Nocticadia

4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars | 14,636 ratings

Price: 43.66

Last update: 12-14-2024


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Mortui vivos docent. The dead teach the living.

After watching my mother succumb to a mysterious illness, I promised myself two things. I'd find the cure for what ravaged her and leave the godforsaken city where she abandoned me.

Four years later, I received an acceptance letter from Dracadia University, one of the oldest most prestigious schools in the country. Nestled on a secluded island off the coast of Maine, it's rumored to be haunted by the souls of the mental patients exiled there centuries before, those whose bones are said to make up the island's white sandy shores.

And restless ghosts aren't even its most daunting peculiarity.

Devryck Bramwell, known on campus as Doctor Death, is a brilliant pathologist in charge of the midnight lab. He's also my devastatingly handsome professor, who seems to loathe tenacious first-years like me. Except his dark and enigmatic gaze tells me all the ways he'd devour me if given the chance, and his stolen kisses burn my lips with forbidden jealousy.

I crave his authority.

He aches for redemption.

Together, we're toxic. Delicious fodder for the prying eyes hellbent on exhuming the rotted skeletons of our pasts.

For the dead have much to teach, and it's only a matter of time before Dracadia's most depraved secret is resurrected.

Nocticadia is a standalone dark academia tale of deadly secrets and forbidden love.


Top reviews from the United States

Karen McVino
5.0 out of 5 stars I can’t stop obsessing over Noticadia that’s sheer brilliance from beginning to end
Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2023
Here I sit, still stuck in a stupor—a coma if you will—days later as I wrap my head around a book that knocked me off my axis, fully immersing me into a deliciously dark world where I still remain. Noticadia is a gripping gothic love story I never saw coming, but one that knocked my off my axis. I didn’t devour this book; it devoured me. This all-consuming, mind-bending, body-scorching, thrill-seeking roller coaster of a romance made my heart race the whole time reading!

A forbidden teacher-student romance meets university secret society saga, Noticadia stars a broody, dark knight of a hero and a stunning and strong heroine who embark on an enticing cat and mouse game that is full of secrets and sin. Devryck and Lilia are drawn together like a moth to a flame, igniting with fire and desire. They challenge each other’s minds as much as their bodies.

Lilia makes this controlled man unravel and oh was it beautiful. This hero and heroine have combustible chemistry and an undeniable connection, challenging each other every step of the way, and felt these fated soulmates. Lilia and Devryk’s fiercely forbidden tale is a hard-fought journey of strength and survival that’s woven in love. I loved how this hero and heroine encouraged each other to become their bravest and best selves.

Brilliantly written, angst bleeding, and beautifully broken, Noticadia is the ultimate escape of the mind and heart. With its keen level of detail, darkness and danger, undeniable character chemistry, and intricately woven plot, this story leaps to life so vividly, as if you are watching a movie play in your head while reading. It reads like a hypnotic puzzle with pieces presented in each chapter to solve. I was pulled into this enticingly explosive saga that stole my heart and mesmerized my mind with its rich science, medicine, mystery and history. The depth of detail into the body, the autopsy, and the science fused with fictional elements was utterly fascinating.

This tale lured me into a deliciously dark and tantalizingly twisted web spun with secrets and sin, and I was happily the prey to this tale’s predator. The rush I felt while reading was pure intoxication! I can’t stop obsessing over Noticadia that’s sheer brilliance from beginning to end. It’s one of the best books that’s unlike anything I’ve ever read … utterly fascinating … unique … unputdownable … everything! Simply literary perfection.

I bestow all the brilliant stars under the sky to Noticadia, a top 2023 and lifetime romance, a book that’s touched me for a lifetime, and one I’ll forever remember and treasure.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ but worth every star and butterfly in the sky
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Karen McVino
5.0 out of 5 stars I can’t stop obsessing over Noticadia that’s sheer brilliance from beginning to end
Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2023
Here I sit, still stuck in a stupor—a coma if you will—days later as I wrap my head around a book that knocked me off my axis, fully immersing me into a deliciously dark world where I still remain. Noticadia is a gripping gothic love story I never saw coming, but one that knocked my off my axis. I didn’t devour this book; it devoured me. This all-consuming, mind-bending, body-scorching, thrill-seeking roller coaster of a romance made my heart race the whole time reading!

A forbidden teacher-student romance meets university secret society saga, Noticadia stars a broody, dark knight of a hero and a stunning and strong heroine who embark on an enticing cat and mouse game that is full of secrets and sin. Devryck and Lilia are drawn together like a moth to a flame, igniting with fire and desire. They challenge each other’s minds as much as their bodies.

Lilia makes this controlled man unravel and oh was it beautiful. This hero and heroine have combustible chemistry and an undeniable connection, challenging each other every step of the way, and felt these fated soulmates. Lilia and Devryk’s fiercely forbidden tale is a hard-fought journey of strength and survival that’s woven in love. I loved how this hero and heroine encouraged each other to become their bravest and best selves.

Brilliantly written, angst bleeding, and beautifully broken, Noticadia is the ultimate escape of the mind and heart. With its keen level of detail, darkness and danger, undeniable character chemistry, and intricately woven plot, this story leaps to life so vividly, as if you are watching a movie play in your head while reading. It reads like a hypnotic puzzle with pieces presented in each chapter to solve. I was pulled into this enticingly explosive saga that stole my heart and mesmerized my mind with its rich science, medicine, mystery and history. The depth of detail into the body, the autopsy, and the science fused with fictional elements was utterly fascinating.

This tale lured me into a deliciously dark and tantalizingly twisted web spun with secrets and sin, and I was happily the prey to this tale’s predator. The rush I felt while reading was pure intoxication! I can’t stop obsessing over Noticadia that’s sheer brilliance from beginning to end. It’s one of the best books that’s unlike anything I’ve ever read … utterly fascinating … unique … unputdownable … everything! Simply literary perfection.

I bestow all the brilliant stars under the sky to Noticadia, a top 2023 and lifetime romance, a book that’s touched me for a lifetime, and one I’ll forever remember and treasure.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ but worth every star and butterfly in the sky
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StephanieTheReader
4.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous dark academia!!
Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2024
I loved this book!!! Such an intriguing plot, with mystery, murder, betrayal, a very rewarding slow burn, spice, and vengeance! Dark academia is a favorite of mine and this one delivered everything I love!
Emily Schultz
5.0 out of 5 stars Where can I find a Dr Death?!?
Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2024
Nocticadia by Keri Lake
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If Nocticadia isn’t on your TBR for spooky season IT SHOULD BE! This book was everything, EVERYTHING I want in a dark, twisty, spooky, SPICY fall read and MORE! This was my first Keri Lake book and I am HOOKED! This dark gothic academia romance literally destroyed me in every way possible! It was fast paced, engaging from the first page, had so many twists and turns, and was so beautifully written! Our FMC, Lilia, is so likable and our MMC, her professor, her much OLDER PROFESSOR - Dr Death himself…this man…this man is ???????????? His mouth sooooo good and he’s definitely teaching her something! ???????? He is also morally grey, dark dark dark grey and will literally destroy the world if anyone touches her! I can’t get enough, can’t stop thinking about this book, between the dark gothic setting and the science-y vibes it totally calls to my nerd girl heart. This is one I will FOREVER recommend!!
Mackenzie Storck
5.0 out of 5 stars ok daddy bramwell ????
Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2024
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My class.
My requirements.
My student.

???? I think this is my favorite book of 2024 ???????? Devryck and Lilia are a couple that I’ll think about forever! The dark academia, suspense, great side characters, professor/student trope are all weaknesses of mine and Keri put it into paper so well!

I read this as a buddy read and quickly realized I wouldn’t be able to follow the chapter schedule we all set because I DID NOT want to put this book down!!

If you decide to read this (and you should), DEFINITELY also get the audio because ????‍???? Aaron Shedlock and Stella Hunter knock this out of the park. Chefs kiss ????????????
Skylar Phaup
4.0 out of 5 stars At a loss for words
Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2024
My jaw is still unhinged from what I’ve devoured in a mere 24 hours. Keri Lake’s ability to craft a new world with innovative illnesses and such realistic imagery can only be compared to how it felt to first travel to Hogwarts. The plot is twisted and enthralling, but the characters draw you win even faster with the tension and angst. It was spicey, it was suspenseful, and it was a smashing success.
Courtney Rogue
5.0 out of 5 stars This book owns my soul ????????
Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2024
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5 stars all the stars really

Lilia & Devryck’s story is all the dark academia, gothic romance, & spicy slow burn goodness I live for! Their chemistry is so deliciously intense! ????

Legit having me BEG my husband to come home from work deliciousness ????️????️????️

The plot is refreshingly original with just the right amount of spice, & Keri Lake even threw in some new science terms that were well thought out & believable.

The writing style is perfection. It sucks you in from page one & doesn't let go. I'm talking grip-the-book-til-your-knuckles-turn-white kind of gripping. It's like the words just flow off the page & directly into your brain. I lost track of time & forgot to eat, it’s fine so worth it.

I will always recommend this book!!

If you're into dark academia, gothic vibes, or just want a romance that'll make you feel things, pick up this book. Like, now.

Devryck will forever be my #1 book boyfriend!

& Keri Lake, if you're reading this - pretty please give us more Lilia & Devryck! Their tension & angst is everything!!! ???? I'm not above begging. My book hangover needs a cure! ????????
cricketd666
3.0 out of 5 stars Dark academia indeed
Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2024
This book is one heck of a ride. It was 4 stars for me until the final act. I enjoyed Lilia and Devrick's chemistry, and I enjoyed the horror and gore and mystery that unfolded. But the end felt rushed, with some threads dropped. I get it, as the book was already long, but I felt like the story was twisted out of shape to get to the HEA.
Overall, though, this was more than a 3 star read for me. I just can't give it 4.
It is a good spooky season choice.

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