Blood on Her Tongue
A Novel
by Johanna van Veen
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Pub Date Mar 25 2025 | Archive Date Not set
Description
"Immersive and disturbing, Blood on Her Tongue etches itself into your mind and leaves behind a permanent mark."
— Marcus Kliewer author of We Used to Live Here
"I'm in your blood, and you are in mine…"
The Netherlands, 1887. Lucy's twin sister Sarah is unwell. She refuses to eat, mumbles nonsensically, and is increasingly obsessed with a centuries-old corpse recently discovered on her husband's grand estate. The doctor has diagnosed her with temporary insanity caused by a fever of the brain. To protect her twin from a terrible fate in a lunatic asylum, Lucy must unravel the mystery surrounding her sister's condition, but it's clear her twin is hiding something. Then again, Lucy is harboring secrets of her own, too.
Then, the worst happens. Sarah's behavior takes a turn for the strange. She becomes angry… and hungry.
Lucy soon comes to suspect that something is trying to possess her beloved sister. Or is it madness? As Sarah changes before her very eyes, Lucy must reckon with the dark, monstrous truth, or risk losing her forever.
“Chilling in its intimacy, this tale of monsters and monstrous love is a gorgeous gothic treat. I drank up every delicious word.”
— Jennifer Thorne, USA Today bestselling author of Diavola
Available Editions
EDITION | Paperback |
ISBN | 9781728281575 |
PRICE | $17.99 (USD) |
PAGES | 352 |
Available on NetGalley
Featured Reviews
Johanna van Veen, you are a creepy weird genius and I love you! After reading My Darling Dreadful thing I knew I had to read this one. I wasn't sure how it was going to live up to her first novel, but wow, so fantastic!! Taking place in the 1870's making it even more gothic and creepy and dreadful. I loved it so much. Thank you for the opportunity to find another new favorite author!
A truly ingenuitive take on vampires with a dash of female rage. Gothic, dreary, grotesque and macabre — everything I look for in a solid vampire novel was so wonderfully present. There are scenes in this novel that still live rent free in my head ( 👁️ + 🖋️ ) if you know… you know. This novel begs the question: what is a person without their thoughts, experiences, and history? Could you love someone still if they became monstrous? Morality is turned into murky waters, and what’s right and what’s wrong begin to look so similar you cannot tell the difference. I would definitely recommend to anyone who is in love the with the dark and macabre 🖤 thanks to NetGalley for ARC access!
This gothic horror tale was nothing short of a haunting journey, immersing the reader in a world steeped in shadow and foreboding. The author’s prose pulls you into a setting so vivid and chilling that you can almost feel the cold seep into your bones, leaving you simultaneously entranced and uneasy. Every page hums with an eerie tension, and the dark atmosphere twists around you, making you dread yet crave each wicked event lurking around the corner.
At the heart of this tale lie twin sisters, bound by secrets that gradually entangle them in an inescapable darkness—one that doesn’t merely haunt them but reaches out to ensnare those around them as well. The plot twists are shocking, strange, and yet utterly fitting for a tale as unsettling as this one. After all, what is gothic horror without its peculiarities?
The author’s skill in immersing you within the sisters’ worlds is nothing short of masterful. As their lives unravel in a fog of secrets and lies, you find yourself questioning what is real and what is the product of creeping madness. The lines blur so convincingly that, like the twins themselves, you’re left teetering on the edge, unable to fully discern reality from delusion. It’s a dizzying descent that makes this tale all the more terrifying—and unforgettable.
Thank you Netgalley for this advanced digital copy in exchange for my honest review.
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