{"product_id":"9781398535114-these-mortal-bodies","title":"These Mortal Bodies","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDark academia about a working class student's transformative first year at a prestigious university, surrounded by gothic architecture, secret societies and witchcraft.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eI’m ready to be part of something bigger, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eI told myself, whispering the words over and over, visualizing myself at the centre of things, never alone again.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Leaving behind her childhood in coastal Scotland, neurodivergent Ivy Graveson arrives at a prestigious university and throws herself into the deep end of life on campus.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Though her fellow students all seem to come from money and to have known each other their whole lives, outsider Ivy is determined to belong. She embraces the world of secret societies, and as she discovers the legacy of her college, the parallels between its past and her present become striking. Because however hard she tries to ignore it, Ivy has always felt one with water and her own personal talisman, a heron, is never far away.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In just one life-changing year in these hallowed halls, Ivy will have to decide how much sisterhood means to her and how far she’ll go to become the person she was destined to be.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA richly atmospheric campus novel perfect for fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Secret History\u003c\/i\u003e and dark academia, \u003ci\u003eThese Mortal Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e is an intoxicating story of obsession, infatuation and toxic friendship in the world of the elites, where rules are made to be broken.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘This book is peak dark academia’ \u003cb\u003eReader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Absolutely brilliant’ \u003cb\u003eReader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘An enticing and unsettling look at how much we’re willing to sacrifice for the sake of belonging’ \u003cb\u003eReader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Engaging, dark and twisty’ \u003cb\u003eReader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘A mystery of local witch trails and the introduction of women accessing academia and the way this may all be intertwined with the societies we’ve met is truly mindblowingly out of this world’ \u003cb\u003eReader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Enthralling, engaging and perfect for an autumnal read’ \u003cb\u003eReader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘A dark academia novel that blends detail about Oxbridge with invented history of women accused of witchcraft, and blurs the lines between traditions and rituals, power and mysticism’ \u003cb\u003eReader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Explores the murky waters of ‘sisterhood’ and questions whether the character’s relationships are virtuous, treacherous, toxic or a mix…. a page turner’ \u003cb\u003eReader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘As an avid dark academia reader, this novel ticked many of my boxes… I was hooked’ \u003cb\u003eReader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41793806205025,"sku":"9781398535114","price":9.31,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781398535114-these-mortal-bodies","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}