Tigest Girma
Immortal Dark
Immortal Dark
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Darci's Review
Within this dark young-adult vampire fantasy is a unique story brimming with African-inspired myths and culture, and intricate world-building. The Immortal Dark is a stunning new fantasy which presents a creative history of vampires and the societies that control them.
Girma begins the tale from Kidan Adane’s point-of-view. After Kidan’s sister is kidnapped and all evidence points to a vampire culprit, Kidan follows the trail to Uxlay University – a secret society which supports dranaic (vampire) and acti (human) relationships. Unfortunately for her, the Adane family is highly regarded in this society, and as such, the dean tells her she needs to assume her family’s legacy if she wants to stay at Uxlay. For the sake of her sister, Kidan must withhold her violent hatred for vampires, but as further mysteries start to unravel, she begins to realise how daunting the task will be. While fighting against Susenyos, the Adane family’s legacy vampire and her most likely suspect, the truth behind Uxlay’s political landscape unfolds. Forging an unlikely alliance with Susenyos, Kidan must make sense of the true mystery surrounding the Legacy Families of Uxlay, while fighting the unrelenting tension growing between herself and the vampire she hates the most.
Throughout The Immortal Dark, I was enraptured by the detail woven through the plot and world-building. The cutthroat political landscape pushes the story further, with corruption and death lurking around every corner of Uxlay campus. As tension builds, the psyche of each character grips you, forming an understanding of why and how these characters came to navigate the dangerous family politics that plague each Legacy family, as well as the fragile boundaries of every campus interaction. With the addition of a true enemies-to-lovers arc, The Immortal Dark lives up to its reputation as a captivating read full of passionate hatred and longing in the young adult, dark academia sub-genre. This is my favorite young adult fantasy of the year.
Publisher's Review
A lost heiress must infiltrate an arcane society and live with the vampire she suspects killed her family and kidnapped her sister in this dangerously romantic dark academia debut.
Orphan Kidan Adane is the heiress to a fallen House of humans bound to vampiric creatures known as draniacs. As a human, it is her responsibility to study and nurture the relationships between draniacs and humans at Uxlay University. But when her sister is kidnapped and Kidan suspects that her own house draniac, the enigmatic Susenyos, is to blame, she heads down a violent path towards vengeance, willing to hurt anyone who stands in her way.
Praise for Immortal Dark:
'A darkly compelling story that sinks its teeth in you and doesn't let go. With a layered plot that keeps you guessing and morally grey characters you can't help but root for, Immortal Dark is an enthralling, masterful debut. I'm obsessed with this cut-throat world.' - Pascale Lacelle, New York Times-bestselling author of Curious Tide
'Immortal Dark is everything it promises to be - a completely original, deliciously dark take on vampires that pulls none of its punches. I had my heart in my mouth from the first page to the very last.' - Sarah Underwood, New York Times-bestselling author of Lies We Sing to the Sea
'Immortal Dark is a decadent dark academia fantasy that's as entrancing as it is haunting. With enthralling characters, a thrilling plot, and a delicious mystery, Tigest Girma serves up vampires like never before seen.' - Nia Davenport, award-winning Author of The Blood Gift Duology
'Girma's Immortal Dark rackles with razor-sharp tension as it draws you into the alluring and esoteric world of Black vampires and the morally ambiguous humans who are bound to them. Weaving magic and myth together in a story that's part fantasy, part dark-academia, Girma deftly explores questions of morality with nuanced writing, an immersive plot, and a beautifully flawed heroine who embraces her own vulnerability and darkness in her journey towards truth and vengeance. A breathless, breathtaking debut that tempts as much as it haunts.' - Deborah Falaye, award-winning author of Blood Scion
'Intoxicating, compelling, and violently romantic, Immortal Dark demands to be made an obsession. With lush and impactful prose, Girma spins a tale of love and fury that aches in all the right places. This is, quite simply, the enemies-to-lovers story you've been waiting for.' - M.K. Lobb, author of Seven Faceless Saints
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