Dark Academia
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THE UNMAGICAL LIFE OF BRIAR JONES by Lex Croucher (BOOK REVIEW)
The Unmagical Life of Briar Jones by Lex Croucher follows Briar as they finally enter the gates of Temple, the elite boarding school (rumoured to be ... -
THE BOOK OF BLOOD AND ROSES by Annie Summerlee (BOOK REVIEW)
In the mists of the Scottish Highlands is a university where vampire students study alongside humans. Rebecca Charity is a vampire hunter undercover at the university, ... -
A THEORY OF DREAMING by Ava Reid (BOOK REVIEW)
After the events of A Study in Drowning (book 1), Effy and Preston return to their literature college, where Effy is the first woman admitted, and ... -
THE INCANDESCENT by Emily Tesh (BOOK REVIEW)
This book is not like Harry Potter. At all. But: What if you take a Deputy Head of an English boarding school for magically capable children, ... -
THE RAVEN SCHOLAR by Antonia Hodgson (BOOK REVIEW)
“History, faded to myth and then forgotten, can be lost. But the power remains, steeped into the stone like blood. Do not ask if that ... -
THE SCHOLAR AND THE LAST FAERIE DOOR by H. G. Parry (BOOK REVIEW)
The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door by H.G. Parry is a fusion of dark academia and historical fantasy which delves readers into a mesmerising tale ... -
BLOOD OVER BRIGHT HAVEN by M. L. Wang (BOOK REVIEW)
Blood Over Bright Haven is the new novel from M. L. Wang; it’s a dark academia that confronts social and racial injustices that carries all the emotional ... -
AN EDUCATION IN MALICE by S. T. Gibson (BOOK REVIEW)
Carmilla and I grew even more entangled, like flowers who, denied sufficient sunlight, entwine their leaves around each other and grow up strangled with love. An ... -
THE BOOK THAT WOULDN’T BURN by Mark Lawrence (BOOK REVIEW)
“Some silences stretch, the tension builds and builds again until the suddenness of the inevitable snap. That’s the quiet which lies between people. Other silences fall ... -
INK BLOOD SISTER SCRIBE by Emma Törzs (BOOK REVIEW)
“Blood. Herbs. Somebody here had a book. Somebody here was doing magic.” Emma Törzs seamlessly meshes together fantasy, thriller and dark academia to bring us ...
