Fans of One of Us Is Lying and The Hazel Wood are cordially invited to spend one fateful night surviving an elite private school’s epic masquerade ball in Jen Wilde’s debut thriller, This Is the Way the World Ends.
As an autistic scholarship student at the prestigious Webber Academy in New York City, Waverly is used to masking to fit in – in more ways than one. While her classmates are the children of the one percent, Waverly is getting by on tutoring gigs and the generosity of the school’s charming dean. So when her tutoring student and resident ‘it girl’ asks Waverly to attend the school’s annual Masquerade disguised as her, Waverly jumps at the chance – especially once she finds out that Ash, the dean’s daughter and her secret ex-girlfriend, will be there.
The Masquerade is everything Waverly dreamed of, complete with extravagant gowns, wealthy parents writing checks, and flowing champagne. Most importantly, there’s Ash. All Waverly wants to do is shed her mask and be with her, but the evening takes a sinister turn when Waverly stumbles into a secret meeting between the dean and the school’s top donors – and witnesses a brutal murder.
Waverly’s fairy-tale has turned into a nightmare, and she, Ash, and her friends must navigate through a dizzying maze of freight elevators and secret passageways if they’re going to survive the night.
‘A thrilling tale about privilege, power, and the different routes our future may take, depending on who has the controls’ Vincent Ralph, New York Times bestselling author of Lock The Doors
‘I needed to know what happened next’ Goldy Moldavsky, author of The Mary Shelley Club
‘Dark academia turns sideways in this compelling, suspenseful, romantic thriller’ Wendy Heard, author of She’s Too Pretty To Burn
‘A dark, twisted Cinderella story . . . You’ll finish these pages long before the clock strikes midnight’ Julia Lynn Rubin, author of Trouble Girls
As an autistic scholarship student at the prestigious Webber Academy in New York City, Waverly is used to masking to fit in – in more ways than one. While her classmates are the children of the one percent, Waverly is getting by on tutoring gigs and the generosity of the school’s charming dean. So when her tutoring student and resident ‘it girl’ asks Waverly to attend the school’s annual Masquerade disguised as her, Waverly jumps at the chance – especially once she finds out that Ash, the dean’s daughter and her secret ex-girlfriend, will be there.
The Masquerade is everything Waverly dreamed of, complete with extravagant gowns, wealthy parents writing checks, and flowing champagne. Most importantly, there’s Ash. All Waverly wants to do is shed her mask and be with her, but the evening takes a sinister turn when Waverly stumbles into a secret meeting between the dean and the school’s top donors – and witnesses a brutal murder.
Waverly’s fairy-tale has turned into a nightmare, and she, Ash, and her friends must navigate through a dizzying maze of freight elevators and secret passageways if they’re going to survive the night.
‘A thrilling tale about privilege, power, and the different routes our future may take, depending on who has the controls’ Vincent Ralph, New York Times bestselling author of Lock The Doors
‘I needed to know what happened next’ Goldy Moldavsky, author of The Mary Shelley Club
‘Dark academia turns sideways in this compelling, suspenseful, romantic thriller’ Wendy Heard, author of She’s Too Pretty To Burn
‘A dark, twisted Cinderella story . . . You’ll finish these pages long before the clock strikes midnight’ Julia Lynn Rubin, author of Trouble Girls
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Reviews
A dark, twisted Cinderella story featuring the most spunky, lovable heroine. You'll finish these pages long before the clock strikes midnight
A wild, anxiety-ridden ride through New York's elite prep school scene. Dark academia turns sideways in this compelling, suspenseful, romantic thriller
Propulsive, unique, and a main character that jumps off the page. I needed to know what happened next
Seeing girls and women uplifting, protecting, and loving each other is extremely powerful...deals head on with issues of mental health, body shaming, sexuality, and internet celebrity, handling them with a delicate and skillful touch
Quickly grabs your attention and doesn't let go. It's a bold move to set the story over a single night and it pays off in dramatic fashion. Jen Wilde has written a thrilling tale about privilege, power, and the different routes our future may take, depending on who has the controls