Halloween 2023: 31 Days of Dark Academia, October 19

Dark Academia novel: The Good Girls by Claire Eliza Bartlett (2020)

From the cover:

secrets and lies, then somebody dies

Quote:

The end of my life starts here.

A rainy, sodden autumn has turned the river below into a roaring monster. Rocks jut out like jagged teeth, jet black against frothy white. My blood sings as the weathered wood sags behind me—someone has followed me onto the tiny bridge over Anna’s Run….

Legends say Anna’s Run takes one unlucky sacrifice every year. The wind wraps around my neck like a cord.

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