At Thornfield Academy, miracles have a price. You just have to pay with your memories.Maren Voss doesn't belong among the ultra-rich elites of Thornfield Academy. As a financially struggling scholarship student drowning in her family's medical debt, she is just trying to keep her head down and survive. But when a midnight stroll leads her to a hidden basement, she discovers the Athenaeum—a secret library of forbidden "e;Bound Texts."e; These ancient, supernatural books grant your deepest desires, but they demand a terrifying price: pieces of your own mind.Desperate to cure her sick brother, Maren makes the ultimate bargain. The next morning, her family's debt is cleared and her brother is completely healed... but Maren realizes with ice-cold horror that she can no longer remember his face.As the memory loss accelerates, eating away at her very identity, Maren is forced into a reluctant alliance with Julian Ashworth-Cole, the arrogant heir to the school's darkest legacy. Together, they uncover a chilling conspiracy. The school's elite faculty, known as the Custodians, are preparing for "e;The Last Page"e;—a massive ritual to wipe an entire town's memory to fuel the academy's wealth.With the clock ticking down to the Bicentennial Gala, Maren must make an impossible choice: destroy the library to save the town and her own mind, even if it means undoing the miracle that saved her brother.Academy of Shadows is a gripping, fast-paced Young Adult dark academia thriller perfect for fans of supernatural mysteries, tense rivalries, and cinematic suspense.
