A review by louise_o
Vicious by V.E. Schwab

dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.75

Oh, this was delicious. There’s just something about books about academia tipping into madness….This was VE Schwab to the core, with strong Ninth House vibes and an under current of The Secret History (if it were paranormal). This book is about men who make themselves into monsters; about the blurred line between hero and villain and what happens when its crossed. The main character is unabashedly bad and evil and murderous. He is horrible and cruel and awful and yet, here I fucking am, rooting for him all the same. Theres definitely some complex stuff about morality and faith in there, but its 1am so I probably didn’t comprehend that to its deserved depth. I LOVE the setting of a university and the overall sense of something sinister taking place. At times horrifying and almost always unnerving, this delivered exactly what I was hoping it would. I did think that it was a bit slow at some points, and I’m hoping its a duology and not a trilogy. But, yeah. VE Schwab delivers once again (it seems thats her thing). 
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