S. T. Gibson

Sumptuous and addictive, An Education in Malice is a dark academia tale of blood, secrets and insatiable hungers from S.T. Gibson, author of the cult hit A Dowry of Blood. Deep in the forgotten hills of Massachusetts stands Saint Perpetua’s College. Isolated and ancient, it is not a place for timid girls. Here, secrets are currency, ambition is lifeblood, and strange ceremonies welcome students into the fold. On her first day of class, Laura Sheridan is thrust into an intense academic rivalry with the beautiful and enigmatic Carmilla. Together, they are drawn into the confidence of their demanding poetry professor, De Lafontaine, who holds her own dark obsession with Carmilla. But as their rivalry blossoms into something far more delicious, Laura must confront her own strange hungers. Tangled in a sinister game of politics, bloodthirsty professors and magic, Laura and Carmilla must decide how much they are willing to sacrifice in their ruthless pursuit of knowledge. For more from S.T. Gibson, check out A Dowry of Blood.

An Education in Malice

here’s the thing, i know this is a carmilla retelling but I haven’t read that one yet, so i won’t be giving opinions about that aspect of the book, but i’ll only focus on the individual story and their characters.

since i read a dowry of blood a few years ago i fell in love with this author’s writing and when i saw the description of this book, I knew i had to read it and i knew I’ll love it and now i can tell you i was so right.

we explore carmilla and laura’s relationship with their poetry professor and mentor and how she drags them (we can say consensually) to her world full of secrets and lust and pleasure, and then they discovered what she really is after, a love that was lost and then found and how now it puts in danger so many people. what i most like about this is the naïveté of these two girls following like love sick puppies the path this woman led only for her praises and cares, girls who had not felt this “love” before, girls who dream of seeing the world through their poetry and art, can you relate to that? i certainly cannot, i’ve always been wary of trusting people, i don’t let myself get carried away by my feelings but how free can that feel? it definitely is tempting.

overall i deeply enjoyed this one, it had everything that was promise, and the prose as always it so dreamy and beautiful, i cant wait to read more from her.

thank you to Redhook and Netgalley or the arc in exchange for and honest review, remember this book comes out in February 13th so make sure to check it out.

auri 🪐

here’s the thing, i know this is a carmilla retelling but I haven’t read that one yet, so i won’t be giving opinions about that aspect of the book, but i’ll only focus on the individual story and their characters.

since i read a dowry of blood a few years ago i fell in love with this author’s writing and when i saw the description of this book, I knew i had to read it and i knew I’ll love it and now i can tell you i was so right.

we explore carmilla and laura’s relationship with their poetry professor and mentor and how she drags them (we can say consensually) to her world full of secrets and lust and pleasure, and then they discovered what she really is after, a love that was lost and then found and how now it puts in danger so many people. what i most like about this is the naïveté of these two girls following like love sick puppies the path this woman led only for her praises and cares, girls who had not felt this “love” before, girls who dream of seeing the world through their poetry and art, can you relate to that? i certainly cannot, i’ve always been wary of trusting people, i don’t let myself get carried away by my feelings but how free can that feel? it definitely is tempting.

overall i deeply enjoyed this one, it had everything that was promise, and the prose as always it so dreamy and beautiful, i cant wait to read more from her.

thank you to Redhook and Netgalley or the arc in exchange for and honest review, remember this book comes out in February 13th so make sure to check it out.

aleksandra

2.5/5

The way I absolutely loved the idea for this book, but I couldn’t, even when I really wanted to connect with it and its characters. I literally took a break from reading for two days after one of the major plot twists.. I think that shows enough how absorbed I was in the story. 

A Dowry of Blood will always be one of my beloved stories, but this one, at least for me, lacked that something that would make me love it. I simply didn't care, the characters were just fine, the plot bored me and I felt like something was missing here. Unfortunately, a bit of a letdown for me.

Also, not Marie Curie, but Marie Skłodowska-Curie.

An Education in Malice

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