Book guide
An Education in Malice
At an isolated college, rivalry, poetry, and bloodlust become dangerously entwined.
Genre and trope pairingsFantasyPolitical intrigueDark FantasyVampireDark FantasyRetellingDark FantasyPolitical intrigueDark FantasyDark magicGothic FantasyVampireGothic FantasyRetellingGothic FantasyOccultGothic FantasyDark magicRomanceAcademic rivalsRomanceRivals to loversQueer RomanceAcademic rivalsQueer RomanceLGBTQ+Queer RomanceRivals to lovers
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About An Education in Malice
Laura Sheridan arrives at Saint Perpetua’s College and is pulled into an intense rivalry with the enigmatic Carmilla. Under the influence of a demanding poetry professor and a world of secret ceremonies, dark magic, and hunger, Laura and Carmilla must decide what they are willing to sacrifice for knowledge and desire.
Reading signals
- Spice
- Medium
- Darkness
- Dark
- Pacing
- Balanced
Content warnings
- uneven power dynamics
- inappropriate professor-student relationships
- toxic academic environments
- blood
- gore
- murder
- consensual sexual content
- public sex
- kink
- alcohol use
- marijuana use
- smoking
- racist political policies
- homophobia
- religious discrimination against women
- animal death (mentioned)
- death of mother (recounted)
