When We Were Monsters

《When We Were Monsters》是 Jennifer Niven 於 2025 年推出的全新青少年心理驚悚小說。

故事發生在一所精英寄宿學校，一名教師的突然死亡，揭開了一連串祕密與謊言。每位學生似乎都隱藏著動機，也都拼命想守住不為人知的一面。隨著真相逐步揭開，校園氛圍在懸疑、心理博弈與暗黑學院風格中愈加緊繃。

這是 Jennifer Niven 不同於以往感人故事的全新挑戰，她將自己大學時期遭遇誣陷的親身經歷融入小說，使作品更顯真實與深刻。除了緊張刺激的情節，也細膩描繪了青春成長的矛盾與掙扎。

對於熱愛 懸疑、心理驚悚與 dark academia 的青少年讀者，這將是一部不容錯過的作品。

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of All the Bright Places comes “a standout dark academia thriller” (e. lockhart, author of We Were Liars) about the monsters who walk among us—even in the glittering upper echelons of society.

A dead teacher at an elite boarding school. Four students who had every reason to want her gone. Who is the monster?

At an elite New England boarding school, eight students are selected for an exclusive storytelling workshop with the one and only Meredith Graffam—an enigmatic writer, director, and actress. For sixteen days, they will live in the isolated estate of the school’s founder, surrounded by snowy woods and a storm-tossed seas. Only one of the chosen will walk away with a lifechanging opportunity to realize their creative dreams.

Everyone, including Graffam, has a compelling reason to be there—Effy, the orphan, Isaac, the legacy, Ness, the wallflower, Ramon, the outsider, and Arlo, whose unexpected arrival leaves Effy spiraling—but only the most ambitious will last the term. Graffam’s unorthodox methods push the students past the breaking point, revealing their darkest secrets, taking unthinkable risks, and slowly starting to turn on one another. But Graffam never expected they would turn on her . . .