This month at The Hidden Bookcase, we're reading dark academia!

Our first read is Vicious by V.E. Schwab, chosen by guest L.M. Clohessy. Let's talk pain, powers, and potentially purposeful murders.

Content warnings: Mentions of knives, stabbing, syringes, torture, passive suicidality, control, manipulation, chronic illness, religious trauma, vehicular homocide, child endangerment, sexual violence, aphobia, murder, and death.

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Other media mentioned in this episode (in order referenced):

• The A.M. Archives by Lauren Shippen (Podcast) [Listen Online]
• Gallant by V.E. Schwab [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
• First Kill by V.E. Schwab (from the anthology Vampires Never Get Old: Tales with Fresh Bite) [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
• The Bright Sessions by Lauren Shippen (Podcast) [Listen Online]
• The Umbrella Academy by Gerard Way [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
• The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
• City of Nightmares by Rebecca Schaeffer [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
• A Neon Darkness by Lauren Shippen [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
• Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir [US LINK]
• The Cruel Prince by Holly Black [UK LINK] / [US LINK]
• Yellowface by R.F. Kuang [UK LINK] / [US LINK]

Our next read:

• Legendborn by Tracy Deonn [⁠UK LINK⁠] / [⁠US LINK⁠]

Keep safe- please always check the content warnings of any media we mention if you need before diving in. Music: https://www.purple-planet.com