Nocticadia

Nocticadia

by Keri Lake

4.4 (48,035)

4.4 stars from 48,035 reviews. One of the highest rated Thriller books we track.

796 pages~13.3 hr readPublished by BOHJTEPublished 2025-10-31

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  • You love dark academia with genuine menace, where the setting feels like a character that wants to kill you.
  • You're drawn to morally grey professors and the students who can't resist them, especially when the tension crackles with danger.
  • You want atmospheric, slow-burn Gothic romance that doesn't shy away from the twisted and the macabre.

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  • You prefer your romance straightforward and your heroes genuinely heroic rather than complex and corrupted.
  • You're looking for cosy mysteries or light paranormal reads; this book leans hard into dread and moral ambiguity.
  • You need your endings to feel safe and tidy; Nocticadia traffics in secrets that don't resolve neatly.

About this book

After her mother dies from a mysterious illness, the protagonist vows to find a cure and escape the city where she was abandoned. Four years later, she receives an acceptance to Dracadia University, one of the country's oldest and most prestigious institutions, located on a secluded island off the Maine coast. The island is rumored to be haunted by the souls of mental patients exiled there centuries ago, whose bones are said to form the island's white sandy shores. Among its peculiarities is Devryck Bramwell, a brilliant pathologist who runs the midnight lab and serves as a professor. Known on campus as Doctor Death, he is the protagonist's devastatingly handsome instructor who appears to resent eager first-year students—yet his dark gaze and stolen kisses suggest otherwise, igniting a forbidden attraction. As their relationship intensifies, both seek something from the other: she craves his authority; he seeks redemption. Together they become a target for those determined to uncover the secrets of their pasts. The dead have lessons to teach, and Dracadia's most depraved secret may soon be revealed.

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