not put it down. * Anya Bergman, international bestselling author of The Witches of Vardo *
A fabulous Gothic feast of a novel which is so gripping I genuinely struggled to put it down. This book has everything - a compulsive plot, fascinating characters, and a world so dark and atmospheric it makes the real one look drab. It is billed as a sapphic vampire novel but is so much richer and stranger than this. Lenore is one of the most compelling and morally complex characters I have encountered in recent years, and the evil Kat Dunn describes in the human world was brilliantly portrayed, acting as a dizzying foil to the darkness of the Vampire realm. It is a book which will upend your expectations of the genre and leave you wanting more. I was so sad to reach the last page! * Elodie Harper, bestselling author of THE WOLF DEN *
A sumptuous delight, Hungerstone combines gothic thrills with a feminist exploration of what it means to become estranged from our desires, and what it might mean if we let ourselves be whole. I feasted on it. * Jessica Moor *
Kat Dunn repaints the classic story of Carmilla in the boldest, bloodiest colours. Hungerstone is decadent, brilliant, triumphant and I devoured it. * Sarah Underwood, author of Lies We Sing to the Sea *
Richly imagined and utterly compelling, this story's fierce heart beats like a drum, calling to every woman who has ever had to deny herself. A dark, gothic delight. * Hester Musson *
Deliciously dark and atmospheric, Hungerstone throbs with the taste of the forbidden. This is a novel that asks what might happen when we reach for those places inside ourselves previously kept under lock and key. Dunn's Carmilla is as alive and alluring today as Le Fanu's was in 1872. I devoured this breathtakingly original novel. * Emily Critchley *
A dream of a gothic. Combines all the best of Carmilla and would make Edgar Allan Poe jealous. Reading Kat Dunn is like finding treasure. * Sarah Rees Brennan, USA Today and Sunday Times #1 bestseller *

ISBN: 9781786583918

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

400 pages