As the story is first-person, she deftly explains concepts as necessary to the reader, easily getting the audience on board with how the school functions. Smartly, El is a junior when the book starts, making her well-used to the proclivities of the school and how it operates, while still a ways off from leaving. Its premise is almost satirical in nature: how many books with magic schools have their students in deadly peril when there are plenty of adults around to step in? A Deadly Education just removes adult supervision from the equation, instead turning the premise into a very effective blend of Hunger Games and Harry Potter. El has always been an outsider, unwelcome in any of the school cliques, until she discovers a book with a lost magic spell that could be her ticket into any alliance she wants.Ī Deadly Education is a thrilling adventure that won me over just for the sheer fun of it. Students will do anything to survive, whether that means forming an alliance or leaving another student to be a meal while they escape. Being locked in a heavily warded school provides some protection, but you never know when a “mal” will break in. The school is constantly under attack from monsters that want nothing more than to kill the students and suck their magic dry. OVERVIEW/ANALYSIS: The students at Scholomance study like their lives depend on it – because they actually do. It is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook and audiobook formats. It is told in first person from El's POV. Her upcoming book The Golden Enclaves is the third of the Scholomance trilogy, and will be available September 2022.įORMAT/INFO: A Deadly Education was published on September 29th, 2020 by Del Rey Books. OFFICIAL AUTHOR BIO: Naomi Novik is the acclaimed New York Times-bestselling author of the Nebula Award-winning novel Uprooted, Spinning Silver, and the nine-volume Temeraire series, as well as a founder of the Archive of Our Own.

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