An Academy for Liars -

Alexis Henderson

Ace

2024

464 páginas

15h 28m

ISBN-13: 9780593638309

A student will find that the hardest lessons sometimes come outside the classroom in this stunning dark academia novel from the acclaimed author of The Year of the Witching and House of Hunger.

Lennon Carter’s life is falling apart.

Then she gets a mysterious phone call inviting her to take the entrance exam for Drayton College, a school of magic hidden in a secret pocket of Savannah. Lennon has been chosen because—like everyone else at the school—she has the innate gift of persuasion, the ability to wield her will like a weapon, using it to control others and, in rare cases, matter itself.

After passing the test, Lennon begins to learn how to master her devastating and unsettling power. But despite persuasion’s heavy toll on her body and mind, she is wholly captivated by her studies, by Drayton’s lush, moss-draped campus, and by her brilliant classmates. But even more captivating is her charismatic adviser, Dante, who both intimidates and enthralls her.

As Lennon continues in her studies her control grows, and she starts to uncover more about the secret world she has entered into, including the disquieting history of Drayton college, and the way her mentor’s tragic and violent past intertwines with it. She is increasingly disturbed by what she learns. For it seems that the ultimate test is to embrace absolute power without succumbing to corruption . . . and it's a test she's terrified she is going to fail.

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3.5 (Bom)

— Lennon Carter está em um ponto de ruptura: após descobrir que seu noivo a traiu em sua própria festa de noivado, ela decide pôr fim à própria vida. No entanto, uma ligação misteriosa a convida para a Drayton Academy, uma escola secreta de magia localizada em Savannah. Lá, ela descobre um sistema de magia chamado “persuasão”, que permite controlar seres e objetos — mas com um alto custo físico e psicológico. À medida que Lennon se adapta a esse novo mundo, ela se vê envolvida em intrigas, segredos e questões éticas complexas.