- Gothic Romance
- Forbidden Romance
- Student x Teacher
- Dark Academia
- Murder Mystery

This is my first ever Dark Academia read, and I wanna read another one now! The aesthetic and the vibes of the world buildings, it screamed Addams family/Wednesday to me. With how the castle is secluded on a mountain, it’s a boarding school, surrounded by wood and fog! The relationship between Corvina and Jade was also of a similar vibe to Wednesday and Enid which I really loved.

I loved how mysterious and suspecting Vad is, along with his dominant and possessive demeanour. But the other side to him with his caring and protective side and the aftercare? Very good. Just to put people’s minds at ease they’re 22 and 28 lol. The twists and the deaths had my jaw dropped. It’s always the nice ones huh? I thought the ending was really good and I liked that instead of a baby they had it planned but decided to adopt a dog first. It was sweet. Yes again I was also freaked out a few times, my imagination runs wild and it doesn’t help when I’m a whimp to!

I do wish this was written in first pov, it really felt like it was meant to be sometimes. That could just be me thinking that though. Having more POV from Vad would have been nice also but I guess it supports his characters mysterious side in a way!

But all in all I enjoyed this and I think it was a wonderful book that has opened the doorway to me reading more Dark Academia novels now!