The Society for Soulless Girls
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4.7 • 3 Ratings
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- $8.99
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
A sapphic enemies-to-lovers retelling of Jekyll & Hyde, this dark academia thriller follows two roommates who must solve an infamous cold case of serial murders on their campus after an arcane ritual gone wrong prompts another death.
Ten years ago, four students lost their lives in the infamous unsolved North Tower murders at the elite Carvell Academy of the Arts, forcing the school to close its doors.
Now Carvell is reopening, and fearless freshman Lottie Fitzwilliam is determined to find out what really happened. But when her beautiful but standoffish roommate, Alice Wolfe, stumbles upon a sinister soul-splitting ritual in a book hidden in Carvell’s library, the North Tower claims another victim. Is there a killer among them . . . or worse, within them?
Exploring possession and ambition, lust and bloodlust, femininity and violence, The Society for Soulless Girls is perfect for fans of The Secret History, A Lesson in Vengeance, and The Grimrose Girls.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Steven (The Exact Opposite of Okay) spins a supernatural mystery in this dark academia Jekyll & Hyde retelling. Northumberland, England's Carvell Academy of Arts has finally reopened after four unsolved student murders in the North Tower forced the college's closure a decade ago. Freshman Lottie Fitzwilliam, a relentlessly positive field hockey player, is determined to research one of the deaths—that of a family friend. When she discovers she's been sleepwalking to the North Tower, however, she worries that there's something paranormal afoot. Meanwhile, Lottie's prickly roommate Alice Wolfe—a philosophy student who struggles to manage her anger—discovers and performs a ritual meant to expunge her violent thoughts and impulses, then blacks out. The next day, a student turns up dead. Fearing she may be the cause, Alice—joined by Lottie and Hafsah al-Hadi, a classmate whom she learns also performed the ritual—endeavors to investigate the murders and find a solution. Though the conclusion feels rushed, Alice and Lottie's antithetical personalities and tentative courtship are evocatively described, and the gothic atmosphere inspires thrills and chills. Alice and Lottie read as white; Hafsah cues as having Middle Eastern heritage. Ages 12–up.
