Book description
Lament Academy is a place for the forgotten, the troubled, the unwanted. Abby never wanted to be here, but she wasn't given a choice. The halls are cold, the whispers never stop, and something about this place feels wrong.Her roommate, Raven, listens to the floorboards like they might answer. The…
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1 author picked Abigail's Curse as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I read a lot of great books this year, which makes it hard to pick the best of the best.
I’m going with Abigail’s Curse because I love the way this book tricks the reader into thinking it’s going to be one story, then becomes something else entirely.
As it starts out, Abigail’s an ordinary teenager, in an ordinary school, dealing with a problem that shouldn’t be ordinary: a predatory teacher is trying to take advantage of her. Realising she’s about to make a formal complaint, the teacher gets in first with made-up allegations against her.
As punishment, Abigail is…
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