By Laura Steven: The Society For Soulless Girls

The Architecture of Rage: A Feminine Reimagining of Duality in The Society for Soulless Girls

: An introverted, philosophy-focused "Goth" characterized by intense, repressed rage . Burdened by a society that views her anger as "madness," she performs a soul-splitting ritual to expunge her "evil" impulses.

In her modern Gothic novel, , Laura Steven utilizes the framework of a Jekyll and Hyde retelling to dissect the societal suppression of female anger . Set within the dark academia atmosphere of the newly reopened Carvell Academy of the Arts, the narrative follows two polarized roommates, Lottie and Alice, as they navigate a landscape of unsolved murders and occult rituals. Through its supernatural elements, the novel argues that the forced bifurcation of the female self—separating "good" socially acceptable behavior from "evil" primal rage—is a destructive process that can only be resolved through radical integration. The Dichotomy of the Self

The novel’s core conflict is embodied in its dual protagonists: