by Jenni Howell
First published 2025
Marin James has spent seventeen years watching Huntsworth Academy from the outside. When her cousin turns up dead on the elite school's grounds, Marin knows Adrian Hargraves and Henry Wu are responsible. These two boys rule Huntsworth's social hierarchy with magnetic charm and dangerous power. Marin creates a false identity and enrolls as a student, determined to bring them down. But her mission becomes complicated as she discovers an unexpected attraction to her new life at Huntsworth. The very boys she came to destroy begin to fascinate her instead. Adrian and Henry carry deep wounds beneath their confident facades. As Marin digs deeper into the mystery surrounding her cousin's death, she uncovers a supernatural secret hidden within the academy's ivy covered walls. Reality shifts around her as the clear boundaries between justice and revenge, attraction and hatred, begin to dissolve completely.
Genres: romance, mystery, paranormal, dark-academia
Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, fish-out-of-water
Setting: Huntsworth Academy
400 pages · Hardcover · Roaring Brook Press
Content warnings: death, violence