Reviews by Tag: dark academia

Teen Review
The Golden Enclaves

The Golden Enclaves

By Naomi Novik
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Feb 12, 2024

“I imagine it’s always easier to do something monstrous if you can convince yourself you aren’t going to, up to the last minute, until you do.” 

Teen Review
The Last Graduate

The Last Graduate

By Naomi Novik
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Feb 12, 2024

“I could never afford to look past survival, especially not for anything as insanely expensive as happiness, and I don’t believe in it anyway.” 

Returning to the infamous Schoolmance, but this time with actual allies and a hope of getting out, senior year is going to be wild. Finally beginning to embrace her darkness, El is put in a difficult position, being forced to choose between her insured survival, or that of everyone else in the school. Will she continue as her mother would want, or cave and become the monster that everyone already assumes she is? 

Teen Review
The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

The Atlas Six

By Olivie Blake
Star Rating
★★★

Rated by
T. Rastogi
Jul 19, 2022

The Alexandrian Society is the most sophisticated and prestigious secret society in the world.
Only the best magicians are allowed to enter the dangerous and intriguing world that is, to put it
simply, the Library of Alexandria reborn. Every ten years, a new class of initiates are chosen to
compete for induction. They spend one year in training with access to the archives in order to
refine their craft, and five are chosen to spend the rest of their lives as members. When Atlas

Teen Review
How We Fell Apart by Katie Zhao

How We Fall Apart

By Katie Zhao
Star Rating
★★★

Rated by
Neha K.
Nov 29, 2021

Katie Zhao’s How We Fall Apart is a murder-mystery with amazing Asian representation. Nancy Luo is a scholarship student and the best friend of the top girl, Jamie Ruan, at Sinclair Prep, an elite high school. Jamie is everything Nancy isn’t, rich, the valedictorian, and powerful. After Jamie is found dead, the people that once were closest to her, Nancy, Krystal, Akil, and Alexander, are the suspects.

Teen Review
The Mary Shelley Club by Goldy Moldavsky

The Mary Shelley Club

By Goldy Moldavsky
Star Rating
★★★

Rated by
Neha K.
Nov 29, 2021

The Mary Shelley Club is a book that follows the members of a horror club, each with their secrets. The book takes place in Manchester Prep, a rich private school in Manhattan. The scholarship student, Rachel Chavez, is haunted by an accident that resulted in a murder. However, her fresh start turns rotten after she accidentally goes head on with the most popular girl at school, Lux. After a mini investigation, Rachel figures out the prankster, or pranksters, that caused the situation with Rachel and Lux.

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