Renée Winters' life changes forever when she discovers her murdered parents on her sixteenth birthday. Although she has had a happy life in California, her grandfather removes her from her friends - and brand new boyfriend - to send her to Gottfried Academy, an extremely exclusive and remote boarding school in Maine. She slowly starts to make new friends as she adjusts to life at Gottfried, studying philosophy, Latin, and "Crude Sciences." Renée also meets Dante Berlin, a mysterious boy to whom she feels connected, although she doesn't know why. More importantly, she starts to suspect that there may be secrets at Gottfried, and that there may be more going on than the school's administration is willing to admit.
This book is followed by Life Eternal, and then Love Reborn (to be published January 2014).
I thought this was an interesting take on the idea of the "undead" which has been popular recently in various forms. That's a small spoiler, but it shouldn't be much of a surprise, given the title. The story feels a bit gloomy and slow, but I was definitely intrigued to find out the ultimate direction. I would recommend this book to older fantasy readers who prefer stories that are more somber about the real world, particularly stories that deal with the undead.
- If this book sounds interesting, consider these: Abhorson, Lost Voices, Wicked Lovely, or Warbreaker
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