' A Lesson in Vengeance is at once dark and mesmerizing, with spine-tingling suspense and mind-bending twists. And when history begins to repeat itself, Felicity will have to face the darkness in Dalloway-and herself. Given her history with the arcane, Felicity is the perfect resource. So when Ellis asks Felicity to help her research the Dalloway Five for her second book, Felicity can't say no. She's eccentric and brilliant, and Felicity can't shake the pull she feels to her. A prodigy novelist at seventeen, Ellis is a so-called method writer. It's Ellis Haley's first year at Dalloway, and she has already amassed a loyal following. 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. The Dalloway Five all died mysteriously, one after another, right on Godwin grounds. 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. Now, after a year away, she's returned to finish high school. Perched in the Catskill Mountains, the centuries-old, ivy-covered campus was home until the tragic death of her girlfriend. Felicity Morrow is back at the Dalloway School. The dangerous romance and atmospheric setting makes it a perfect read for fans of dark academia. A dark, twisty 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.

A lesson in vengeance book review