Read by Mary-Anne Dickinson. She voiced Carmilla and Laura very well and I even appreciated the hunchback's voice. The rest blended together, but the textual voices could be somewhat difficult to tell apart, too.

It's a classic for a reason and I find Carmilla to be slightly more frightening than even Dracula.

Wish it was even gayer but still a very relaxing read.
Short and interesting but nothing too exciting.

It's was very interested in reading the original vampire story (26 years before Dracula). While it may not meet today's standards great LGBT+ representation, it is refreshing to see a very blatantly queer (and female centric) story for this time period and it not be through a homophobic lens. Tonally, Carmilla is mysterious, dark, and filled with sexual tension in the way you'd expect a gothic / vampiric tale to be. Le Fanu crafts a very grounded story and the visual descriptions are great. Carmilla's actions and changes in personality really grab your attention. As a character, Carmilla should be as famous as Dracula in terms of vampiric pop culture, it's a shame she isn't (and we can probably guess a myriad of reasons why). I can see why modern adaptations of this story have been so well received and I agree! Overall it's a solid read, not too long, the mystery and dread build well, and the plot moves fairly quickly. If you're already a fan of gothic literature or the supernatural genre you'll enjoy it. You can see how this story inspired and has acted as sort of the staple of the entire Vampiric genre and it still holds up well today. A downside is not much character development but stories like these were usually meant to entertain like ghost stories and leave the reader wondering about Carmilla's backstory and vampires as a whole. It also turns out the phrase "love will have it's sacrifices" was coined in this book!

The OG vampire lady
Glad i did a reread abt 10 years after reading this for thd first time
(yes i read it the first time bc of the webseries on youtube)

RIP Carmilla you would have loved to watch First Kill on Netflix