Hogwarts of Horror---The Sholomance by R. Lee Smith


The ScholomanceThe Scholomance by R. Lee Smith
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Hogwarts of Horror

R Lee Smith is not a romance author. She has mentioned this in response to more than one of her books and I caution you reader to heed her words. R Lee Smith may not write romance but she does craft intensely detailed worlds with amazingly true to life characters and then she places them in the most dangerous situations a human mind can think of.
In the Sholomance she crafts a terrifying tale of friendship and sisterly love. Kimara Warner was born a strange child, with white-grayish eyes. Those eyes set her apart from her fellow classmates leaving Kimara alone. That is until she meets Constance Vitelli, another loner child and they become the best of friends.
Connie wants to be magical, Kimara is magical. Over the years Connie learns about a special school taught by demons where anyone can learn magic, the only catch, 1 in 10 graduates has to remain behind. Connie leaves Kimara with nothing but a note to say she's going to find the Sholomance and two years later Kimara gets a disturbing letter from Connie asking her best friend to come and save her.
Kimara only has one friend, her only, her best. She will brave the darkest parts of herself and The Daemon's school of magic to save Connie. Even if it means losing her own freedom and humanity.
Everytime I pick up an R Lee Smith book I anticipate a life altering experience and the Sholomance definitely altered me. The mystery of what Kimara is and the heart stopping search for Connie within the Sholomance kept me awake all night long and well into the next day.
The horrors of the Sholomance and the magic of it was terrifying and nightmarish. The details of the school within the mountain was vivid and horrifying. The monsters within the school wear the familiar faces of our own selves.
The Sholomance is a macabre tale of friendship set in a magic school where few ever make it out alive.
I enjoy being scared but even I wasn't prepared to be this scared!

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