Marika always thought magic was a curse. Now she must master it before it consumes her.

When a massacre leaves most of the royal family dead and awakens volatile power in Marika’s veins, she hides her identity and disappears into a secretive university for magic users, hoping to master her unruly magic before anyone discovers who she is. But anonymity proves impossible when two enigmatic students take an interest in her abilities—and in her.

Her cold, sharp-tongued roommate Argent sees through her false name almost immediately, and the other woman seems determined to make Marika miserable. Harland, a charismatic member of the school’s elite inner circle, is far more welcoming—but no less mysterious. And as Marika is pulled into the orbit of a secret society concealed behind the university’s polished facade, she realizes Argent and Harland may know more about her family’s deaths than they admit.

The society offers Marika the one thing she desperately needs: answers about her magic and a chance to finally control it. But the deeper she falls into their world of hidden loyalties, rebellion, and dangerous attraction, the harder it becomes to tell who she can trust—and whether Argent and Harland are worth the risk.

Shadow & Bone gets a darker, new adult twist with a touch of The Foxglove King in this FFM dark academia romantic fantasy series starter, featuring a casually queer cast, university intrigue, dangerous elemental magic, and a tangled romance where no one is forced to choose. Pick up A Cure for Magic today and sink into a world of secrets, rebellion, and forbidden power.

A Cure for Magic is the first book in the Archive of Hollow Crowns series. Book two, A Chorus of Ruin, is also currently available to request on NetGalley.

This book is for you if you LOVE: 

🏛️ dark academia

🔥 trauma-born magic

💘 slow-burn why choose romance

⚔️ morally gray love interests

🎓 magical university setting

🖤 complicated relationships

🤝 unlikely alliances

👑 hidden power & dangerous secrets

🌈 queer / polyamorous romance

🔮 a dark, character-driven magic system