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Quiver

Quiver: A Novel - Holly Luhning

Me: Ah, a loving tribute to female horror tropes.

Me: You know, this is very like the early female "vampire" stories.

 

*headtilt* Yuuuup, female vampire tropes with a historical serial killer cult. It was creepy, and atmospheric, and... 

 

Ran more on Rule of Drama then Rule of Logic. Stylistically, genre-wise, I was deeply reminded of The Moth Diaries, but it was based on... gah, I couldn't quite bring myself to sympathize with Danica, Our Heroine. Danica has pretty much no backbone, Maria, Our Villain, is a murderous Troll without the internet as much of a filter, luring Our Heroine with ideas and snippets of a diary of Bathory's murderous exploits that might or might not be real.

 

It was stylistically very creepy, but the logic and motivations made so little sense... also, one sympathetic character, that's all I ask.