I have some mixed feelings about this book, but overall it was entertaining and I enjoyed reading it. 

All That Consumes Us is about a girl, Tara, joining a secretive academic society that ends up being more sinister than it appears. She starts getting strange phone calls and waking up more exhausted than normal, and the stories she writes have turned dark, eerie, vengeful.

To be honest, I was pretty hesitant after reading the first few chapters of this book. I wasn’t sure I was going to be able to finish it. The story starts with Tara wallowing in depths of self pity and being a rather flat character. Even after finding the body of a student in the library, her reactions didn’t quite make sense to me—the obsession with Meredith came out of nowhere and was a bit creepy. 

After that, though, the plot began to pick up and I was hooked by the mystery. It was well-paced, creepy, and intriguing. The way history was woven into the story was absolutely fascinating, and I loved the unique supernatural elements. (Isabella’s story was so cool, and the whole thing with Cicada… I loved it.) The ending wrapped everything up nicely, too.

Overall, this definitely wasn’t my favorite book. I didn’t love most of the characters, and some elements of the plot didn’t really make sense. But I did enjoy it, especially as I got further into the story. If you liked books like A Lesson in Vengeance or other supernatural-feeling dark academia mysteries, this one’s for you!