Immortal Consequences: A Good Morning America YA Book Club Pick
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4.4 • 14 Ratings
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
A Good Morning America YA Book Club Pick!
SIX RIVALS. ONE VICTOR. ETERNITY IS ONLY THE BEGINNING.
“A twisty and thrilling dark academia fantasy that will have you enthralled from the very first page.” —Ava Reid, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Study in Drowning
Six students compete to change their fate at a darkly enchanted boarding school in purgatory where graduation is the only escape—and love can cross the boundaries between life and death.
Welcome to Blackwood Academy: the legendary school located on the fringes of the afterlife. Once a pupil enters the academy’s arched gates, there is no way out…except the Decennial, a cut-throat magical competition with only one victor.
This year, six of the Academy’s top students have been chosen to face the Decennial’s tests. Two academic archrivals, whose strange connection blurs the lines between obsession and hate. One girl driven solely by ambition, and another plagued by memories of the love she lost. And a charming playboy who never cared for anyone—until he met the academy’s newest student. But what none of them know? They aren’t the only ones playing Blackwood’s game.
Who will win, and who will fall? Only one thing is for certain: in this game, some fates are worse than death.
Book One of the Souls of Blackwood Academy Series
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Marie's sprawling dark academia fantasy finds six students attending a school in purgatory and competing in high-stakes trials for a shot at a better afterlife. While learning to harness their magical abilities, Blackwood Academy students await grim fates: unless they're nominated to compete in the Decennial Festival, they'll eventually forget their human lives and spend eternity reaping souls in the ether of purgatory. The nominee can choose to join the academy's magical elite or cross over to the Other Side. But when dangerous forces rise up in the ether, Blackwood transforms this year's festival into a tournament designed to name an order-restoring leader. Contenders include seraphic Wren and her handsome nemesis Augustine; studious Emilio and his crush Olivier; and combative Irene and her grieving bestie Masika. Each member of the large, ambitious cast has much to prove and everything to lose—but when the game's rules change, will their loyalties follow suit? Uneven pacing deflates splashy reveals; despite somewhat lackluster worldbuilding, though, riveting action and smart banter will drive readers to the next installment of this series launching debut. Ages 14–up.
