Blood on Her TongueJohanna van Veen

Blood on Her Tongue

Johanna van Veen

First published 2025

7.67.6 / 10
Score out of 1048 ratingsEarly score · confidence 21%

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About the book

The Netherlands, 1887. Lucy's twin sister Sarah is unwell. She refuses to eat, mumbles nonsensically, and is increasingly obsessed with a centuries-old corpse recently discovered on her husband's grand estate. The doctor has diagnosed her with temporary insanity caused by a fever of the brain. To protect her twin from a terrible fate in a lunatic asylum, Lucy must unravel the mystery surrounding her sister's condition, but it's clear her twin is hiding something. Then again, Lucy is harboring secrets of her own, too. Then, the worst happens. Sarah's behavior takes a turn for the strange. She becomes angry… and hungry. Lucy soon comes to suspect that something is trying to possess her beloved sister. Or is it madness? As Sarah changes before her very eyes, Lucy must reckon with the dark, monstrous truth, or risk losing her forever.

Description: publisher’s blurb via Hardcover

Where the score comes from

The sources average 7.9 across 48 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 21% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Rankings average of 7.8. That is how 7.6 comes out.

SourceAverageRatingsWeight
Hardcover7.948 100%

Reader voices

The most-liked reviews on Hardcover (credited to their authors).

  • “this was a very interesting read. I've been trying to get more into gothic genres this year, gothic romance, gothic horror - and this had tones of both! I almost never read books set in an area close to me so that was very cool!!!!! also it was a very interesting bc i kept thinking oh what would I do for my sister??? honestly probably the same!!!”

    ★ 4/5sapphicsummrs on Hardcover

Frequently asked

What is Blood on Her Tongue rated?

7.6 out of 10, from 48 reader ratings across 1 independent sources.

Is Blood on Her Tongue worth reading?

Readers give it 7.6/10 from 48 ratings in open sources.