I would like to thank the publisher and NetGalley for allowing me to read and honestly review an advanced reader’s copy of this book.

I really needed a win. I really needed a book to just suck me in and this was it.

Blood Over Bright Haven is the most perfectly paced Dark Academia I’ve written. And yes, we’ve seen a boom in this genre in recent years but this??? This is true, perfect dark academia. This is truth over delusion, growth over comfort.

I’m in love with the work building and magic system. The spellographs, the Blight, the city, it was all so very real and most of it so very terrible. The rollercoaster of a plot would not stop. The characters were always, always so terribly real.

I haven’t read the authors other work, but this makes me want to. I tore through this book in a matter of hours because once the plot got started, I just couldn’t stop. I have zero bad things to say here. Do yourself a huge favour and read this book.

I see a lot of Babel comparison in other reviews and while I see what people mean, I think this is slightly more accessible and just as good.

10⭐️ (out of 5)