This is a rivalry that burns bright, but also has embers of mutual respect and something more. It’s a testament to the unrelenting academic rivalry and competition fostered by these driven, claustrophobic settings. This is the beating heart of Dark Academia, with the rotting sense of corruption and evil at the centre of these institutions. I loved the focus on literary influences and the unrelenting pursuit of success at any cost. The book was just permeated by this dark, witchy and brooding atmosphere that seeped through the pages and captivated my mind. I actually rationed myself to a certain amount of pages per day as I just wanted to savour every last page.
It just was delectably written so gorgeously evocative and easy to lose yourself in.
I really, really loved their writing style. This is my first book from Lee, but now I need to devour the rest of their work. It just made an indelible mark on my heart as I fell deeper and deeper into its dark labyrinthine mystery. A Lesson in Vengeance is one of those books. Simply put, this is a book that lends itself to obsession and will make room for itself in both your shelf and your heart.Įvery so often, a book comes along that just takes control of your very mind, heart and soul. TW: death, murder, violence, strangling, shooting, fire, grief, drowning, PTSDĪ Lesson in Vengeance is the whisper in the dark, the slight chill in your bones that you cannot get away from and the sense of something horrible lurking just out of sight. And when history begins to repeat itself, Felicity will have to face the darkness in Dalloway-and in herself. So when Ellis asks Felicity for help researching the Dalloway Five for her second book, Felicity can’t say no. A prodigy novelist at seventeen, Ellis is eccentric and brilliant, and Felicity can’t shake the pull she feels to her. It’s Ellis Haley’s first year at Dalloway. And when the new girl won’t let her forget. She’s determined to leave that behind now, but it’s hard when Dalloway’s occult history is everywhere.
And before her girlfriend died, Felicity was drawn to the dark.
In secret rooms and shadowy corners, girls convene. The school doesn’t talk about it, but the students do. Witchcraft is woven into Dalloway’s past. She even has her old room in Godwin House, the exclusive dormitory rumored to be haunted by the spirits of five Dalloway students girls some say were witches. A twisty dark academia thriller about a centuries-old, ivy-covered boarding school haunted by its history of witchcraft and two girls dangerously close to digging up the past.įelicity Morrow is back at the Dalloway School to finish her senior year after the tragic death of her girlfriend.
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