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The Gilda Stories

Jewelle Gomez (1991)

SubgenreParanormal Fantasy
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingR
Pages252 (Standard (250-400))
SettingSecondary World
CSM age18+
Goodreads3.93/5 (4811)
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Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentSteamy
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

BloodViolenceDeathRacismSlavery

Positive tags

Self-DiscoveryFound FamilySurvivalHopeful Ending

Hero archetypes

Outcast / Loner

Heroine archetypes

Vampire Heroine

Protagonist archetypes

Time-Displaced

Tropes

VampiresComing of AgeFound FamilyFish out of WaterNon-Western SettingUrban Fantasy

Themes

IdentitySurvivalCommunityMarginalizationBlack ExperienceQueer IdentityImmortalityFamily

Synopsis

Before Buffy, before Twilight, before Octavia Butler's Fledgling, there was The Gilda Stories, Jewelle Gomez's sexy vampire novel.

Tags

Literary FictionQueer LiteratureAfrican American FictionFeminist Fantasy