My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
Category: Young Adult
Genre: Fantasy
Content: Strong language
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.
This was an interesting world and I enjoyed reading about it, but I didn't love it. The main character was abrasive, but once I understood why, it didn't bother me. The thing I liked most about this book is how she gradually learns to trust other people. I found the many monsters that they fought interesting and I liked the way El and her newfound friends worked together to survive. One big negative for me is that the characters just weren't that memorable or very well drawn, but I do want to read the next book.
In the book they are always having to check to make sure the food they eat isn't spoiled or contaminated in some way, so for book club, my husband decided to make our rolls look moldy with a little food coloring. They don't look very appetizing, but it did the trick! We also had a cake that he tried to do the same thing to, but it didn't work quite as well.
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