' horror story with bite and heart, conjuring an engrossing novel that I devoured, unable to put it down. 'Reluctant Immortals is a kaleidoscopic, rot-fueled joy to read-the Stoker and Bronte sequels I never knew I needed.'- Dawn Kurtagich, author of The Dead House and Teeth in the Mist Kiste is a master of ripping up much loved tropes and classic cliches and making something really new out of them.' - S.J.

'There's something really magical about Kiste's prose that really pulls you in from the first sentence. (Kiste's) first book from a major publishing house brings her award-winning, feminism-fueled horror to more readers.' - Library Journal An ode to forgotten women everywhere, a tale where every detail satisfyingly matters as readers rush to the emotional conclusion. 'This fast-paced and fun adventure honors its beloved source material and manages to insert something unique into the conversation. 'This book will sink its teeth into you.' - Stephen Graham Jones, New York Times bestselling author of The Only Good Indians and My Heart Is a Chainsaw 'Fans of Gothic horror with a literary twist will be delighted.' - Booklist Rochester, and the two women who survived them, Bertha and Lucy, who are now undead immortals residing in Los Angeles in 1967 when Dracula and Rochester make a shocking return in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco.Ĭombining elements of historical and gothic fiction with a modern perspective, in a tale of love and betrayal and coercion, Reluctant Immortals is the lyrical and harrowing journey of two women from classic literature as they bravely claim their own destiny in a man's world.

Reluctant Immortals is a historical horror novel that looks at two men of classic literature, Dracula and Mr.

Rochester's attic-bound wife in Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre-as they band together to combat the toxic men bent on destroying their lives, set against the backdrop of the Summer of Love, Haight-Ashbury, 1967. From Titan Books The audiobook narrated by Carlotta Brentan available nowįrom Simon and Schuster Audio For fans of Mexican Gothic, from three-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author Gwendolyn Kiste comes a novel inspired by the untold stories of forgotten women in classic literature-from Lucy Westenra, a victim of Stoker's Dracula, and Bertha Mason, Mr.

Reluctant immortals by gwendolyn kiste