' twisty, immersive thriller.' - Booklist, starred review 'With queer primary characters, an irresistible gothic atmosphere, and unrelenting creeping dread, this propulsive work of dark academia is both thrilling and thought-provoking.' - Publishers Weekly, starred review
The ghosts of Felicity, Ellis, and Alex-and of Dalloway School and its historical witches-will linger with you long after the final page.' - Lana Popovic, author of Wicked Like a Wildfire
'A Lesson in Vengeance is the witchy boarding school story I always knew I wanted, a gorgeous take on the complicated bonds of female love and friendship, told in lyrical, creeping prose as haunting as the tale itself. This book will possess you from first pages to its haunting, final words.' - Ryan La Sala, author of Be Dazzled and Reverie 'Darkly radiant and brilliantly wicked, A Lesson in Vengeance is a sharp dissection of queerness, ambition, and the forbidden luster of the occult. 'A smart, layered, thought-provoking thriller about female desire and the intimacy of violence.' - Ava Reid, author of The Wolf and the Woodsman
I loved it.' - Kara Thomas, author of The Cheerleaders and That Weekend 'A Lesson in Vengeance is at once dark and mesmerizing, with spine-tingling suspense and mind-bending twists. The soil under her feet is bloody with Dalloway's history. But when the past begins to invade on the present, Felicity needs to decide where she stands. So when Ellis asks for help researching the Dalloway Five for her second book, Felicity can't say no.ĭalloway's occult lore is everywhere, and the new girl won't let Felicity forget it. 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. She even has her old room in Godwin House, the exclusive dormitory rumoured to be haunted by the spirits of the five Dalloway students who died there - girls some say were witches. And now she's back to finish her senior year after the tragic death of her girlfriend. It wasn't until Felicity enrolled that she fell in love with the dark. She even has her old room in Godwin House, the exclusive dormitory rumoured to be haunted by the spirits of the five Dallowa. Sometimes you can still smell the blood on the air. Five violent deaths in the first ten years of its existence. The history of Dalloway School lives in the bones it was built on.
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