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A review by mosaicheartsxx
An Education in Malice by S.T. Gibson
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
this was my first ever sapphic romance book and i gotta say...
it was a disappointment.
the summary read like a dark academia, enemies-to-lovers, murder mystery trope (and my most favourite is the latter). instead we gotkinda-cozy apartment building for-most-of-the-time settings, a little scuffle that already ended before we got into the whole issue and point of the story, AND.
the most disappointing of all.
THERE WAS NO MURDER MYSTERY ðŸ˜
like. it's really not too hard to figure out who's the murderer. if you don't know who it is then you wouldn't even be able to get through the whole story for real bro.
anyways. i think the romance bloomed too quickly...like carmilla literally just needed someone to kabedon her and kiss her like she's the only girl in the world for her to fall in love. and laura was just written as the old saying, "falling in love at first sight". so as you can see, i think the way they fell for one another happened in a way too shallow manner. i'm happy that they genuinely began to like one another for who they are though. i think that's one of the lessons to learn from this story.
another thing i want to point out is de lafontaine's mysterious aura. this, too, felt like such ananticlimax. so her whole get-up was because she was in love? cool. love is strong. i get that. but that just kills her introductory character for me. i feel like they shouldn't have introduced her as such a menacing and mysterious creature if all she did at the end was bring her lover back to life and then kill her again. literally what was the point of de lafontaine's character other than to bring the issue in the story then destroy it? i think character development is weak in this one. no one really changes (de lafontaine i'm looking at you. at least you decided to leave carmilla's side in the end).
so yes. that's my rating above. an average story with not much to say about in terms of, erm, the good things. at the very least it kept me turning the pages, not out of interest, but to get it over and done with. pretty sad considering how i really looked forward to this one coming out but the book i read in-between waiting is far superior 🥲
it was a disappointment.
the summary read like a dark academia, enemies-to-lovers, murder mystery trope (and my most favourite is the latter). instead we got
the most disappointing of all.
like. it's really not too hard to figure out who's the murderer. if you don't know who it is then you wouldn't even be able to get through the whole story for real bro.
anyways. i think the romance bloomed too quickly...like carmilla
another thing i want to point out is de lafontaine's mysterious aura. this, too, felt like such an
so yes. that's my rating above. an average story with not much to say about in terms of, erm, the good things. at the very least it kept me turning the pages, not out of interest, but to get it over and done with. pretty sad considering how i really looked forward to this one coming out but the book i read in-between waiting is far superior 🥲