Dark Academia!

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Content Warnings at end of review.

Thank you to Netgalley and Fierce Reads for the arc of this book!

At the start of their senior year at a private school, Chiamaka and Devon begin being targeted by anonymous texts to the student body airing their secrets. But what do they have in common? They don't want to connect the obvious dots (that they are the only two Black students at the school), but as things escalate and more pieces fall into place, it becomes clear that this harassment is racially motivated, and even more people are in on it than Chi and Von might think.

This YA Dark Academia had me on the edge of my seat! If you are a fan of Get Out you should definitely read this one. I loved watching the relationships in this book build up and crumble down and slowly finding out with the protagonists what was happening and who was in on it.

I also was a huge fan in the queer representation with one main character being gay and the other m-spec.

This book gave me a lot of feelings and a lot to think about. I couldn't stop talking about it for days after reading, and it kept me up at night!

Pub Date: June 1, 2021.

Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Death of parent, Violence, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Racism, Homophobia, and Hate crime
Moderate: Grief and Sexual assault