Thank you to NetGalley and Lerner books for an early release copy.

Female director taking the lead in the horror movie industry? Yes please. Yuiza gets the opportunity of a lifetime; admitted to a prestigious school to further her talents. A little vague and chaotic background on her settings, and the reader is lead into the dark academia setting.

If I could describe this novel in one word, it would be chaotic. I liked the idea of  giving the story bits of a screenplay format but not quite the execution of it. And really- a school that takes kids phones away and points of communication away from their parents? Not really believable for an elite academy- maybe more reform school. The redeeming moments of the novel are the conversations between Yuiza and her roommate Glorymar. 

I know these arcs are not the final copy- but can we at least try to address the sentence errors and poor structuring before hitting NetGalley. Is it really doing the author any favors there?

Overall this book felt like a lot of ideas that weren’t really sure where to go with them. I liked the mom though. The back half of the story had more focus and direction but I’m not sure if people will want to stick with it to get there. The ambiguous ending also felt like a good choice.