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The Four

By: Ellie Keel
Narrated by: Ell Potter
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 ‘An engrossing read' The Sunday Times

'Sharp, powerful, tragic, addictive' Chris Whitaker

‘Dark, compelling and beguiling’ Kate Mosse

‘Intensely gripping’ Karin Slaughter

‘Thrilling and deeply atmospheric’ Lucy Clarke

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Rose is sixteen when she arrives at High Realms boarding school, excited for the beginning of the rest of her life.

By the time she leaves, she and the three other scholarship students will have made the choices that decide their future.

Each one as heartbreaking and tragic as the last.

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Readers are RAVING about THE FOUR:

'A shockingly powerful debut… raw and unflinching, not for the faint of heart' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'Beautifully written and utterly brutal' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'Complex and heart wrenching and oh so gripping' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘If you can handle true emotional pain in your fiction, then don't let this one pass you by’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Critic Reviews

‘Haunting and tragic, a tale revealing the ugliness of adolescence – and humanity’ Cecelia Ahern

'A dark, stylish debut, it hooks you until the final denouement' Sunday Independent

‘Poignant and tragic, visceral and cruel, it’s about the best and the worst of what makes us human’ Emma Flint

'Dark academia fans rejoice: this should be on your to-be-read pile… At times bittersweet, at others extremely sad, this is a tragically beautiful tale that embraces everything that adolescence offers' Belfast Telegraph

‘Very stylishly done and chilling too’ Georgina Moore

‘The Four shakes up A Secret History with Mallory Towers to concoct a horrifically thrilling, emotionally gripping story of adolescent fear, pride, and loyalty’ Louisa Young

'This dark, intense novel is hugely addictive' Fabulous

'Immersive academic noir set in a boarding school dominated by a toxic ruling cadre, with four teens striving for survival in the baroque horror of that claustrophobic world' Harriet Tyce

‘The Four is a dark, thrilling and deeply atmospheric thriller. Impossible to put down!’ Lucy Clarke

'One of the best debuts I've read in a long time' Caroline Corcoran

'An enjoyable melodramatic romp' Gloss

'A spellbinding story' Glamour



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Most relevant
I do not believe this book, or possibly app, did enough to outline potential trigger warnings. I was not mentally prepared to listen to all the fuck*d up things that happened, and it was incredibly triggering for me. so readers be warned, this book contains:

-self harm
-rape
-sexual assault
-suicide
- intense to extreme bullying
- elludes to child pornography
- graphic descriptions of trauma.

please consider this before reading.

trigger warning

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Rose

Marta

Sammy

And

Lloyd

All scholarship students at the prestigious Higher Realms .

What initially presents itself as a wonderful opportunity for them all, soon turns dark as one of them, the gifted Marta, is singled out for some of the worst kind bullying.

As tragedy occurs, it provides a catalyst for unraveling secrets, not just from the beaten down Marta but from the others as they struggle to protect their new fragile friend from her unusual family situation, the school, and the law.

Interesting debut novel from Ellie Keel.
To he honest, the relationships parings all took me by surprise.

Definitely didn’t go where most books would have gone

I was beginning to think that Rose and Max were going to be the main romantic leads but, this didn’t turn out to be the case

But that’s a good thing.

Very atmospheric, and suspenseful

Interesting to see what comes next from this author

Suspenseful, Dark, Academia

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