A Deadly Education
by Naomi Novik
Our rating
Spice: none. Darkness: dark.
El is at a magic school with no teachers, where monsters crawl out of the drains and a chunk of every class dies before graduation. She's also prophesied to destroy the world. Her grumpy voice carries the whole thing.
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Is A Deadly Education spicy?
No. A Deadly Education has no sex on the page. If there's romance it stays at kissing or happens off-page, so it's a safe pick if you want zero spice.
How dark is A Deadly Education?
We rate A Deadly Education 3 out of 5 for darkness (dark). The big content warnings are graphic violence, gore, death of a loved one. The full list is further down the page.
Do you need to read The Scholomance in order?
A Deadly Education is book 1 of The Scholomance, so it's the place to start. The series has 1 book on our list so far and is complete.
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Content warnings
Show 3 content warnings for A Deadly Education
- Graphic violence
- Gore
- Death of a loved one
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Details
- Series
- The Scholomance, book 1
- Series status
- Complete
- Pages
- 313
- First published
- 2020
- Genre
- Dark Fantasy
