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A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

May 18, 2026 by Ellesfena Leave a Comment

So far, my big plan to read a bunch of dark academia this year isn’t really working out for me (other than The Raven Scholar). I didn’t really like this book. Galadriel (El for short) is a junior at a boarding school for teens with magical powers. The idea behind the school (called the Scholomance) was to keep the students safe from “mals” (maleficaria) which like to eat magical humans and are particularly attracted to teens rather than children or adults. Unfortunately, long ago the defensive mechanisms […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: dark academia, magical boarding school, Naomi novik, scholomance

Ellesfena's CBR18 Review No:11 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: dark academia, magical boarding school, Naomi novik, scholomance ·
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