An Oxford classicist discovers her mentor sabotaged her career in this dark academia thriller reimagining the Daphne and Apollo myth.
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An Oxford classicist discovers her mentor sabotaged her career in this dark academia thriller reimagining the Daphne and Apollo myth.
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An NPR Best Book of 2022 and the intertwining of love and obsession. Tessa Templeton has thrived at Oxford University under the tutelage and praise of esteemed classics professor Christopher Eccles. And now, his support is the one thing she can rely on: her job search has yielded nothing, and her devotion to her work has just cost her her boyfriend, Ben. Yet shortly before her thesis defense, Tessa learns that Chris has sabotaged her career—and realizes their relationship is not at all what she ...
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Sexual content
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Obsessive unwanted pursuit; romantic tension in a toxic mentor-student dynamic
Violence & gore
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Intimate violence and physical peril tied to coercive control and obsession
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic present
Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Recurring themes of academic power structures and gendered aggression
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Central coercive control, career sabotage, and intimate violence by mentor
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