Nightshade, Autumn Woods
Nightshade, Autumn Woods
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Nightshade
Sorrowsong University Book 1

Author: Autumn Woods

Series: Sorrowsong University

Narrator: Eloise Thompson, Ben Holtzmuller

Unabridged: 10 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Slowburn

Published: 06/24/2025


Synopsis

At a prestigious university for the world’s elite, an outcast faces murder and mystery while being drawn to the son of her sworn enemy.He’ll burn the world down for her . . . but she’ll burn his to the ground.Ophelia Winters wants revenge.Isolated in the Scottish Highlands, Sorrowsong University usually only welcomes students from the most powerful and corrupt families. Ophelia doesn’t belong, but a rare scholarship grants her the perfect opportunity to investigate her parents’ “accidental” death near the castle grounds. Her plan? Keep her head down to find out what truly happened and punish those responsible. The last thing she needs is to wind up in a mafia war or step on the toes of actual royalty.Things get off to a rocky start when she runs afoul of the mysterious Alex Corbeau-Green―son of her prime suspect. As far as she’s concerned, he is just a younger version of his billionaire father. A monster hiding beneath a beautiful façade.Loneliness has been Ophelia’s only dependable companion for years. But when an unknown tormentor begins to stalk her, she realizes she may not be able to survive Sorrowsong on her own. It’s Alex who becomes her unexpected ally―and alibi for murder. And as she begins to fall for the soft heart that hides beneath his hard exterior, her hunger for revenge wavers for the first time.Can she really bring herself to destroy everything he’s ever known?Mystery. Murder. Revenge. Welcome to Sorrowsong University.Sexy, suspenseful, and atmospheric, this enemies-to-lovers dark academia romance and TikTok sensation is Gothikana meets Maxton Hall.This print edition includes a special bonus chapter, the first time Alex and Ophelia meet from his perspective!TROPES:
Hate to Love
Forced Proximity
Dark Academia
University Setting
Grumpy x Grumpy
Murder mystery
Romantic Suspense
He Falls First
Slow burn

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kezia on March 30, 2025

I fear I ate this up 💅 🚨WARNING🚨 There’s a high chance you might find this predictable and cliché. Honestly, for most of it, I did too! And yet, somehow, Woods managed to keep me hooked. I couldn’t put this down. I think it’s one of those guilty pleasure reads where you know exactly where it’s going......more

Goodreads review by afy on February 12, 2025

WOW. Just wow. This book exceed all my expectations. It was a complete package one could want in a romantic suspense. The kind of book which bleeds raw emotions, authentic insecurities, suppressed desires and smoking-hot angst, which one can’t help but feel those elements like a gut-punch to their h......more

Goodreads review by veerali on July 18, 2025

alex corbeau-green's abs: great for looking at, terrible for falling on. my knees can confirm.......more

Goodreads review by Kimberlylovesreadingbooks on February 09, 2025

This book deserves more than 5 stars!!😭 I feel like I need to go outside and touch some grass even though it's one in the morning. Ophelia's parents were murdered and she wants revenge. Just her luck she gets invited to the same university as the murderer's son Alex. From the moment they met fireworks......more

Goodreads review by Iqra on July 20, 2025

The review is cooking 😋 *** The way I’ve been WAITING for this moment since months omg I just know imma eat this book up......more