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A review by naomi_marshall_murray
The Society for Soulless Girls by Laura Steven
3.0
This wasn't quite the Sapphic Jekyll and Hyde retelling I was expecting, however it worked! and it provided me with the dose of Dark Academia I needed at this time of year.. great!
Alice & Lottie met as assigned roommates in their dorm, at the recently re-opened Carvell College. Lottie's family are hesitant for her to go, considering the deaths of several students previously leading to the schools closure, whilst she is adamant to go. Alice has a deep rooted anger problem which she is willing to do anything to bring her own walls down.. even if it's a little bit, occult-ish.
This YA mystery has plenty of twists and turns, and is narrated by two English women, which takes a little getting used to, if like me you're used to American narrators, however their accents help to immerse in the Carvell College setting.
This book touched on asexuality, which I was pleasantly surprised by. We do have a not-quite-enemies-but-we're-also-not-friends to lovers situation blossoming throughout the book, which is pleasant but did feel more rushed in the final chapters.
Alice & Lottie met as assigned roommates in their dorm, at the recently re-opened Carvell College. Lottie's family are hesitant for her to go, considering the deaths of several students previously leading to the schools closure, whilst she is adamant to go. Alice has a deep rooted anger problem which she is willing to do anything to bring her own walls down.. even if it's a little bit, occult-ish.
This YA mystery has plenty of twists and turns, and is narrated by two English women, which takes a little getting used to, if like me you're used to American narrators, however their accents help to immerse in the Carvell College setting.
This book touched on asexuality, which I was pleasantly surprised by. We do have a not-quite-enemies-but-we're-also-not-friends to lovers situation blossoming throughout the book, which is pleasant but did feel more rushed in the final chapters.