This book filled two requirements - it was dark academia, and it was available to borrow immediately on Libby. Other than that, it did absolutely nothing for me besides confuse me. I found the book completely dull until it introduced the POV of the journalist. When she was introduced, I was at least interested in the mystery.  The Temple House setting was a missed out on opportunity - it was as if the author couldn’t figure out if the setting should be sinister or not.  I felt like she wanted me to feel like the setting was sinister, but I was given no reason to feel that way other than it was set by the sea and there were nuns and lots of legalism.  For a character-driven book, I didn’t find any of them layered or interesting.  I just don’t like love-struck obsession angle at all, so the end of the book was unsatisfying. Writing wasn’t terrible, but overall left me feeling upset.