I know Lee was trying to set them apart as special and above others, but it was just way too over the top and it came across as ridiculous. I was so hopeful about this novel, even with the low average rating on Goodreads, but I was so disappointed.īy biggest issue by far was the repeated ridiculous claims about the characters. You can listen to the episode right here: And when history begins to repeat itself, Felicity will have to face the darkness in Dalloway―and in herself. So when Ellis asks Felicity for help researching the Dalloway Five for her second book, Felicity can’t say no. A prodigy novelist at seventeen, Ellis is eccentric and brilliant, and Felicity can’t shake the pull she feels to her. It’s Ellis Haley’s first year at Dalloway. 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. 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. Rio and Donna Tartt.įelicity Morrow is back at the Dalloway School to finish her senior year after the tragic death of her girlfriend. ‘A Lesson in Vengeance’ had a huge amount of potential for us, but we both ended up really disliking this novel, unfortunately.Ī twisty dark academia 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. I mean, look at this! It’s ‘The Dark Academicals’ catnip:ĭark histories beginning to repeat themselves The second episode of season five of ‘The Dark Academicals’ brought us Victoria Lee’s ‘A Lesson in Vengeance’ a novel that should have ticked so many boxes for both of us.

A lesson in vengeance book review