Can't-Wait Wednesday: A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

 "Can’t-Wait Wednesday" is a weekly event, hosted over at Wishful Endings, that spotlights upcoming releases we're eagerly anticipating.

This week, what's really got my pages in a twist is...

A Deadly Education

Naomi Novik

(Scholomance #1)

Publication Date: September 29, 2020

Hardcover, 336 pages, Del Rey Books

Genres: Adult, Fantasy/Paranormal

Goodreads

Lesson One of the Scholomance

Learning has never been this deadly

A Deadly Education is set at Scholomance, a school for the magically gifted where failure means certain death (for real) — until one girl, El, begins to unlock its many secrets. There are no teachers, no holidays, and no friendships, save strategic ones. Survival is more important than any letter grade, for the school won’t allow its students to leave until they graduate… or die! The rules are deceptively simple: Don’t walk the halls alone. And beware of the monsters who lurk everywhere. El is uniquely prepared for the school’s dangers. She may be without allies, but she possesses a dark power strong enough to level mountains and wipe out millions. It would be easy enough for El to defeat the monsters that prowl the school. The problem? Her powerful dark magic might also kill all the other students.

My Thoughts

I’ve never read a Naomi Novik book. I need to. Uprooted and Spinning Silver sound like they’d be my kind of thing, but I just haven’t picked them up yet. This one, though, it looks pretty good. Plus, Owlcrate is doing a special edition, and I want it. I really hope the story is awesome, because I’m going to be paying a lot of money for a copy of this book. Eek.

What book are you waiting for this Wednesday?