Gothic intoxicating feminist darkly provoking and deeply romantic - this is the
breathtakingly imagined untold story of the brides of Dracula by bestselling author Kiran
Millwood Hargrave in her much-anticipated YA debut. They say the thirst of blood is like a
madness - they must sate it. Even with their own kin. On the eve of her divining the day
she'll discover her fate seventeen-year-old Lil and her twin sister Kizzy are captured and
enslaved by the cruel Boyar Valcar taken far away from their beloved traveller community.
Forced to work in the harsh and unwelcoming castle kitchens Lil is comforted when she meets
Mira a fellow slave who she feels drawn to in a way she doesn't understand. But she also
learns about the Dragon a mysterious and terrifying figure of myth and legend who takes girls
as gifts. They may not have had their divining day but the girls will still discover their
fate...
