This wasn’t a bad book, but good grief, I was bored. I tried the ebook and the audiobook, but the format didn’t make a difference. Nothing ever pulled me in, either characters or story. Though the synopsis promised a spooky, queer dark academia story, what I actually got was a few ghosts and way too many scenes where the characters got really drunk and high. There were multiple chapters I skimmed because they felt like filler, like the same thing with a slightly different coat of paint.

If my friend Cel didn’t love this book so much, I probably would’ve DNFed around—if not before—the halfway point. Now that I’ve finished I can say, unfortunately, it wasn’t worth it, at least not to me. It was way too easy to figure out the antagonist, and one of the subplots felt pointless.

Also—this is minor and irrelevant but—there was one scene toward the end of the book where the protagonist had sex in his roommate’s bedroom, even though his was in the same hallway. I’ve never had a roommate, but even I know that’s crossing a line. You just don’t do that.

It’s even worse because the other person was said roommate’s cousin.

So yeah. Not a bad book, but definitely not my cup of tea. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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