The Library at Mount Char

I'm slightly at a loss as to how to describe this book. Think....a secret society with forbidden knowledge has their leader disappear. As you follow the students/disciples on their quest to find him, you learn more about their society along the way. This is a fantasy novel, and I think would sit in the “dark academia” subcategory. But this is DARK academia. Way dark. It also gets pretty weird/trippy, although I think that is what saved it for me. Some of the characters are so bizarre that they tip over into being charming. The plot is also pretty bizarre, to the point that by the end you're just shrugging your shoulders and saying, “sure, why not?”

I had a few points early on in reading that I wasn't sure if I was going to make it through, but by the end I was enjoying it. If you're looking for a spooky-ish novel to read under a blanket during spooky season, this could be the book for you.