A Deadly Education (#1 Scholomance)

Author: Naomi Novik

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  • : 32.99 AUD
  • : 9781529100860
  • : Penguin Random House
  • : Del Rey
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  • : April 2020
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  • : The Scholomance
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  • : very good
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In the start of an all-new series, the bestselling author of Uprooted and Spinning Silver introduces you to a dangerous school for the magically gifted where failure means certain death - until one girl begins to rewrite its rules. Enter a school of magic unlike any you have ever encountered. There are no teachers, no holidays, friendships are purely strategic, and the odds of survival are never equal. Once you're inside, there are only two ways out- you graduate or you die. El Higgins is uniquely prepared for the school's many dangers. She may be without allies, but she possesses a dark power strong enough to level mountains and wipe out untold millions - never mind easily destroy the countless monsters that prowl the school. Except, she might accidentally kill all the other students, too. So El is trying her hardest not to use it... that is, unless she has no other choice. Wry, witty, endlessly inventive, and mordantly funny - yet with a true depth and fierce justice at its heart - this enchanting novel reminds us that there are far more important things than mere survival. A dark, smart, delicious tale, set to redefine everything you think you know about schools for magic.   

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'Hilarious and wild! Take any fictional magic school, make it as over-the-top dangerous as possible, and populate it with a bunch of snarky teenagers; the result is pure batshit fun.' - N.K. Jemisin, three-time Hugo Award winner and author of 'The Fifth Season' 'Novik deliciously undoes expectations about magic schools, destined heroes, and family legacies. A gorgeous book about monsters and monstrousness, chockablock with action, cleverness, and wit.' Holly Black, #1 New York Times bestselling author 'A nightmare from which I never wished to wake. Savage, inventive, and soulful, Novik grasps the totems of childhood that linger in your mind-schools of magic, curses, cutthroat classmates, monsters-only to twist them into a grand new tale that'll make you believe in magic again.' Pierce Brown, New York Times bestselling author of 'Dark Age'   MACLEAN'S BOOKS REVIEW: This thrilling new fantasy series features a dangerous boarding school that all magical teens must pass through before they can survive in the outside world. I loved the protagonist - she's a prickly and grumpy antiheroine burdened with a prophecy that she will bring ruin to the world and gifted with a destructive form of magic she begrudgingly refuses to use. Watching her navigate the school year and form friendships whilst trying not to cause mass destruction is alternately tense and hilarious. -- Lydia