Reviews - A Lesson in Vengeance

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A Lesson in Vengeance

Victoria Lee

3.59 AVERAGE

katilew42's review

2.0

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

leavalentina's review against another edition

4.25

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lesbian dark academia set in an all girl‘s school to study literature with a side of witchcraft and mystery? count me in!
our main character, felicity, is an unreliable narrator, which i really enjoyed, because you always have to guess what (or if something) actually happened. i didn’t particularly LIKE her, but she was very well written. ellis wasn’t for me as well,

i pretty much knew from the beginning that she was up to something sinister and therefore didn‘t really root for their relationship

but she was an interesting character. i wish we had learned more about her backstory and her life, because i feel there was a lot more the her, than what we learned, but it’s fine. the atmosphere and setting of this book were amazing and the storyline had me hooked. i speed through this book in two days lol, so it definitely is a quick read and the mystery surrounding the death of felicity‘s girlfriend captivated me from the start. it has similar vibes and a somewhat similar storyline to "the secret history" and "if we were villains", so fans of these books could possibly enjoy this one!

cecilie26's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH

It was good, I just found out I wasn’t in the mood for reading it.

angeldawn's review

4.25

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

professorkayla's review against another edition

4.25

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

kristalc8's review

3.5

I have to stop being so BIG-BRAINED. I guessed the plot

with Ellis being creeepy and a MURDERER almost immediately upon Ellis being introduced and being pushy about all the murder history and witch Edy which meant that I was in fact NOT rooting for Felicity and Ellis to get together.

the build up of dark academia was great and I think the general premise was great! I love how female identifying it was with all of the characters. I wish it had been more outwardly gay. That felt clouded by the

murder storyline