Title: The Villain Institute
Author: Megan Linski & Alicia Rades
Rating Out of 5: 1 (Couldn’t get past the first page)
Pace: Slow
Format: eBook, Novel
Year: 2021

I really, really wanted to like this novel!  I mean, the premise was great, and the cover was really pretty! But I just… didn’t. And I’m honestly not 100% sure why. I think partly its because at the moment I’m being extra fussy – I have SO many books on my shelves that I’m culling things out if they don’t drag me in within the first three chapters. And this just didn’t do it for me, plus, it felt a little uncomfortable with some of the ways in which indigenous people were talked about…

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