- Fantasy, Dark Academia, Young Adult, Romantasy
**Six students compete to change their fate at a darkly enchanted boarding school in purgatory where graduation is the only escape—and love can cross the boundaries between life and death.** Welcome to Blackwood Academy: the legendary school located on the fringes of the afterlife. Once a pupil enters the academy’s arched gates, there is no way out…except the Decennial, a cut-throat magical competition with only one victor. This year, six of the Academy’s top students have been chosen to face the Decennial’s tests. Two academic archrivals, whose strange connection blurs the lines between obsession and hate. One girl driven solely by ambition, and another plagued by memories of the love she lost. And a charming playboy who never cared for anyone—until he met the academy’s newest student. But what none of them know? They aren’t the only ones playing Blackwood’s game. Who will win, and who will fall? Only one thing is for certain: in this game, some fates are worse than death.
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Classical in form, grave, unpretentious and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
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About the book
- Author
- I. V. Marie
- First published
- 2025
- Pages
- 512
- Publisher
- Electric Monkey, Farshore, Random House Children's Books
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780593898819
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