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St. Elmo deals in elemental magic and had once brewed weather there, and now it still causes disturbances that need to be monitored. As they do their work, Darlington realizes Alex has abilities beyond just seeing ghosts. Then, Darlington sees that someone had opened a portal down there. He goes to close the portal, but as he does he realizes he was mistaken and disappears, being left in darkness. In the meantime, Alex is in charge of making sure each society performs its rituals in a safe manner.
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But as she tries to consume Alex, Alex draws upon all the souls inside Belbalm to use their power to fight Belbalm. Daisy’s soul is the last one to be extracted and the rest of the souls turn on her. Alex attends a party (“salon”) that Belbalm had invited her to. The next day, Alex learns that the greenhouse Tara had been using to grow Merity has been cleared out by another student, Sveta Meyers. When Alex awakes, the Bridegroom Grey is outside, and Dean Sandow shows up soon after. Alex insists that there’s more to Tara’s death that may be connected to the societies, but Sandow reminds her that it’s a “funding year” for Lethe House and they don’t want to cause trouble.
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Finally, she finds out that Blake bought the Merity drug from Lance and Tara. In a flashback, we learn some of Darlington’s back story. His great-great-great-grandfather made a fortune selling rubber boots.
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When Alex confronts Dean Sandow about her findings, Dean Sandow admits he killed Tara (a secret society paid him to create a new nexus), but also says that it didn’t work. Professor Belbalm then interrupts to admit that she is actually Daisy’s soul residing in another possessed woman’s body. She is a Wheelwalker, like Alex, which is why they both have special powers. Consuming human souls keeps her alive, but also creates these new nexuses.
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Too much of herself, if she hadn't gotten the offer from Yale while she lay in a hospital bed — the chance to wipe out the past, get a fresh start. Nothing to do with the campus, the societies, their rituals or, therefore, Lethe. Also, the book contains some graphic content, which I was fine with (though I know many people were upset by this), except that it seemed unnecessary. There’s not a lot of it, but it still made the book a little more smutty than I’d prefer. As a result, the book moves a little slow for something billed as a thriller. The plot does pick up quite a bit in the last hundred pages or so though, so if you hit the halfway point, you might as well finish it.
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Her continued investigation leads her to Wolf’s Head, a society skilled in shapeshifting. Here, she strikes a chilling deal with the Bridegroom Grey, Bertram Boyce North. In exchange for information about Tara’s death, she agrees to probe into the murder of his fiancée, Daisy. This uncovers a link between Tara’s tattoo and Scroll and Key, a society intrigued by portal magic. She’s the latest body the soul of Daisy, the Bridegroom’s fiancé, hasinhabited after she died. She was the one who was interested in the ghosts andtheir potential all those years ago and summoned one to the room the day shedied.
Alex also does some research on the Bridegroom (North) and Daisy. They had been found dead in a factory belonging to North’s family in 1854. Alex goes to Darlington’s house, Black Elm, to return the car, hoping that he’ll somehow be there. A Grey dressed as a Bridegoom starts fighting with it, which allows Alex to struggle back to a safe house (Il Bastone), vomiting blood.
Bardugo captivates readers with her vivid storytelling and thought-provoking examination of the Ivy League’s dark underbelly. After the ritual, Alex receives a phone call from graduate student Pamela Dawes, who also works for Lethe House. Dawes tells Alex that the dead body of a girl named Tara Hutchins has been found at the campus gym. Detective Turner, a man who works for both Lethe House and the police department, assures her that the societies are not involved in the murder, as the girl was not a student. Alex sneaks into the coroner van to see Tara’s body covered in stab wounds, and the coroner tells her Tara’s boyfriend is the prime suspect.
Its members are supposed to act as shepherds, making sure that everyone is conducting their rituals safely and no students or faculty are affected by magic. The person in charge of overseeing the rituals is traditionally an upperclassman who holds the title of Virgil and who trains a first-year student, or Dante, to take up their place. Darlington is known as the “gentleman of Lethe” because of his impeccable manners and upstanding character. His entire life he has been fascinated with magic and the occult and has developed a romanticized vision of death and the supernatural.
Dawes and Alex return to Il Bastone, one of Lethe’s campus buildings, when Blake breaks in. He confesses to murdering Tara and tries to kill Alex. Sandow arrives, and using compulsion magic, Blake orders Sandow to kill Alex. Alex manages to summon magical jackals to save herself. Blake crawls back over to Alex, but before he can do anything, Dawes crushes his head and kills him.
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