Lucien

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for an advanced readers copy in exchange for an honest review. This book was so so good. If you enjoyed the movie saltburn you need to add this to your tbr. This would make such a perfect movie I could watch the entire thing in my head while I was reading. I......more

I was so consumed by this book and it is going to stick with me for a long time. When I first started it reminded me of the movie Saltburn. Lucien’s character is so addicting and impressive but I felt uneasy so I began to worry how much Atlas got himself involved with his new roommate at school. The......more

I picked this up for no other reason than the author graduated college the same year I did. I'm also reluctant to read contemporary American literature. I find most of it dull. But this completely surprised me. It was riveting from page one. The bookstore where I work was sent this in a box of ARC's......more

I really enjoyed this! A heady delight, hard to put down. Some parts felt rushed to me, but if you love stories of an isolated outsider being taken under the wing of a charismatic insider and perhaps biting off more than they can chew, this is for you!......more

Thank you to Edelweiss for the ARC! I was drawn in by the premise for this book, as a big fan of The Secret History and other "dark academia" books, the premise combined with art really grabbed my attention. I thought the pacing was well thought out and done, I just wish the text had a little more n......more