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The concept and the temporary cover art drew me in! I love mysteries, boarding schools, and paranormal elements, and this book certainly checked all of those boxes.

Unfortunately, I didn't manage to connect with either the main character (I didn't feel like I knew much about her, other than her love for her sister) or the prose (found it to be too descriptive, which came across as overly dramatic at points, and it's just not my cup of tea). As such, I ended up DNFing at 37%.

However, this is just my experience, and I'm sure many other lovers of the genre will enjoy this one! Just couldn't get over my pet peeves...

I will be rating it 3* on NetGalley as I have to add a star rating in order to send my review, and I don't want to be unfair to the book as I haven't read it all. On Goodreads, it will just be marked as "dnf" so as not to affect its rating.

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I really enjoyed this dark academia mystery! It gave me Gothikana meets Wednesday vibes with the boarding school setting and ongoing mystery. I loved The witchcraft/Occult plot and thought the twists were fresh and unexpected! I loved the academic Art History themes and was hooked throughout! Fast paced and on trend, a big fan!

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OBSESSED.
Dark academic? Witchy vibes? Art history? Sprinkle of romance? All a recipe for a 5⭐️ read in my opinion. The characters and the scenery were all exquisitely, especially when we went to the Underworld. The twists just kept coming when it came to Jae and I spent a good deal of time picking my jaw up off the floor. The ending gave me hope for a sequel!

I HIGHLY recommend adding this to your tbr.

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While investigating the death of her sister Andy discovers a complex history of secret societies and the occult at her school.
I really enjoyed this. The characters have depth and the story is satisfying - I particularly liked the underworld and its inhabitants. Really hoping there’s a sequel!

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I didn't think I was one for Dark academia but All The Devils has proved that wrong as I felt immediately hooked by the story!

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I don't know how else to start this other than saying oh my God??!! This book absolutely gripped the life out of me, I was completely hooked from the very beginning. I thought about it while I was at work or before I fell asleep at night, just wanting to keep reading. Very few books do that to me, but this was stunning.

The plot was amazing, it was a gorgeous mixture of A Good Girl's Guide To Murder (Holly Jackson) meets Wednesday (Netflix series). The characters are both lovable and hateable which always make a book so much more fun. I didn't expect any of the twists which made it so exciting. The world-building was at a medium pace where we learnt along with the main character which made it so much easier to understand.

The ending was great and also very open, which I'm praying means there's going to be a second book? I definitely would love to see more Andy and Jae's development after all of the events that had happened to them

Also, beautiful cover.

4.5/5 stars!!

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this is such an ominously dark and intriguing dark academia novel! the premise takes the traditional dark academia setting but Wilson makes it her own through Andy’s riveting characterisation and her obsessive devotion to her missing sister.

so many twists and turns with the classic markers of the genre that we all love! Wilson doesn’t rely on the framework of the genre to do the work for her, but instead focuses her attention on our main character Andy who is full of guilt, grief and determination. she was such a phenomenal and fascinating heroine, the backbone and shining star of the story. i hope we get more by Wilson in this world in the future! so refreshing and intelligent :)

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I have read almost every dark academia or dark academia adjacent book and All The Devils was SOOO refreshing. The romance, the storyline, the plot. I practically devoured it! Wilson is now on my auto buy list. Can’t wait to see what else she comes out with.

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All the devils is a dark academia fantasy set at an elite boarding school. It follows Andy (Andromeda) on a mission to uncover what has happened to her sister and in doing so, uncovers secrets and magic.

The pacing of this book is fast, you get into it straight away. There is no world building settling you in and I liked that. I was always wanting more and hope there is a sequel to this as I still want more.

it's written well and captures the reader immediately. thank you for the advanced copy

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This is a cracking read, i really enjoyed the story, but it is eerily similar to every exquistite thing by Lauren Steven, i had to go back to that book to check if the schools were the same, they arent, but they could be.

Set in an elite boarding school this tells the story of Andromeda whose sister Violet dies but Andy doesnt believe Violet is dead because the body in the coffin is wrong. We get wrapped up in demons, witches, and dark magic. Whilst Andromeda sets out to disover what happened to Violet, what she uncovers is even more sinister than she could have imagined and Violet is not as innocent as Andromeda initially believed..

I really enjoyed this book. Would love to have it in hardback if its released in that format.

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