![]() ![]() YA readers who like scary stories will like this one. Maria Lyon and Lily Boiten are their school’s ultimate power couplebut one thing stands between them and their perfect future. Is it a story about being young and gay, an anti-bullying story, or a retelling of one of Shakespeare’s greatest plays? The writing is crisp, the characters engaging, and the darkness intriguing. From the acclaimed author of Lies We Tell Ourselves, Robin Talley, comes a Shakespeare-inspired story of revenge and redemption, where fair is foul, and foul is fair. ![]() VERY loosely based on Macbeth, this modern tragedy has so much going on it is hard to know author Robin Talley’s true intent. ![]() Maria is in competition with popular girl Delilah for a scholarship, and when Lily suggests drugging Delilah to ruin her reputation, Maria does and starts wishing for other things to help her, but the evil powers kind of take over and terrible things start happening. Things go terribly wrong and it seems they have unleashed some powerful evil forces. They choose the old dining hall at their boarding school, a place thought to be haunted. Lily buys an antique Ouija board and convinces Maria they should try having a seance with their friend Brandon. She runs the school, and if she chose, she could blow up Maria and Lily’s whole world with a pointed look, or a carefully placed word. Maria had some experiences as a little girl that make her think she may have a special connection to the spirit world, a fact she shared with her roommate and lover, Lily. Golden child Delilah is a legend at the exclusive Acheron Academy, and the presumptive winner of the distinguished Cawdor Kingsley Prize. ![]()
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