A review by sarahsbookstack
My Dearest Darkest by Kayla Cottingham

dark medium-paced

3.75

At an elite school, there is evil lurking.

Finch gets a chance at being a part of Ulalume Academy, but she should be dead.... She drowned in an accident but she made it out alive, unlike her parents. 

But she's alive at a cost and it will slowly be revealed. She and some other girls discover a being called Nerosi. She is incorporeal and can grant a "step up" of your desire, if asked, but always at a cost. As one girl gets sucked into Nerosi's clutches, it's up to Finch and her crush Selena to rid Nerosi of this world. 

Ok.... Where are all the adults/responsible figures? This book is full of teenagers making big/possibly deadly mistakes and adult presences are nowhere to be found?!  This was a weird book and the horror vibes were interesting.