A Sharper, More Lasting Pain - A Brutal, More Monstrous Dance Book 1

A claustrophobically-tense sapphic fantasy dark academia novel

After their girlfriend’s best friend is wounded in a monster attack, Simone Allard stumbles across a plot much deeper than they anticipated. As they work to find a cure to their own forming illness and find out the truth, one question remains: how was Nadia involved in this?

Nadia DuPont doesn’t know how much time she has or even what is ailing her, but it all gets more complex after meeting Simone on a field trip. As they both work to find a cure to her ailment, all Nadia is certain of is she’s on the path to ruin.

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★★★★★
Enticing, mysterious, and harrowing, A SHARPER, MORE LASTING PAIN is a dark and intriguing exploration of sapphic desire and chronic illness that struck a chord with me.
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★★★★★
A Sharper, More Last Pain is a captivating exploration into the ways the institution of academia fails its students, and I could not put it down.
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