Historical Fiction
City of Serpents
2024·308 pages
Victorian heroine Edith seeks a dragon-venom antidote in London’s East End in this cozy gothic fantasy of faith and friendship.
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Victorian heroine Edith seeks a dragon-venom antidote in London’s East End in this cozy gothic fantasy of faith and friendship.
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Edith is ready for the mad scientist and the snake-infested laboratory, but is she ready to admit she needs a little help from her friends? Edith is convinced that Janushek's former employer, the mysterious Doctor Farley, holds the key to an antidote for dragon venom-her only hope to free the man she loves. Her ruse to obtain it leads her to London's shadowy East End and a plot as sensational as one of her own detective novels. As Edith goes deeper into a city far more serpentine than she ever d...
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What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Clean romance and attraction; love for Simon drives the quest
Violence & gore
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Non-graphic violence and peril; dragons and dangerous lab settings
Profanity
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No evidence found in available sources
Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Recurring faith themes woven with friendship and character growth
Magic & witchcraft
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Dragons and dragon venom are central to the fantasy premise
Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Light background nods to politics and Victorian social class
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Medical malpractice and abuse themes; not graphic or gory
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