Nocticadia by Keri Lake is a dark academia gothic romance set on a secluded island off the coast of Maine. The story follows a young woman who, after watching her mother succumb to a mysterious illness, receives an acceptance letter from Dracadia University, a prestigious school rumored to be haunted by the souls of exiled mental patients1. There, she encounters Devryck Bramwell, a brilliant pathologist known as Doctor Death, who is both her enigmatic professor and the object of her forbidden attraction. As they uncover deadly secrets and navigate their intense connection, they become entangled in the university’s dark past and the restless ghosts that haunt it