Publisher: Penguin Teen Canada, August 3rd 2021

Format: ebook

Pages: 384

Rating: 4/5 stars

Synopsis (from Goodreads):

For fans of Wilder Girls and Ninth House comes a dark, twisty, atmospheric thriller about a boarding school haunted by its history of witchcraft and two girls dangerously close to digging up the past.

Felicity Morrow is back at Dalloway School.

Perched in the Catskill mountains, the centuries-old, ivy-covered campus was home until the tragic death of her girlfriend. Now, after a year away, she’s returned to graduate. She even has her old room in Godwin House, the exclusive dormitory rumored to be haunted by the spirits of five Dalloway students—girls some say were witches. The Dalloway Five all died mysteriously, one after another, right on Godwin grounds.

Witchcraft is woven into Dalloway’s history. The school doesn’t talk about it, but the students do. In secret rooms and shadowy corners, girls convene. And before her girlfriend died, Felicity was drawn to the dark. She’s determined to leave that behind her now; all Felicity wants is to focus on her senior thesis and graduate. But it’s hard when Dalloway’s occult history is everywhere. And when the new girl won’t let her forget.

It’s Ellis Haley’s first year at Dalloway, and she’s already amassed a loyal following. A prodigy novelist at seventeen, Ellis is a so-called “method writer.” She’s eccentric and brilliant, and Felicity can’t shake the pull she feels to her. So when Ellis asks Felicity for help researching the Dalloway Five for her second book, Felicity can’t say no. Given her history with the arcane, Felicity is the perfect resource.

And when history begins to repeat itself, Felicity will have to face the darkness in Dalloway–and in herself. 

My Review:

Thank you Penguin Teen Canada for sending me a copy of this book.
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Read if you like: gothic stories, academia/on-campus stories.
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Felicity is back at Dalloway School after being away after the death of her girlfriend. Felicity is haunted by her death, along with the Dalloway Five, who are young women who had been murdered at the school in the 1700s.
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The author does a really good job of setting up the creepy vibes with witchcraft, murder, and bad intentions. I also loved the literary vibes as the main character is studying horror classic novels, and another is a famous teen writer!
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CW: death, murder, mental illness.