hibernaculum 's review for:

A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee

4.0

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I enjoyed the experience of reading this quite a bit and feel like it definitely lived up to its promises for "For fans of A Secret History" (unlike most other books that fall into that category). As the ending closed in and the mysteries were revealed, I felt a little uncertain about the way those mysteries had been scaffolded earlier in the book...or perhaps I was put off by the pacing...IDK. But that's why I knocked off a star. I also kind of wish it had been longer, more adult (the teens act like adults anyway), and had dug in deeper to its darkness/perversity... But maybe by then, the Secret History comparisons would have been derisive rather than complimentary.