Dark Academia - Tropes, toffs and tribulations

This is an old blog that I wrote over on my website when I first started writing The Salt Oracle in 2023. I’m reposting it (updated) now, as I figured it might be fun to share given you all now know what the book is that I’m talking about here!

So Dark Academia. What is it, why do we love it, why do we hate it, and why is The Salt Oracle both DA and really not?

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