This book was so different from anything I've ever read before.
My friend, Erin, suggested it to me a few weeks ago and I quickly became obsessed.
This book is told through several different storylines.
One story line follows the unfortunate lives of several girls who attend the Brookhants Boarding School of Girls. Each of these girls meet their ends in a horrific way, which leads students and faculty to believe the schoolgrounds are haunted. But some believe it's the work of a cursed book written by Mary MacLane, since a copy was found with each dead girl.
The other story line is told through the form of Hollywood turning this tragedy into a horror film. Think VHS meets Blair Witch Project, yeah pretty gross. It centers on the actresses who are cast as the soon-to-be-dead girls in The Happenings at Brookhants movie adaptation. Our lead heroines are forced to spend time with the author of said novel, Merritt. Honestly, they're all forced to spend time together to make the movie magic seem more authentic.
So this book alternates those storylines.
Libbie and Alex, who run the boarding school in 1902. Merritt, Harper, and Audrey running around the Brookhants campus in 20-something. These plots often overlapped because as our actresses were learning their roles, we were seeing the happenings first hand through Libbie and Alex. History has a way of repeating itself.
Oh, and just to throw it out there.....
I don't think there was a single straight character in this book.
The queerness was literally dripping off the pages and I loved it.
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