The Oblivion Bride, Caitlin Starling
The Oblivion Bride, Caitlin Starling
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The Oblivion Bride
A Novella

Author: Caitlin Starling

Narrator: Mollie Stark, Xe Sands

Unabridged: 4 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/20/2025

Synopsis

A deathly magic. An arranged marriage. A curse in the blood.

In the glittering city state of Volun, Lorelei Steddart never thought she'd be anything but an office drone—until her family all die under mysterious and likely magical circumstances, leaving her to inherit everything. To figure out what's happened, her uncle marries her off to the city state's top War Alchemist, Nephele Corisande, an intimidating older woman who might just be able to save her.

But what starts as a marriage of pure convenience becomes something deeper. Soon Lorelei and Nephele must untangle a terrible magic that has metastasized into something new and unstable, born in Lorelei's blood.

About Caitlin Starling

Caitlin Starling is a writer and spreadsheet-wrangler who lives near Portland, Oregon. Equipped with an anthropology degree and an unhealthy interest in the dark and macabre, she writes horror-tinged speculative fiction of all flavors. She is the author of The Luminous Dead, a 2019 nominee for the Bram Stoker Award for best first novel.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jen on January 25, 2025

Sci-fi/Fantasy mystery with a sapphic romance. Loved it!......more

Goodreads review by ri on January 24, 2025

this was such a good and well written story. it was short enough that i devoured it in one day, but long enough that i didn't feel like it suffered from what ive come to call "novella syndrome", where a story feels underdeveloped/rushed because of its short length. i loved the setting - it felt like......more

Goodreads review by Sandra on March 30, 2025

The ending probably would have hit more if I had any idea what the hell was going on. But I thought the worldbuilding was really interesting.......more

Goodreads review by Nathaniel on June 15, 2025

I have a lot of thoughts on this book. Currently sitting in an airplane. Excuse my rambling (watch this review be super short) I think fans of The River Has Roots will love this book. I’m a HUGE fan of Roots. These have similar…magic vibes. That said, Roots is more fairytale and this is more dystopi......more

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