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Violence
A lot
Murder and violence perpetrated by the protagonist
Language
Some
Period language; some strong terms
Sexual Content
Very heavy
Graphic explicit sexual content including incest — central to the story
Substance Use
Barely any
Period drinking
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Obsession, manipulation, and the psychological portrait of a woman who will sacrifice everything
What this book is about
Beatrice Lacey loves her family's estate more than anything — more than decency, more than family, more than life itself. Gregory's Gothic debut traces Beatrice's obsessive campaign to own and control Wideacre through manipulation, incest, and murder. Explicitly sexual and genuinely dark; an exercise in the female Gothic.
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Graphic sexual content including incest
Murder
Deeply dark protagonist
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