I absolutely LOVED A Lite Too Bright, and when I heard that Samuel Miller was publishing another book (and a dark academia one no less!!) I was so excited, pre-ordered the book immediately and screamed when the package arrived. I started it yesterday, finished it this morning and DAMN I loved it. Premise: An elite prep school in the middle of nowhere. No applications–all students are invited by the school, tuitions are paid in full. And all students are gifted in some way. But early on it becomes clear that not everything in this school is what it seems; why are there so many maintenance workers, and why are some students behaving strangely? When Emma, one of the most popular students of the school, disappears without a trace, a group of students start digging deeper into the school itself, uncovering secrets that endanger them all. I love Samuel Miller’s writing. The sentences flow so effortlessly, and ever so often there’s a sentence that just makes me go ugghhh. His words paint such vivid pictures, I could feel the atmosphere of Redemption Prep, see the buildings and the characters in front of me, until you could have convinced me that it’s a real place (I actually wondered, in the beginning, if this book is based on a real story!). I also really liked how interviews and testimonies from and with the characters are woven into the narrative–it gives the book an almost “true-crime-podcast” feeling, and, again, gave me the feeling of the whole story having actually happened. The plot is so good!! What starts off as a simple prep school story very rapidly becomes more and more sinister, until you’re reading with wide eyes as you realize what is actually going on. There are so many twists and turns, as more and more curtains are drawn back and the true story emerges. At the same time, I didn’t feel lost once. The build-up is fantastic, and I especially loved the elements of foreshadowing that only reveal themselves in retrospect. Another thing I really liked are the character developments. Almost all characters are almost one-dimensional in the beginning, with their minds set on fixed goals. Over the course of the story, they really reflect and develop, but really believably. LOVED it. It makes me so sad to see that this book apparently isn’t for everyone! But if you are looking for a multi-layered mystery set in a creepy, “stranger-things-style” prep school, with interesting characters and a plot-twisty story, I would definitely recommend picking up this book!