VICIOUS by V.E. Schwab

AGENDA:

1. Short introductions (name, pronouns, one thing you liked about the book)
2. Discussion of VICIOUS
3. Deciding on September title*

"Victor and Eli started out as college roommates—brilliant, arrogant, lonely boys who recognized the same sharpness and ambition in each other. In their senior year, a shared research interest in adrenaline, near-death experiences, and seemingly supernatural events reveals an intriguing possibility: that under the right conditions, someone could develop extraordinary abilities. But when their thesis moves from the academic to the experimental, things go horribly wrong.

Ten years later, Victor breaks out of prison, determined to catch up to his old friend (now foe), aided by a young girl whose reserved nature obscures a stunning ability. Meanwhile, Eli is on a mission to eradicate every other super-powered person that he can find—aside from his sidekick, an enigmatic woman with an unbreakable will. Armed with terrible power on both sides, driven by the memory of betrayal and loss, the archnemeses have set a course for revenge—but who will be left alive at the end?"

VICIOUS is available for purchase through WritersBlockBookstore.com (USPS ship-to-home or curbside pickup). You can also borrow it from the Orange County Public Library System as a physical book or book on CD via grab-and-go or home delivery, or as an ebook download through the Overdrive and Libby apps.** If you have any questions about how to obtain the book through these means, please comment on the event or DM host Shelby Bouck.

*Feel free to suggest a book from any genre for September! It should be published for an adult or young adult audience and be one continuous work, i.e. not a collection of short stories, essays, or poems.

**When searching the OCLS library catalog for VICIOUS, you'll want to look up the author's full name: Victoria Schwab.