The Divines by Ellie Eaton was a book that I never thought I would casually pick up and now recommend, but I am forever grateful that one of my friends urged me to read it. 

The Divines flips between Josephine’s present day life and flashbacks of her elite boarding school days before a tragic accident. 

The girls of the English school, St John the Divine, were cheeky and troubling with their ever biting language. Josephine certainly wanted to leave the other divines in her past. 

This book did a great job of exploring the reality of being our own unreliable narrators of our never-escaping past. The story is mysterious, yet also compelling. 

I am going to be completely honest, the characters, Josephine included, were all dis-likable. Almost unbearable even. But I think that was the whole point of representing the gaudy destructive class that these characters represented. 

While physically the book was short, it did take me a while to get through. There was only so much that I could handle at a time. But, I found the wrap up to be amazing. I really did think about this book for a long time after reading it. 

I think what I liked about this book was that it really dug into perception. It was interesting to see how Josephine, possibly like the rest of us, was constantly trying to figure out who she was as a person throughout her entire life. 

This book definitely isn’t for everyone, but in the hands of the right person, I think someone could truly love this book.

I give The Divines a 4 out of 5 stars.