Nocticadia

A TikTok-sensation gothic dark academia romance from Keri Lake. After watching her mother die from a mysterious illness no one believes was real, Lilia Vespertine earns a scholarship to Dracadia University, an ancient, secluded institution on a haunted island off the coast of Maine, rumoured to be built on the bones of exiled mental patients. There she's drawn into a forbidden, professor-student entanglement with the enigmatic Devryck Bramwell, even as she uncovers the horrifying secret behind her mother's death. Atmospheric and slow-burn, this is a dark academia read for fans of morally grey love interests and secret-society intrigue.