I received a copy through NetGalley and my review is voluntary and honest.

This book made me understand the hype about dark academia.

An Education in Malice follows two young women (20-21 years old) at an elite school who get tangled in a bloody relationship with both each other and their captivating poetry teacher. The book itself reads like poetry, full of electric prose and rich language. 

I was absolutely enamored from beginning to end, with Laura and Carmilla's developing relationship, and their attraction to Ms D. I also really appreciated the developing dom/sub dynamic between Laura and Carmilla.

If I have any complaint, it's that the ending surprisingly softened the professor/student relationship, when I was maybe led to expect something more complicated/darker.

Content warnings: professor/student relationship (no underage), blood, murder, sexual content, public sex, light D/s relationship