At the Scholomance, a deadly magical school designed to weed out the weak, students must survive not just exams but hunger, monsters, and one another. Naomi Novik’s trilogy follows a sharp-witted young witch as she navigates shifting alliances, dangerous power, and the constant threat of being consumed by the very system meant to teach her. Darkly inventive, fast-paced, and wryly funny, this series blends coming-of-age tension with high-stakes fantasy worldbuilding.