Unmagical Life of Briar Jones

Briar always dreamed of attending the Temple School of Thaumaturgy, the elite boarding school that`s produced the most CEOs and Prime Ministers in history, long rumoured to be magical. Briar`s best friend, Seb, just wanted them to stay together forever. When Seb gets an acceptance letter and Briar doesn`t, their relationship is shattered - until, at eighteen, Briar secures a temp job sorting through the magical junk in Temple`s attic, and discovers that quiet, sensitive Seb, the boy they once loved more than anything else in the world, has become the villain. Dark academia meets fantasy in this timely page-turner about a student who fails to gain admission to the UK`s only school of magic but then finds their way there years later and unearths the ugly secrets simmering behind its ancient walls - unmissable for fans of Babel by R.F. Kuang and Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo.