Immortal Consequences (The Souls of Blackwood Academy Book 1)

Author: I. V. Marie

Description:
SIX RIVALS. ONE VICTOR. ETERNITY IS ONLY THE BEGINNING.

“A twisty and thrilling dark academia fantasy that will have you enthralled from the very first page.” —Ava Reid, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Study in Drowning

Six students compete to change their fate at a darkly enchanted boarding school in purgatory where graduation is the only escape—and love can cross the boundaries between life and death.

Welcome to Blackwood Academy: the legendary school located on the fringes of the afterlife. Once a pupil enters the academy’s arched gates, there is no way out…except the Decennial, a cut-throat magical competition with only one victor.

This year, six of the Academy’s top students have been chosen to face the Decennial’s tests. Two academic archrivals, whose strange connection blurs the lines between obsession and hate. One girl driven solely by ambition, and another plagued by memories of the love she lost. And a charming playboy who never cared for anyone—until he met the academy’s newest student.

But what none of them know? They aren’t the only ones playing Blackwood’s game.

Who will win, and who will fall? Only one thing is for certain: in this game, some fates are worse than death.

Book One of the Souls of Blackwood Academy Series

Additional Titles Mentioned:

• A Forbidden Alchemy (Stacey McEwan)
• The Nightblood Prince (Molly X. Chang)
• Tenderly, I Am Devoured (Lyndall Clipstone)
• Predatory Natures (Amy Goldsmith)
• Lore of the Tides (Analeigh Sbrana)
• The Memory of the Ogisi (Moses Ose Utomi)
• Fateless (Julie Kagawa)
• Climate of Chaos (Cassandra Newbould)
• Ghost Cell (Zac Topping)
• Immortal Consequences (I.V. Marie)

My Thoughts & Rating:
⭐ 3.50 - The premise of this one caught my eye months ago, and I went in with high hopes. While the worldbuilding made sense, I struggled with the character development, wishing the book had taken more time to establish the characters instead of rushing through the plot points.

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