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- Content warnings: Sexual assault (referenced), Body horror, Suicidal ideation, Abuse, Ableism, Homophobia/transphobia, Violence, Pregnancy / childbirth, Racism/bigotry, Classism, Incest, Grief, Sexual content
Providence Girls
by Morgan Dante
A Lovecraftian retelling that reclaims the horror of transformation as something tender - two traumatized women finding love through letters while one of them slowly becomes something inhuman. The epistolary format makes every confession feel raw and earned.
goodreads 3.88/5 742 ratings
storykind_community 5/5 1 rating
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Length250 pages
Story statusStandalone
Spice4/5 · Emotional / loving
PacingSlow
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Hurt/comfort
- F/F
- Slow burn
- High
- Emotional / loving
- Beautiful grief
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- Protector
- Only one who understands them
- Intense / passionate
- Cathartic release
- Reluctant hero
- Fantasy / supernatural intimacy
- Earned hope
- Found family
- Desperate / urgent
- Expanded empathy
- Forbidden love
- Healing / comfort intimacy
- The angst delivered
- She falls first
- Touch starvation
- Body worship
- Tension
- Anticipation
- Longing glances
- Monster romance elements
- Bonding/claiming/marking
Fantasy promise
- Gothic romance
- Monster romance
- Coastal / island / beach
- Historical
- Monsters
- Small town / village
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- Gothic
- Mermaids/sirens
- Cottage / cabin / homestead
- Mythological
- Caretaking romance
- Rescue romance
- Healing romance
- Immortal/mortal romance
- Hidden identity
- Fairytale retelling
Reading experience
- Epistolary / mixed media
- Slow
- Lyrical
- Heavy
- Survivor
- Sapphic
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- Eerie
- Lush
- Outcast/loner
- Disabled love interest (LI)
- Melancholic
- Atmospheric
- Runaway / on the run
- Mental health rep
- Romantic
- Bittersweet
- Contemplative
- Poetic
- Introspective
- Dark
- Emotional
- Yearning
- Somber
- Haunting
- 1930s New England seaside
- Lovecraftian cosmic horror
- Epistolary intimacy
- Eldritch transformation
- Queer reclamation of monstrosity
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Book details
- Length
- 250 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
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