Shortly after the death of her parents, traumatized Iggy Goode is sent to Evergloom Academy, a school for supernatural freaks located in the small fictional town of Lakewood, Wisconsin. As an inexperienced half-witch, half-psychic Iggy is the ultimate IDGAF girl; she’s abrasive, bitchy, and unafraid to say “no.” She rubs everyone the wrong way - including her roommate who is the Gen Z Cher Horowitz to Iggy’s Kat Stratford. Her only friends are a neurospicy psychic, a nonbinary vampire, the sheriff’s son, and her frenemy tortured artist. Over the summer, a student is killed. Then in the fall, four more are killed by the same unknown, vicious monster. Haunted by their ghosts, Iggy knows she has to do something, so she laces up her Docs and uses her visions to uncover the truth. But as the mystery unfolds, she discovers the truth is far darker than she anticipated. Seventeen years ago, a student named Nathaniel Knight fell out of a third story window. His death was ruled an accident, but Iggy's visions prove otherwise. He was pushed and the killer was never caught. Believing the monster is a freak out for revenge, Iggy and her friends must act fast and solve Nathaniel's murder before another body is found. THE HAUNTING OF IGGY GOODE is Wednesday meets The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina with a dash of American Horror Story: Coven. (Includes a romantic side-plot)

Requirements & Requests

I'd love feedback on pacing, characters development, tone, and atmosphere. If at any point you lost interest, let me know the exact chapter so I can go back and make some changes. Overall, I'm looking for everything: what you liked, what you didn't like, what you think could be improved, or what should be cut out entirely. I am getting ready to query again, so any bit of constructive feedback is welcome. Don't worry about grammar and punctuation - that can be taken care of later!

Comparable Stories:

"A Lesson in Vengeance" by Victoria Lee "The Society for Soulless Girls" by Laura Steven "Here Lies a Vengeful Bitch" by Codie Crowley

Trigger Warnings:

Light (no graphic descriptions + appears off-page): suicide, child abuse, child neglect, parent death Heavy (on-page): murder, blood, light-gore, mention of binge eating disorder, school bully uses the word "retarded" but swiftly gets punched in the face by FMC, gaslighting, possessive behavior from male love interest (FMC does not end up with him)