Vicious

By V. E. Schwab,

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Book description

Victor and Eli started out as college roommates-brilliant, arrogant, lonely boys who recognized the same sharpness and ambition in one another. A shared research interest in adrenaline, near-death-experiences, and seemingly supernatural events reveals an intriguing possibility: that under the right conditions, someone could develop extraordinary abilities. But when their thesis…

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1 author picked Vicious as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This is one of my all-time favorite books.

A little bit dark academia, a little bit supervillain, it covers dual POVs with two friends in college developing superpowers after near-death experiences and grappling with the after-effects well into their adulthood.

Victor is a lovable anti-hero, and Eli’s flaws are so believable they gave me chills. 

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