katabasis, r.f. kuang, and modern dark academia (a spoiler-free vlog & review)

🥬 huge thanks to Live It Up for sponsoring this video! try it for yourself at https://yt.link/lg5NKqV and get 15% off with code LEXI15. hello. in this video i read katabasis, talk about dark academia as a genre & how we are still, somehow, living in a world of donna tartt's making, and give you my honest thoughts on easily my most anticipated release of the year. the first half of this video is spoiler-free - the second half is a full spoilered review. 🍓s o c i a l s • check out my patreon:   / newlynova   • hot girls also follow me on goodreads:   / newlynova   • tiktok:   / newlynova   • instagram:   / newlynovabooks   ⏰ t i m e s t a m p s introduction: 0:00 live it up partnership: 3:06 vlog: 4:50 what does dark academia actually mean??: 19:28 do you need to read anything before katabasis?: 25:21 spoiler-free review: 26:47 is katabasis a romance?: 31:44 SPOILERS (the good): 34:02 SPOILERS (the mixed): 52:43 SPOILERS (the bad): 58:29 👒 f a q • i film using a fujifilm X-S10 and edit with premiere pro. • i am 24 and currently live in wisconsin. • contact: [email protected]