The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankentstein by Kiersten White
Elizabeth Lavenza hasn’t had a proper meal in weeks. Her thin arms are covered with bruises from her “caregiver,” and she is on the verge of being thrown into the streets . . . until she is brought to the home of Victor Frankenstein, an unsmiling, solitary boy who has everything–except a friend.
Victor is her escape from misery. Elizabeth does everything she can to make herself indispensable–and it works. She is taken in by the Frankenstein family and rewarded with a warm bed, delicious food, and dresses of the finest silk. Soon she and Victor are inseparable.
But her new life comes at a price. As the years pass, Elizabeth’s survival depends on managing Victor’s dangerous temper and entertaining his every whim, no matter how depraved. Behind her blue eyes and sweet smile lies the calculating heart of a girl determined to stay alive no matter the cost . . . as the world she knows is consumed by darkness.
Trigger & Content Warnings:
- Ableism & ableist language
- Classism
- Misogyny
- Slut shaming
- Graphic physical, verbal & emotional abuse
- Parental abandonment
- Intimate partner abuse & violence
- Nightmares
- Self-sacrifice (on-page) & suicidal ideation mentioned
- Alcohol consumption
- Nonconsensual drugging
- Graphic blood & gore depiction
- Graphic dead bodies & body parts
- Graphic physical injuries & wound descriptions
- Graphic medical procedures & experiments
- Emesis
- Forced hospitalisation
- Body horror
- Grief & loss depiction
- Death of a mother recounted
- Death of an uncle (off-page)
- Death of a friend
- Death of a child
- Death of a brother
- Murder & attempted murder
- Gun violence
- Graphic strangulation
- Hanging (off-page)
- Fire (multiple scenes)
- Kidnapping & captivity
- Building collapse
- Stalking
- Graphic animal abuse (on-page) & animal death
