• ISBN13: 9780593898802
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Creative Writing, Fiction
• Publisher: Delacorte Press
• Publisher Imprint: Delacorte Press
• Publication Date: July 29, 2025
• Pages: 512
• Original Price: USD 21.99
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 645 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Fantasy / Dark Fantasy

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A Good Morning America YA Book Club Pick!

SIX RIVALS. ONE VICTOR. ETERNITY IS ONLY THE BEGINNING.

"A twisty and thrilling dark academia fantasy that will have you enthralled from the very first page." --Ava Reid, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Study in Drowning

Six students compete to change their fate at a darkly enchanted boarding school in purgatory where graduation is the only escape--and love can cross the boundaries between life and death.

This stunning hardcover edition will feature gorgeous, flower-patterned sprayed edges, colored endpapers, and an exclusive foil-stamped case!

Welcome to Blackwood Academy: the legendary school located on the fringes of the afterlife. Once a pupil enters the academy's arched gates, there is no way out...except the Decennial, a cut-throat magical competition with only one victor.

This year, six of the Academy's top students have been chosen to face the Decennial's tests. Two academic archrivals, whose strange connection blurs the lines between obsession and hate. One girl driven solely by ambition, and another plagued by memories of the love she lost. And a charming playboy who never cared for anyone--until he met the academy's newest student. But what none of them know? They aren't the only ones playing Blackwood's game.

Who will win, and who will fall? Only one thing is for certain: in this game, some fates are worse than death.

Book One of the Souls of Blackwood Academy Series

I.V. Marie was born and raised in Miami to a Peruvian mother and Chilean father, where she acquired a penchant for afternoon cafecitos and developed an all-consuming obsession with books. Her writing ambitions began behind her grandparent's computer, where she spent her childhood crafting spooky and fantastical short stories. When she is not writing, you can find her rock climbing or watching atmospheric YouTube videos with her dog, Mr. Darcy.