I'd love to see some more queer and/or contemporary gothic lit added to this quest - I found this list* of allegedly Sapphic-gothic books, some of which I recognize as more recent/popular, and maybe some would fit here? I couldn't find a similar list for Achillean-gothic books unfortunately but I'm sure they're out there.

Everytime Chiamaka's name is mentioned, Little Miss Perfect by Taylor Louderman just starts playing in my head.

I had a vision of how Chiamaka looked to me and the author waited ~130 pages to detail that she’s half Italian and she also has worn her hair straight this entire time to fit in more. She has her mum’s surname so her being Italian as well really didn’t click for me. Why would these details not be included much earlier in the book? 🥴 it’s not a big deal but key character descriptions shouldn’t occur over 1/4 into the story.