Night School | C.J. Daugherty | Review
When she’s attacked late one night the incident sets off a chain of increasingly violent events. As the school begins to seem like a very dangerous place, she finds out that nothing at Cimmeria is what it seems. And that she is not who she thought she was.
I’ve always enjoyed boarding school books. I adored Malory
Towers and St Clare’s as I grew up. I’m always drawn towards boarding school
books. I think that equates for a lot of the reasons that I chose to pick up Night School.
I didn’t know too much about it going in, and I actually
expected a paranormal novel of some kind. The synopsis and plot makes it seem
that way, however it has no paranormal elements whatsoever. To be very honest,
this was a nice change from my somewhat monotonous reading routine.
One of my main issues with the book is that Allie’s “rebellion”
disperses pretty much as soon as she gets to Cimmeria. Before Cimmeria she is
troubled, acting out and being arrested and expelled all over the place. While
she is sent to Cimmeria to be “sorted out” if you will, her personality changes
quickly and we lose the rebellious, feisty main character for one that is
solidly average. While I like Allie more in later books in the series, much of Night School was made strong by the
supporting characters.
Due to the nature of the school all the plots were so
cloaked in mystery you got absolutely no resolution about anything that
happened until the very end, which could be frustrating. Even then, due to the
bigger story arc of the series, you’re left with more questions. It can be a
frustrating experience, although that is ultimately what made me read the next
one in the series almost straight away.
C.J. Daugherty’s writing is so smooth and beautiful,
transitioning easily through different settings and scenes and this definitely
made up for some of the somewhat flawed, content.
This post was written by regular reviewer Kath, get to know her here.
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