Killing November

Written by Adriana Mather

Narrated by Cassandra Morris

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Hang a Witch comes a thriller set at a secretive boarding school where students are trained to carry on family legacies that have built--and toppled--empires. Think Umbrella Academy with teenage assassins.

November is as good as dead. She just doesn't know it yet.

At the international Academy Absconditi, there's no electricity, no internet, and an archaic eye-for-an-eye punishment system. Classes range from knife throwing and poisons to the art of deception. And the students? All silver-spoon descendants of the world's most elite strategists--training to become assassins, spies, and master impersonators.
One is a virtuoso of accents--and never to be trusted. Another is a vicious fighter determined to exploit November's weaknesses. And then there's the boy with the mesmerizing eyes and a secret agenda.
November doesn't know how an ordinary girl like her fits into the school's complicated legacy. But when a student is murdered, she'll need to separate her enemies from her allies before the crime gets pinned on her . . . or she becomes the killer's next victim.

From New York Times bestselling author Adriana Mather comes the first book in a thrilling new series that will leave you breathless.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
• Release date: Mar 26, 2019
• ISBN: 9781984829108

Adriana Mather

Adriana Mather is the New York Times bestselling author of the How to Hang a Witch series and the Killing November series, with family roots that go back to Sleepy Hollow, the Salem Witch Trials, and the Titanic. Most recently she has embraced her love of swoon with her newest novels Mom Com and The Breakup Artists. She’s also an actor and producer and co-owns Zombot Pictures, a production company that makes feature films. 

Reviews for Killing November

[rena613 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

My older daughter loved this book (and she's really picky).

[dominiquedavis · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

I didn't enjoy this like I thought I would. I didn't care about any of the characters, especially the main character who was far too naive for my liking. The plot itself was pretty predictable and not very interesting. Pretty disappointing.

[ftbooklover · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

After spending most of her life in a small town called Pembrook, November's dad enrolls her in a private school for a couple of weeks while he helps her aunt after a break in at her home. While on the way, November blacks out and wakes up at Academy Absconditi, where there is no technology and everybody seems out to kill her. When she begins to take classes, November realizes that the games that her father and aunt played with her as a child were meant to prepare her for what she would face in this school as the stakes get higher by the minute. Learning more about her family's history and her mother's death makes her conscious of the fact that her problems are bigger than just what is happening in this school and that there is nobody she can trust.

Killing November combines aspects of both the Harry Potter and Hunger Games series. Student interactions are Machiavellian to the point of being absurd. Also, it is hard to believe that any father, especially one in this situation, would leave his daughter as unprepared as November's father does in this story. Other than November's frustration and disbelief in her situation, other emotions don't come through as clearly, making it difficult to care about the characters. Overall, this is a well developed plot with lots of twists and turns, but it is a little difficult to connect with the characters.

[longdogmom · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Loved it! Finished it in one night. Can't wait to read what happens next in the sequel.

[amandanan · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Solid 3.5. I spent a lot of time trying to figure out what the hell was going on for the first 50% of the book. Lots of telling, little showing. Interest peaked enough to keep up with the series!