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A review by nicolamichelle
The Four by Ellie Keel
5.0
From the very first opening chapter it sets itself up for a strong start! It immediately opens up with intrigue and setting the scene with our cast of characters in a very privileged private school. I couldn’t have put it down if I tried!
I love books set in boarding schools. The close proximity, the forced friendships, the inevitable conniving *insert swear word here* who will work at ruining everything in our protagonists life. And it was exactly as I had hoped! We also have a sense of creeping suspense that *something* is about to happen but we’re kept in the dark as to what it is. I loved the gentle unravelling as it’s revealed what we’re working towards. But woah, it went dark. I never would have imagined the turn it took and flags for trigger warnings everywhere. Be aware of heavy and difficult twists, but dark academia it certainly was!
We have Marta, Lloyd and Sami and Rose, the 4 scholarship kids faced with the pressure of deserving the position they have been given within the school. Genevieve our aforementioned bitch, is a force to be reckoned with and it seems all Marta can do is get on the wrong side of her.
The writing was great, loved the characters and loved the progression of the plot all the way through. Couldn’t give it less than the 5 stars it deserves. A great debut!
Thank you to the author and publisher for this book on NetGalley in return for my honest thoughts and review.
I love books set in boarding schools. The close proximity, the forced friendships, the inevitable conniving *insert swear word here* who will work at ruining everything in our protagonists life. And it was exactly as I had hoped! We also have a sense of creeping suspense that *something* is about to happen but we’re kept in the dark as to what it is. I loved the gentle unravelling as it’s revealed what we’re working towards. But woah, it went dark. I never would have imagined the turn it took and flags for trigger warnings everywhere. Be aware of heavy and difficult twists, but dark academia it certainly was!
We have Marta, Lloyd and Sami and Rose, the 4 scholarship kids faced with the pressure of deserving the position they have been given within the school. Genevieve our aforementioned bitch, is a force to be reckoned with and it seems all Marta can do is get on the wrong side of her.
The writing was great, loved the characters and loved the progression of the plot all the way through. Couldn’t give it less than the 5 stars it deserves. A great debut!
Thank you to the author and publisher for this book on NetGalley in return for my honest thoughts and review.