Review:
Kit is about to go to an exclusive boarding school, Blackwood School for Girls. Ordinarily, she would have been excited, but she'd found out that her friend Tracy hadn't been accepted and had been dreading going ever since.
The school, which used to be a private residence, is impressive-looking, but Kit can't help but think of the word "evil" when she sees it. There's just something about it. She's one of the first arrivals, so she hopes that it'll feel more welcoming once the other girls are there. It's a shock when she learns that there are only three other students besides her: Sandy, who Kit instantly bonds with, and Ruth and Lynda, who'd previously gone to school together.
What makes the four of them so special that only they were accepted to this school? It's only the first of many questions Kit has about the school as more and more strange things happen.
I Know What You Did Last Summer may be Duncan's better known work, but I thought that this was a better book overall. I enjoyed the creepy atmosphere, and, while the ghost bits weren't unexpected, things did go in a different direction than I expected.
I didn't have the musical knowledge necessary to guess which composers Duncan might have been referencing, but I did have a few guesses as to authors, which added to the overall horror of the story.
One thing I should note: Kit had a crush on her piano teacher, who seemed to be developing feelings for her in turn. He was the youngest of the teachers, but still, he was an adult and her teacher, so there were a few red flags there. However, nothing ever happened between them.
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