Lovely Dark and Deep
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4.5 • 2 Ratings
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Publisher Description
From author Elisa A. Bonnin comes Lovely Dark and Deep, a YA dark academia novel exploring magic, loneliness, and the power of found family.
"A truly thoughtful, engaging reflection on the dark academia genre." —BCCB, starred review
Hidden off the coast of Washington, veiled in mist, there is an island that does not appear on any map. And on that island is Ellery West.
The acclaimed school for magic has always been home for Faith. After an international move and a childhood spent adjusting to a new culture and a new language, Faith feels like Ellery is the only place she can be herself. That is, until Faith and another student walk into the forest, and only Faith walks out.
Marked with the Red Stripe across her uniform that designates all students deemed too dangerous to attend regular classes, Faith becomes a social pariah, an exile of Ellery West. But all she has to do is keep her head down for one more year so she can graduate, and get to keep her magic. Because when students fail out of Ellery West, they have their magic taken away. Forever. And Faith can't let that happen.
Except terrifying things are happening to students, and the dark magic that was unleashed in the forest still seems to be at work. To stop it, Faith and the other Red Stripes will have to work together, risking expulsion from the magical world altogether.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Eighteen-year-old Maria Faith Castillo attends Ellery West, a magical international school off the coast of Washington, where she learns how to control her powerful fire magic after having been recruited from the Philippines. Ellery West is the place Faith feels most at home—until she and best friend Sydney enter the surrounding forest together, and only Faith returns. Suspected of Sydney's death, Faith is regarded as a social pariah, marked by a red stripe on her uniform that designates her as a student on probation, one who's too dangerous to attend classes with the rest of her classmates. Her senior year was supposed to be spent preparing for graduation and aiming for entrance into prestigious magical societies; instead, she's haunted by nightmares of a figure in the forest and sudden bizarre happenings befalling her peers. When she realizes these events may be tied to Sydney's vanishing, Faith and her fellow Red Stripes must uncover the truth about that night—before the forest comes for Faith, too. Though this dark academia thriller by Bonnin (Stolen City) treads familiar ground, chilling atmosphere sows terror and found family dynamics add emotional weight. Ages 14–up.
