I think it’s the biggest minus of this series: we are given too much information and don’t have enough brain capacity to process it.

El is a great and snarky narrator but sometimes it is sooo very hard to grasp all the things she’s talking about. To say this book was a rollercoaster is to say nothing! As usual when you dive into this series, you are thrown right into a massive info dump. New alliances are built, old ones are destroyed, and the school’s mechanism is silently turning, counting the last days. A lot has changed since the previous year. In this installment of The Scholomance we are thrown back right into the chaos of El, Orion, and other kids facing their senior year. My initial thoughts right after finishing The Last Graduate: Until El realizes that sometimes winning the game means throwing out all the rules. El is determined that her chosen group will survive, but it is a prospect that is looking harder by the day as the savagery of the school ramps up. Published September 28th 2021 by Del Rey Books Annotation:Ī budding dark sorceress determined not to use her formidable powers uncovers yet more secrets about the workings of her world in the stunning sequel to A Deadly Education, the start of Naomi Novik’s groundbreaking crossover series.Īt the Scholomance, El, Orion, and the other students are faced with their final year–and the looming specter of graduation, a deadly ritual that leaves few students alive in its wake.

The last graduate first book