Okay! So give me all your gothic recommendations.
The vibes I’m specially after though are like… corrupted religious iconography? I don’t know how to explain but I see it in my mind and know the vibe.
So you know the band Ghost? Like their album artwork but in a book.
I read The Empire of the Vampire and LOVED the world building and the like, tortured vampire saints and the iconography of their religion. Hated the story. DNFed it at about 70%. I wanted to love it because the vibes were so good but nope.
Read Dracula by Bram Stoker and it was such a vibe.
I’m not specifically after vampire books, but it seems that iconography and darkness usually means vampires, which I’m okay with but I’d be interested to see what else is there.
I also don’t have to have it be a Romantasy, open to other genres like fantasy, sci fi, horror. Not too keen on mysteries or general fiction. Needs to have some kind of magic system.
Thank you all!
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