
His personality really works well with El’s and I loved their dynamic. While it’s not my usual type of fictional man, I liked him. Orion Lake is basically a golden retriever. Her journey throughout this book really kept me reading and I love the person she became at the end. She reminds me a bit of Rin from The Poppy War. I love her, and I love her anger (because she fucking deserves to be mad). She’s angry and a badass and she wants to burn the world down. Which is why I will point you to own-voices reviews here and here. However, I am not an own-voices reviewer for any of the identities in this book. Now I’ve finally read it and I am ready to give my own thoughts on this turbulent book. The book faced a lot of backlash (check this thread here for a summary).

Then the early reviews started coming out and I decided to give it some time. At some point, it was one of my most anticipated books. It’s been on my Netgalley shelf for a LONG time.

I wasn’t sure if I was going to read this book. All opinions are my own.įind the purchase links here! A Deadly Education Review The problem? Her powerful dark magic might also kill all the other students. It would be easy enough for El to defeat the monsters that prowl the school. She may be without allies, but she possesses a dark power strong enough to level mountains and wipe out millions. And beware of the monsters who lurk everywhere.Įl is uniquely prepared for the school’s dangers. Survival is more important than any letter grade, for the school won’t allow its students to leave until they graduate… or die! The rules are deceptively simple: Don’t walk the halls alone. There are no teachers, no holidays, and no friendships, save strategic ones. Goodreads Description: A Deadly Education is set at Scholomance, a school for the magically gifted where failure means certain death (for real) - until one girl, El, begins to unlock its many secrets.

Let’s jump in!Ĭontent Warnings:Assault, attempted murder, violence, death So instead I’m posting my A Deadly Education Review, which was supposed to go up on Friday. I was supposed to do an Illumicrate unboxing today, but that just seemed like so much work.
