DislikedI didn't really like the setting of this and I was procrastinating on picking it up in the first place because I'm really over secret magicmmies, the kind of like dark academia, really overly tropey genre that it's become now.
The Library at Hellebore (2025)
Creators: Liked A deeply dark academia novel from USA Today bestselling author Cassandra Khaw, perfect for fans of A Deadly Education and The Atlas Six who are hungry for something a little more diabolical. The Hellebore Technical Institute for the Gifted is the premier academy for the dangerously the Anti-Christs and Ragnaroks, the world-eaters and apocalypse-makers. Hellebore promises redemption, acceptance, and a normal life after graduation. At least, that’s what Alessa Li is told when she’s kidnapped and forcibly enrolled. But there’s more to Hellebore than meets the eye. On graduation day, the faculty go on a ravenous rampage, feasting on Alessa’s class. Only Alessa and a group of her classmates escape the carnage. Trapped in the school’s library, they must offer a human sacrifice every night, or else the faculty will break down the door and kill everyone. Can they band together and survive, or will the faculty eat its fill?
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LikedI did read and like the library at Hellbo by Cassandra Co, which surprised me because I had not enjoyed Cassandra Co's Nothing but Black & Teeth
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LikedSo, I do think if you're looking for something that feels a bit more gifty, if that is a word, in this context, that I do think that this one would look really nice wrapped up and of course, more importantly has a really good story within it.
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Cassandra KhawA gorgeously creepy haunted house tale steeped in Japanese folklore.
A Heian-era mansion stands abandoned, its foundations resting on the bones of a bride and its walls packed with the remains of the girls sacrificed to keep her company.
It’s the perfect venue for a group of thrill-seeking friends brought back together to celebrate a wedding.
A night of food, drinks, and games quickly spirals into a nightmare as secrets get dragged out and relationships are tested.
But the house has secrets too. Lurking in the shadows is the ghost bride with a black smile and a hungry heart.
And she gets lonely down there in the dirt.
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