*I was sent a copy of All That Consumes Us in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to HarperCollins and Erica Waters for my copy of the book*

Synopsis:

​​Everyone knows the students in Corbin College’s elite academic society, Magni Viri, have it all—free tuition, inspirational professors, and dream jobs once they graduate. So when Tara is offered a chance to enroll, she takes it.

But once she’s settled into the gorgeous Victorian dormitory the academy calls home, something strange starts to happen. She finally has the chance to write, but her stories are dark and twisted. When she’s not sleepwalking, she’s dreaming about being trapped in a coffin, buried alive. And she’s starting to feel an unseen presence stalking her through the halls of her dorm.

As Tara slowly loses her grip on everything she’s ever known, she discovers a terrible secret at the heart of Magni Viri, one that just might turn her dreams into nightmares, one that might destroy her before she has a chance to escape.

Review:

All That Consumes Us started out very strong but sadly dropped off near the end. The first half of this book was spinetingling creepy, it legitimately had me freaked out. You really have no idea what is going on and the thought of Tara being haunted by a fellow student’s ghost was pretty frightening. 

However, the second half of the book gets a little repetitive and considering the somewhat quick ending, it goes on a bit too long. The secret of Magni Viri was revealed way too soon and the horror/mystery side of the story suffered because of it. I really struggled to get into the last 20% despite this being such an interesting story. 

The concept of this book was very unique in my opinion – I’ve never read anything like this. I’m not going to give away the main themes as they aren’t mentioned in the synopsis, but it’s an interesting one, trust me. 

I wish more time was spent at the Magni Viri house. I’m a sucker for old Victorian houses, especially as the settings for horror media, but you don’t get to see much of it. This is an element that the book was lacking ever so slightly. There wasn’t a lot of description, especially with the settings. A decent amount of this story takes place in a graveyard and I feel like an in-depth description of it would have made the second half of the book much scarier. 

I wasn’t very keen on Tara as the main character but I did like the cast of characters as a whole. They all had a part to play and their little eccentricities were very endearing.

All That Consumes Us is a very decent mystery thriller and I’d highly recommend it if you are into books about secret societies.

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