Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

Ok so like....Can I just like... I don't even know how to react because like....the way that Arthurian legend was pulled in just 

The magic system and like... The way that it's been incorporated into contemporary society (ok not incorporated, but like typically with Arthurian legends, the setting is still a fantasy world or a modern fantasy world, rather than like...I can't think of the word, but like-real world)
The plot, the trials, the mystery, the intrigue, the drama. 
I knew there was going to be a plot-twist, but like.... it was different than what I expected and like... I'm really glad it was because I have a ship.
The way that we're talking about race and gender and sexism and racism and yes. just yes. Snaps.
We're here for Nick and the squad. 
As with every Arthurian story that I read, I am concerned for the happiness of the children. 
544 Pages

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

The intrigue. The mystery. The Ivy Leagues. The secret societies. Beautiful.
When I think of Yale, I think of Gilmore Girls...but I love the grittier side with all of the magic and darkness.
Also someone hug Darlington and his overachieving butt... He's such a nerd

Ok but I love super elite private schools and the vibes they give off--with the old buildings made out of stone.
I always wanted to be tapped and part of a secret society.....

I need to know all of the secrets
All of the fall vibes. The found family, and the living in the dorms, and the shenanigans.
.....WHY ISN'T THE SECOND BOOK OUT.... 2020 IS TOO ROUGH...
480 Pages

The Black Hand: The Epic War Between a Brilliant Detective and the Deadliest Secret Society in American History by Stephan Talty

The Black Hand: The Epic War Between a Brilliant Detective and the Deadliest Secret Society in American History by Stephan Talty

When the children of Italian immigrants were mysteriously kidnapped in the summer of 1903, no one knew quite what to make of it. But as the crime wave grew to include bombings that ripped tenements apart and innocent bystanders gunned down, it was determined no one was safe, even the highest members of New York society, such as the Rockefellers. The perpetrators, it seemed, were everywhere, lurking in the shadows and ready to take action at the slightest provocation. All anyone knew was that those who were responsible left a calling card: the symbol of a black hand. Joseph Petrosino, a dogged detective known as the Italian Sherlock Holmes, was determined to use his all-Italian police squad to root out the problem. Petrosino would devote his life to the cause, even going so far as to follow known members of the Black Hand back to Sicily, in order to avoid an all-out race war that he feared was inevitable.

298 pages.