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An Education in Malice by S.T. Gibson
5.0

An Education in Malice is a story about obsession, love, jealousy, immortality and devotion.
Like «A Dowry of Blood» this work is extremely poetically written. Prose that is as magical as poetry made me put the book aside at times to let the words sink in.
I really liked the choice to have both Carmilla and Laura narrate the story; both are complex characters with beautiful language who regularly romanticize their surroundings.
At the end of the novel, I am left with more questions that are not answered in the plot. However, this is done in a good way, as it keeps the story magical and mystical.
An Education in Malice is a work that is not easy to forget, and Carmilla, Laura and De Lafontaine will definitely stay with me for some time.