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Charlie has meticulously rebuilt her life after a brutal attack at her college and just wants to keep moving forward. When a movie is about to be made about her events of that night, dubbed scarlet Christmas, Charlie would do anything to keep that from happening. Desperately trying to regain her memories about that night and putting a stop to the movie Charlie has to finally confront her past and face what actually happened that night.

I’ve had my eye on this book for a while and when I saw the ALC available on NetGalley I jumped to request it. Marisa Calin does a great job giving each of the characters distinct voices. The timeline jumps between Charlies time at college before the attack and after once she learns that the movie is about to be made. It took a long time to actually find out what happened and I was in suspense the entire time. However once the reveal was actually made I wasn’t overly impressed. The story overall is intriguing but I wasn’t blown away by the reveal which I felt like was just information the author was withholding until the last moment. I felt like I was listening just to get to the end of the story to get the whole picture. I think this would be great for someone just getting into thrillers, but if you’ve read quite a few this might be a little predictable for you. I did enjoy the epilogue and being able to catch up wth some characters who didn’t get a lot of story time earlier in the book.

Everyone who can forgive me is dead publishes on February 6th. Thank you to Macmillan Audio, NetGalley and Jenny Hollander for this ALC.

An Education in Malice follows two rivals at a prestigious college both vying for the attention of their mysterious professor. As they progress further into her world they uncover her dark secrets and begin a relationship. This has all of the best dark academia vibes and the rivals to lovers storyline of the two FMCs is so well done. Just like in A Dowry of Blood S.T Gibsons writing is so lush and atmospheric. While this isn’t a sequel to A Dowry of Blood there is a fun call back so I would recommend reading that first. Education in Malice is a retelling of Carmilla, and even though I didn’t know the story of Carmilla before reading it didn’t take away from my enjoyment of this book. There was the right amount of tension between the characters and I really loved the slow burn and building of their relationship. Once I started reading I couldn’t stop and I will think about Carmilla and Laura often.

An Education in Malice will be published on February 13th. Thank you to NetGalley, Redhook Books and S.T Gibson for this e-ARC