Olivie Blake

Six magicians compete for five spots in a secret society that hoards the world's lost knowledge, and Olivie Blake spends the whole book asking what that kind of power actually costs the people who want it. It's dark academia fantasy for readers who like their magic systems tangled up with ambition and bad decisions.

Olivie Blake pairs a time-obsessed grad student with a bipolar artist under court order to get better, and builds a love story out of two minds that both refuse to trust themselves.