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Virgin Sacrifice (Dead Girls Club #1)
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This scratched the dark academia itch I've been touting since starting the Zodiac Academy series: girls with cut-out hearts, creepy cults, and town founders with too much time and power on their hands, Hollow Oak is not a safe place for the unwary. Luckily, Luz, a half-Puerto Rican wunderkind who speaks four languages and has a whole J. Crew-inspired closet full of dark secrets, is hardly unwary.
Why Choose? is not normally a genre I gravitate too, but I just loved the academia setting so much. I also liked all the Blackwells, especially Locke (he gives major Lance Orion vibes, so if you stan Blue x Orion, you'll probably love this book). Allister, Nixon, and Everest were all interesting too and I'm excited to learn more about them.
For some reason, I was expecting a supernatural element, but this feels more like a horror movie pastiche. I was reminded of Wednesday, Happy Death Day, Trick 'R Treat, and Scream, in particular. Most of the gore is on the DL, although there's one pretty gory torture scene towards the middle that was very hard to read. It's not integral to the plot, though, so if gore is hard for you to handle, you can totally skip over it without missing anything.
The book ends on a major cliffhanger, with a potentially large twist. I still have so many questions and I'm very excited to have them answered when I read more from this author. What a stellar debut.
3.5 to 4 stars
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bookshelves: dark-academia, new-adult, doth-the-goth, kissing-books, poc-interracial, kindle-unlimited
Mar 02, 2024
bookshelves: dark-academia, new-adult, doth-the-goth, kissing-books, poc-interracial, kindle-unlimited
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This scratched the dark academia itch I've been touting since starting the Zodiac Academy series: girls with cut-out hearts, creepy cults, and town founders with too much time and power on their hands, Hollow Oak is not a safe place for the unwary. Luckily, Luz, a half-Puerto Rican wunderkind who speaks four languages and has a whole J. Crew-inspired closet full of dark secrets, is hardly unwary.
Why Choose? is not normally a genre I gravitate too, but I just loved the academia setting so much. I also liked all the Blackwells, especially Locke (he gives major Lance Orion vibes, so if you stan Blue x Orion, you'll probably love this book). Allister, Nixon, and Everest were all interesting too and I'm excited to learn more about them.
For some reason, I was expecting a supernatural element, but this feels more like a horror movie pastiche. I was reminded of Wednesday, Happy Death Day, Trick 'R Treat, and Scream, in particular. Most of the gore is on the DL, although there's one pretty gory torture scene towards the middle that was very hard to read. It's not integral to the plot, though, so if gore is hard for you to handle, you can totally skip over it without missing anything.
The book ends on a major cliffhanger, with a potentially large twist. I still have so many questions and I'm very excited to have them answered when I read more from this author. What a stellar debut.
3.5 to 4 stars
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Reading Progress
March 2, 2024
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Started Reading
March 2, 2024
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March 3, 2024
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5.0%
"The author: he was blonde
Me: Oh no
The author: he was bored and contemptuous
Me: I'm listening"
Me: Oh no
The author: he was bored and contemptuous
Me: I'm listening"
March 4, 2024
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10.0%
"This is probably the most collegey feeling college romance I've ever read. It's making me feel both nostalgic and anxious because of how closely it mirrors my own college experience (well, except for the hot, obsessive guys-- SOMEHOW I MISSED OUT ON THAT, RUDE)"
March 11, 2024
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13.0%
""I'm going to punish her for making me want her" is my favorite brand of fucked up toxic romance"
March 13, 2024
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19.0%
"“Everyone throws around pussy or asshole as an insult, but I personally think dicks have a whole lot more to answer for.”"
March 16, 2024
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23.0%
"I love that one of the guys in this book thinks nailing a heart to a door is romantic"
April 27, 2024
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26.0%
"Live footage of me trusting that these cops made the right call:
[[you will notice there is no video attached]]"
[[you will notice there is no video attached]]"
April 27, 2024
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37.0%
"But while some became stronger in the face of adversity, I knew that others, like me, were made in the dark."
April 29, 2024
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60.0%
"Stop . . . start . . . stop . . . start . . . How many times could you stop a heart?"
April 29, 2024
– Shelved as:
dark-academia
April 29, 2024
– Shelved as:
new-adult
April 29, 2024
– Shelved as:
doth-the-goth
April 29, 2024
– Shelved as:
kissing-books
April 29, 2024
– Shelved as:
poc-interracial
April 29, 2024
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75.0%
"Luz's guide to fending off unwanted thigh touches: stab his hand with a pen"
April 29, 2024
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77.0%
"There's something hilarious about the idea of a psychopath murdering someone to "Cornflake Girl""
April 30, 2024
– Shelved as:
kindle-unlimited
April 30, 2024
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Finished Reading
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May 07, 2024 03:56AM
"has a whole J. Crew-inspired closet full of dark secrets" perfect description
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