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Talley, Robin

As I Descended

373 pp. | HarperTeen | September, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-0-06-240923-2 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-06-240925-6
(4) YA In this Macbeth homage set at an elite boarding school with a diverse student body, Lily plots to ensure her girlfriend Maria's scholarship: she will get rival Delilah disqualified by drugging her. When this scheme backfires, the couple deceives and harms others to cover it up. The girls' ruthlessness is chilling enough without the supernatural elements, which draw upon a multitude of horror tropes and don't quite cohere.
Reviewer: Katie Bircher

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