Naomi Novik's A Deadly Education
I’m rereading this because the sequel is out soon—I loved this when I first read it, but soon after that, people online pointed out various problematic/insensitive things about how race was handled, which I hadn’t noticed bc I am a clueless white lady. I think they actually managed to edit some of the more egregious cases out, because I didn’t see a couple of specific examples I was primed for. Otherwise this is still a really fun YA fantasy about a snarky, grumpy girl at a murderous magical school, trying not to give into her evil fate, begrudgingly making friends, trying to survive, etc. Normally I hate romances in YA books, but the one here is so funny (and slow building) that I was rooting for it. Hoping the sequel is more of the entertaining same.
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