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An Academy for Liars

Alexis Henderson

Start date: October 1, 2024

Finish date: October 31, 2024

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Mar 01, 2025 Thecritic rated it it was ok

It is about Drayton College, a magical school of persuasion, mind control, the seventies way.

Lennon runs away from her wedding when she finds her husband to be with her best friend. She gets a call for interview to attend Drayton, an old college that nobody has ever heard of.

She is the most talented student and becomes the favorite of Dante, the best and strongest teacher when she opens a gate to past.

It’s mind control and of course there is conspiracy and schemes and killing and using others.

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Sep 14, 2025 Danielle Tropea Dess rated it did not like it · review of another edition

I’m a sucker for dark academia. I read it even when it’s barely holding itself together (early Zodiac Academy, I’m looking at you). But this? This was a masterclass in how to make me not care. Lennon had the personality of damp cardboard, and the rest of the cast were paper thin. The “world-building” felt like someone scribbled notes on a napkin and called it a day. The pacing somehow managed to be both breakneck and glacial, leaving the story feeling rushed and stagnant at the same time. With m ...more

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