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The Scholomance
5 Mar 2026 23:28I read all of the Scholomance books over the last four days. Which is to say, I found them a fun and easy read and desperately needed a break from RL. I enjoyed these books a lot, though not enough to make my all-time favourite list.
Orion was my favourite character, being both delightfully unhinged and having something Wrong with him. Which El, the MC, ignores on account of also having something Wrong with her, so she assumes it's something similar, and she's actually right about that. He's just got multiple kinds of Wrong going on.
Incidentally, whenever a mawmouth was described I thought "Shoggoth..." quietly to myself, though of course the origin story was quite different.
Anyway, I can definitely recommend these books. I had doubts about the magical school thing as I've found that setting annoying in the past (Harry Potter books excepted), but Naomi Novik pulled it off in an enjoyable way. She's good.
Orion was my favourite character, being both delightfully unhinged and having something Wrong with him. Which El, the MC, ignores on account of also having something Wrong with her, so she assumes it's something similar, and she's actually right about that. He's just got multiple kinds of Wrong going on.
Incidentally, whenever a mawmouth was described I thought "Shoggoth..." quietly to myself, though of course the origin story was quite different.
Anyway, I can definitely recommend these books. I had doubts about the magical school thing as I've found that setting annoying in the past (Harry Potter books excepted), but Naomi Novik pulled it off in an enjoyable way. She's good.