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The Society for Soulless Girls

By: Laura Steven
Narrated by: Beth Easdown, Farrah Cave
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’TWISTY, SEXY, SMART ’ – Kiran Millwood-Hargrave

‘A MODERN GOTHIC GEM’ – Samantha Shannon

‘OH SO ROMANTIC’ – Alexandra Christo

‘AS SEDUCTIVE AS IT IS SINISTER’ – Kate Dunn

‘THE SAPPHIC DARK ACADEMIA OF DREAMS – Francesca May

A dark academia thriller romance with a supernatural twist. From the winner of the Comedy Women in Print Prize

Ten years ago, four students lost their lives in the infamous North Tower murders at the elite Carvell College of Arts, forcing Carvell to close its doors.

Now Carvell is reopening, and fearless student Lottie is determined to find out what really happened. But when her roommate, Alice, stumbles upon a sinister soul-splitting ritual hidden in Carvell’s haunted library, the North Tower claims another victim.

Can Lottie uncover the truth before the North Tower strikes again? Can Alice reverse the ritual before her monstrous alter ego consumes her? And can they stop flirting for literally fifteen seconds in order to do this?

Exploring possession and ambition, lust and bloodlust, femininity and violence, The Society of Soulless Girls is perfect for fans of Ace of Spaces, The Secret History and The Inheritance Games.

©2022 Laura Steven (P)2022 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Science Fiction & Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Funny Student

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Critic reviews

’A twisty, sexy, smart haunting of a book, full of eloquent rage’ – Kiran Millwood-Hargrave

‘An intimate exploration of women’s anger, bladed with mystery and sapphic desire. Laura Steven has cut a modern Gothic gem, leaving room for glints of her trademark humour’ – Samantha Shannon

‘A fast-paced feminist horror, that manages to be oh-so-romantic and oh-so-haunting all at once’ – Alexandra Christo, bestselling author of TO KILL A KINGDOM

‘As seductive as it is sinister’ – Kate Dunn

‘Dark, clever and filled to the brim with feminist rage, Steven has crafted the sapphic dark academia of dreams – and of nightmares’ – Francesca May
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I loved this story you realy felt like you were walking to the refectory with them or to the library. I absolutely will be re reading and listening to this for the rest of me life!!

Oh my days!!!

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I enjoyed the story quite a lot. It made for compulsive listening. I had to know what happened next. Interesting characters and creepy setting, spooky happenings.

The audio was great - except for some wild pronunciation choices. Some were baffling, since two were homographs, but the wrong pronunciation was chosen each time. A bit jarring.

Fascinating story

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This was such a good listen! The voice acting was perfect and did such a great job! It was creepy and mysterious, with the perfect pinch slow burn romance!

Just what I was looking for!

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Such a good story! Thrilling read and great details. Could picture every scene. Would highly recommend this book

Really great book!

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My first audiobook of the year!! It was a great choice really enjoyed this one and thought the narrator’s were excellent.

4.5 Stars!

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it was good I enjoyed it. I struggled at first to not dnf but I kept going and glad I did it was good.

was good

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A standard cosy read, although the plot is distractingly thin in some places unfortunately. Also I think the voice actor for Alice is actually from Teesside, so I cannot understand why I find her northern accent so unconvincing.

Autumnal cheese

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This one was fascinating. I'm trying to read more outside my comfort zone, I feel it's a good way for an autistic semi-hermit to understand a wider range of people. I am not and, barring an exceeding surprising turn of events, am not ever likely to be, a teenaged lesbian. But my way into YA lesbian romance was via an intriguing school based dark mystery, which is right up my alley.

Had this not come out before Wednesday, I'd have taken that as the basis.

So the positive first. As a story & a mystery this was really enjoyable, with surprisingly relatable characters & a level of emotional involvement from me that I wasn't expecting. It's well told, engaging & I'd recommend it.

However, & I'm not sure how much of this is dodgy writing & how much is genre-specific so I may be wrong to criticise here, the prose was... not great in places. The use of almost florid descriptive language was fine but felt jarring & weird coming from a first person character. It would've been fine as a third person narrator but that's not how people think.

Also the insistence on over-detail, especially with regard to clothing made me want to confiscate the author's pen & sit them in an empty beige room for a month or six. Stop it!! "I pulled on my jeans" is fine, "I pulled on my dark flared jeans with the emerald stitching & gold alien print wings that I got from my brother's aunt's dog when they visited from Atlantic" is not!!

My other gripe was with the narration itself. The actresses were great & really suited the parts but they're professionals doing a professional recording, GIVE THEM GUIDANCE WITH HOW TO SAY WORDS. Seriously, the number of mispronounced words was such that by the end of the book I thought it was deliberate to troll the listener!!!

As others have, I nearly quit in the first hour, it was only the fact that I couldn't get a refund that made me stick with it. Persevere, it's worth it.

Stick with it

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This was a great story but who checked the pronunciation on the narrators? One kept saying wound as in wound up a clock instead of wound as in had a wound caused by…. And so many other words were messed up. And it can’t be blamed on accent. It was BOTH narrators.

Who checked the pronunciation?

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Laura Steven's "The Society of the Soulless Girls" is a refreshing take on the coming-of-age story. At its core, the novel is a celebration of female friendship, exploring the complexities of growing up and discovering one's identity. The protagonist, Lottie, is a fascinating character whose journey of self-discovery is both relatable and inspiring. Her relationships with her friends, particularly the enigmatic and rebellious Alice, are at the heart of the story. Steven's writing is both lyrical and thought-provoking, capturing the nuances of teenage emotions and experiences with authenticity.

fantastic book, especially for young girls

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