The character talks about how women of the past were viewed as crazy, and how mental health played a role in this. I also found the depiction of mental health painfully ironic. The random scene where the character taught the mc about pronouns was so weird to me as a non-binary reader. While the author is non-binary, I still find the non-binary side character in the book deserving of criticism.

Black people do not exist to hold white people’s hands and educate us, and this depiction is deplorable to say the least. The black side character’s only purpose was to teach the white main character about racism. This book… plot aside, there were some serious issues with representation in this book: Given her history with the arcane, Felicity is the perfect resource.Īnd when history begins to repeat itself, Felicity will have to face the darkness in Dalloway–and in herself.Ĭoming back to rewrite my review after reading this book several months ago. So when Ellis asks Felicity for help researching the Dalloway Five for her second book, Felicity can’t say no. A prodigy novelist at seventeen, Ellis is a so-called “method writer.” She’s eccentric and brilliant, and Felicity can’t shake the pull she feels to her. It’s Ellis Haley’s first year at Dalloway, and she’s already amassed a loyal following. And when the new girl won’t let her forget. But it’s hard when Dalloway’s occult history is everywhere. She’s determined to leave that behind her now all Felicity wants is to focus on her senior thesis and graduate. And before her girlfriend died, Felicity was drawn to the dark. In secret rooms and shadowy corners, girls convene.

The school doesn’t talk about it, but the students do. Witchcraft is woven into Dalloway’s history. The Dalloway Five all died mysteriously, one after another, right on Godwin grounds. She even has her old room in Godwin House, the exclusive dormitory rumored to be haunted by the spirits of five Dalloway students-girls some say were witches. Now, after a year away, she’s returned to graduate. Perched in the Catskill mountains, the centuries-old, ivy-covered campus was home until the tragic death of her girlfriend. Felicity Morrow is back at Dalloway School.

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