Page is struggling emotionally and physically after she unintentionally caused a terrible accident at school. When she receives a surprise scholarship to Agathion College, a boarding school in the Scottish moorlands, she takes the opportunity to leave Florida and dedicate her mind to her studies. Once there, she is immersed in rigid academia, a dreary yet beautiful campus, and a new group of friends. Things are strange from the start though, and Page feels increasingly unsettled as students randomly “graduate”, teachers seem possessed, the mascot pig won’t stop screaming at her,  and her Samhain birthday is mentioned by the faculty far more often than it should be. What is Agathion College hiding?

The first half of this book is so fun; the mood is perfect, the character development is excellent, and the foreboding gloom keeps the pages turning. The second half loses momentum somewhat but certainly not enough to discourage dark academia, classical studies, and/or demonology fans from devouring it in a few sittings.

Reviewed by Sarah Maciejewski, Patten Free Library, Bath