I loved Uprooted by Naomi Novik, but I just couldn't get into this book. The main character (El) is miserable. She attends a school that is actively trying to kill its students. The hero (Orion) has a literal savior complex and his only character trait is that he is trying to save every student in the school. There are mals and malia and enclaves... and I think I only understood about 85% of the plot. 

This book is like "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (times) evil Hogwarts (minus) any adult supervision (plus) at least one person dying everyday (divided by) magic rules I don't understand.