Lethal Kiss

Author: Taylor Grothe
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A blood-soaked love story of rage, revenge, and belonging, Taylor Grothe's adult debut is a sapphic horror/romance that's as grotesque as it is beautiful. DELUXE EDITION—a drop-dead stunning paperback featuring vivid sprayed edges! Something ravenous lurks below the marble floors of Preston University… Marcella might be a monster, but she’s careful. After getting hired at Preston University, she intends to lay low and keep her meals discreet. Trapped in the rat race of academia, all Lacie wants is to make tenure. This will be her year, and nothing is going to stand in her way. That is, until bodies start dropping. Marcella swears it isn’t her doing—as if she’d be that sloppy. Whatever’s killing their coworkers is older, and far less restrained. Lacie doesn’t know who to trust, but better the monster you know… The deeper they dig, the more they’re drawn to each other… and the more something else is drawn to them. After all, desire has teeth of its own.

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Pride Month TBR

Dahlia • Jun 26
To continue the Pride Month celebration all year long, I wanted to share some of the amazing queer books on my TBR! Some have already released, and others are available for preorder. 🫶

• Pitches from the publishers.

  • Mirrorwoven by Bori Cser - A lush YA fantasy debut novel full of masquerade ball scheming and sapphic love-triangle angst.
  • Lethal Kiss by Taylor Grothe - Jennifer's Body meets Ninth House in Taylor Grothe's adult sapphic horror/romance debut that's as grotesque and blood-soaked as it is beautiful.
  • Right Beside You by Tucker Shaw - In this fresh, speculative blend of queer romance and coming-of-age, Eddie meets Theo in present-day New York and Francis in a New York of the past... torn between eras and his heart, he must make a decision that will change his life forever.
  • I Can't Even Think Straight by Dean Atta - Big decisions and messy relationships. It's all part of life for Kai. A must-read queer coming of age story for fans of Sarah Crossan and Sex Education, written in verse.
  • All-Nighter by Cecilia Vinesse - Booksmart meets Today, Tonight, Tomorrow in this page-turning romp about two archnemeses—the valedictorian and the class slacker—who band together for a whirlwind night after discovering that they need each other to achieve their very different sunrise goals.
  • ...
  • Happy Pride Month!

Review: Lethal Kiss by Taylor Grothe

Naomi • Apr 25
If you like horror, romance, and sapphics, then boy do I have the book for you. LETHAL KISS by Taylor Grothe (out October 20, 2026) is a horrormance with sapphic characters. It's also a monster romance, which was my first! I'm not generally a romance kinda person, but when you mix it with some horror and mystery, apparently it's right up my alley! Let's get into it.
WHAT WORKED (for me!):

• Characters
  • Marcella is DIVINE omg, step on me please
  • Lacie is adorable but also relatable
• Setting
  • Dark academia? Hell yeah
• Pacing
  • It didn't feel like it moved too fast or too slow!
• Spice
  • Okay so generally smut in published books gives me the ick for some reason but this was soooooo good.

WHAT DIDN'T WORK (for me!):

• Honestly? The only thing that didn't really work for me was the way Marcella called Lacie "little lamb" all the time. That was it. (I'm not a big fan of cutesy nicknames like that; babe works just as well lol)

Thank you to Tor Nightfire for the e-ARC which I devoured in April on a business trip. This was just what I needed at that time and I loved every minute of it. I highly recommend for your spooky season lineup, and please consider ordering it from us!