{"id":845,"date":"2022-02-09T23:55:15","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T21:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erikawinterlia.com\/?p=845"},"modified":"2022-02-10T00:00:59","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T22:00:59","slug":"a-lesson-in-venegance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erikawinterlia.com\/?p=845","title":{"rendered":"A Lesson in Venegance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

by Victoria Lee<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this book we follow Felicity who\u2019s a student at Dalloway. She lives in a house together with four other girls. Felicity is a senior, who not only had to do her senior year twice, but who also had to be institutionalized because of an incident during her time at the school where her girlfriend Alex died. Felicity feels responsible for Alex\u2019s death because she believes she\u2019d conjured the malevolent spirit of a rumored witch. This year, she\u2019s determined to let the past stay in the past and graduate without incidents. But then Felicity meets writer prodigy Ellis who she forms a close friendship with, and history seems to repeat itself when the ghost of her ex-girlfriend seems to haunt her. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019d read about this book prior to reading it, and I loved the idea of dark academia and secret societies and what not. But as I started to read it, I was both happily surprised by the ease of reading, but also disappointed in the overall feel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the beginning, this read like a Ninth House fanfic, and honestly it didn\u2019t help that the dead girlfriend\u2019s name was Alex (which is also the name of the main character in Leigh Bardugo\u2019s Ninth House). The language was at times repetitive, especially with all the similes that just never seemed to end. There could be two in a row sometimes which made for a very odd reading experience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a while, though the book sort of learned to stand on its own, even though I still felt a strong likeness to Ninth House, and not in a good way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The book was also extremely predictable. There wasn\u2019t a single surprising detail about it, which was very disappointing. It could have been so much more. I\u2019m not going to go in to details here because I don\u2019t want to spoil anything, but well, you can see all the end \u201ctwists\u201d coming from basically the first page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, why am I still giving this book such a high rating one can wonder. Well, it\u2019s a solid read with enough entertainment value that it\u2019s worth reading. It\u2019s not bad, not at all. It\u2019s good, but not great. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The language is easy to read, at times in need of serious editing. There are very little unnecessary details and information that bogs down the story, so it\u2019s fast and full of character. I love the queer representation and same sex relationships, even though I think there are aspects of both that could have been done better. The tone is consistent, and there are moments that I really enjoyed. The dark academia tone feels more present for aesthetic reasons than anything, though. Which is a bit disappointing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, like I said: It\u2019s a solid read and a good book that\u2019s worth a read. Just don\u2019t expect any wonders and wow moments. What you see is what you get and I suppose that’s okay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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by Victoria Lee In this book we follow Felicity who\u2019s a student at Dalloway. She lives in a house together with four other girls. Felicity is a senior, who not only had to do her senior year twice, but who also had to be institutionalized because of an incident during her time at the school where her girlfriend Alex died. Felicity feels responsible for Alex\u2019s death because she believes she\u2019d conjured the malevolent spirit of a rumored witch. This year, she\u2019s determined to let the past stay in the past and graduate without incidents. But then Felicity meets writer prodigy Ellis who she forms a close friendship with, and history seems to repeat itself when the ghost of her ex-girlfriend seems to haunt her.  I\u2019d read about this book prior to reading it, and I loved the idea of dark academia and secret societies and what not. But as I started to read it, I was both happily surprised by the ease of reading, but also disappointed in the overall feel.  In the beginning, this read like a Ninth House fanfic, and honestly it didn\u2019t help that the dead girlfriend\u2019s name was Alex (which is also the name of the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[32,31,4],"wppr_data":{"cwp_meta_box_check":"Yes","cwp_rev_product_name":"A Lesson in Vengeance","_wppr_review_template":"default","cwp_rev_product_image":"http:\/\/erikawinterlia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/alessoninvenegance.jpeg","cwp_image_link":"image","wppr_links":[],"cwp_rev_price":"","wppr_pros":["Easy read","Well paced","Queer rep"],"wppr_cons":["Extremely predictable","Ninth House fanfic","Repetitive writing","Forgettable "],"wppr_rating":"57.00","wppr_options":{"1":{"name":"Overall","value":"70"},"2":{"name":"Plot","value":"65"},"3":{"name":"Characters","value":"65"},"4":{"name":"Writing","value":"45"},"5":{"name":"Ending","value":"40"}},"wppr_review_type":"Product","wppr_review_custom_fields":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erikawinterlia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/erikawinterlia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/erikawinterlia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erikawinterlia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erikawinterlia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=845"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/erikawinterlia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":848,"href":"https:\/\/erikawinterlia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845\/revisions\/848"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erikawinterlia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erikawinterlia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erikawinterlia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erikawinterlia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}