Abby Kita is sent to Wilberton Academy, an all-girl private school, for mysterious reasons. Of course she doesn’t fit in. She has trouble with her roommate and members of the Wilberton Theatrical Society have it out for her. When Elizabeth Woodward is found dead in the woods, Abby was the last one known to have talked to her.
The mystery was satisfying but some of the answers were not. Probably because they were too realistic. They bullying was very realistic, too.


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I will read everything she makes because she knows how to craft such delicately complicated relationships in a space with no air left to take a breath, but you hardly even realize and you never mind

This could've benefited from being a little bit longer to give the multiple storylines more time to sink in, but I still felt this was intelligently woven together and, of course, I'll never get enough of the art style

This was a really engrossing graphic novel, I liked the school setting and that there was a bit of mystery to it. I will say that some of the themes here are definitely for more mature readers, so be aware of that.

It’s not just me that has a weakness for gorgeous covers? It can’t be, but this one is a stunner.

This Place Kills Me is a thriller/mystery set in an exclusive all girls school and explores the darker side of people when someone dies after a performance of Romeo and Juliet.

Wonderfully illustrated by Nicole Goux the story explores bullying, outsiders, new pupils, relationships, but most of all trust.

Abby Kita finds herself at the centre of all the intrigue and plotting that is going on, she is a transfer student and this gives her a set of fresh eyes looking at the culture of the school from outside but her past also makes her a target for the rest of the school and part of this is a shit load of homophobia.

We follow the ups and downs of Abby’s relationships with her roomie as they learn to trust each other then fall out, we learn some of the darker history of the school, and in the end what has been happening to the girls there, though not before a lot of this is blamed on Abby.

A cracking read from start to finish, another great graphic novel to add to my collection when it comes out in August.

I received this from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

An all girls boarding school with an eclusive elite theater group.... that is rocked by the murder of their leading actress and its up to the new transfer student who was the last person to see her alive to delve deeper into the supposed suicide because she knows there's something more going on. This is a unique queer murder mystery that definitely has you curious about what is happening. The art was really well done and the mystery kind of felt like your typical all girls school mystery but I liked that the main character was queer. The story deals with a lot of heavy topics from homophobia to sexual assault and drug use. Definitely check the trigger warnings before going into this if you are under 16 years old.

Release Date: August 19, 2025

Publication/Blog: Ash and Books (ash-and-books.tumblr.com)

*Thanks Netgalley and ABRAMS Kids | Abrams Fanfare for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*