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“It’s not because–they don’t want me. They want someone who’s going to cast death spells on their enemies. And if I gave them that, I wouldn’t be me anymore, so I might as well not go live with a bag of dicks.”

The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik

November 30, 2021 by Dome'Loki 3 Comments

Picking up immediately after the end of A Deadly Education, The Last Graduate is a gripping read that starts with El holding the cryptic note from her Mum and ends on a terrific cliffhanger.  At one of Novik’s events for the book release she did apologize for both books one and two ending on a cliffhanger.  When she set out to write A Deadly Education she envisioned it ending where The Last Graduate does.  Novik is a writes as she goes author, not a big outliner/planner.  While […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, CBR13, Dome'Loki, Fiction, magic, magic school, Naomi novik, the scholomance, YA

Dome'Loki's CBR13 Review No:37 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, CBR13, Dome'Loki, Fiction, magic, magic school, Naomi novik, the scholomance, YA ·
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“I could never afford to look past survival, especially not for anything as insanely expensive as happiness, and I don’t believe in it anyway.”

The Last Graduate (The Scholomance, #2) by Naomi Novik

November 3, 2021 by narfna 10 Comments

Yet another great book I’ve read this year that I really just do not want to write a review for, because it means having to find the words and think thoughts and all that stuff. I always have the most trouble with books I love and give five stars to. It’s always like, HOW DO I CONVEY THIS FEELING which morphs into I DON’T EVEN WANT TO TRY with some whining in there for good measure. I really liked the first book in this series […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Horror, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, dark academia, horror, Naomi novik, narfna, the last graduate, the scholomance, ya fantasy, Young Adult

narfna's CBR13 Review No:169 · Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, dark academia, horror, Naomi novik, narfna, the last graduate, the scholomance, ya fantasy, Young Adult ·
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The worst part about reading something day 1 is that you have the wait the longest possible length of time to read the next book…

The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik

October 16, 2021 by wicherwill 5 Comments

Book Club: after I indoctrinated two friends into the Gideon the Ninth world, we all grouped together to read and discuss other books. This was so good my friend had to call us in the middle of the night her time to have an impromptu “Locked Tomb Book Club” meeting. When I was doing my catch up review writing, I thought I was done and then I was just about to congratulate myself on finishing out my backlog of reviews when I sensed that I was […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: book club, cbr13bingo, Naomi novik, the scholomance

wicherwill's CBR13 Review No:147 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: book club, cbr13bingo, Naomi novik, the scholomance ·
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You learn your lessons and stay vigilant, or you die

A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

December 22, 2020 by Malin Leave a Comment

4.5 stars Official book 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. There are no teachers, no holidays, and no friendships, save strategic ones. 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. And beware of the […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Mystery Tagged With: a deadly education, boarding school, cbr12, coming-of-age, friendship, magic, Malin, monsters, Naomi novik, paranormal fantasy, the scholomance

Malin's CBR12 Review No:84 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Mystery · Tags: a deadly education, boarding school, cbr12, coming-of-age, friendship, magic, Malin, monsters, Naomi novik, paranormal fantasy, the scholomance ·
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What if your school was always trying to kill you?

A Deadly Education (The Scholomance, #1) by Naomi Novik

December 16, 2020 by narfna Leave a Comment

Semi-brief review because I read this back in October, and my memory of it has faded. I remember being engrossed in it. I love the concept of a magic school that runs itself. And I love the horror aspect of this, that all these kids are trapped in this school because it’s too dangerous outside for them, even though it’s dangerous inside the school as well. I really liked the protagonist, El (short for Galadriel). She is so grouchy and anti-social, but as with all […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, a deadly education, Naomi novik, narfna, schools of magic, the scholomance, YA, ya fantasy, Young Adult, young adult fantasy

narfna's CBR12 Review No:175 · Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, a deadly education, Naomi novik, narfna, schools of magic, the scholomance, YA, ya fantasy, Young Adult, young adult fantasy ·
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Imagine if high school graduation was a Hunger Games competition

A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

October 17, 2020 by CoffeeShopReader 2 Comments

Bingo Review #25 Reader’s Choice in place of Gateway, and Blackout! I was rather hoping to use A Deadly Education for the Gateway square as the introduction to Naomi Novik. I have changed my mind upon completing the novel, but thankfully I still had the Reader’s Choice square open. I was kind of hoping to not use it, but oh well. The premise of this novel and apparently series is brilliant; think Harry Potter’s Hogwarts crossed with Hunger Games. That’s what this is. El is […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, a deadly education, cbr12bingo, magic school, Naomi novik, the scholomance

CoffeeShopReader's CBR12 Review No:82 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, a deadly education, cbr12bingo, magic school, Naomi novik, the scholomance ·
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