{"product_id":"9780008714093","title":"The Boyfriend Academy: The must-read gripping dark academia debut for 2026!","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003eLove is forbidden. Truth is dangerous. Survival is everything. \u003c\/strong\u003e\n        \u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eGanymede’s is no ordinary boarding school. Behind its spiral towers and manicured lawns, boys are forged into the men society demands – strong, obedient, perfect. Graduate, and the world is yours: a home, a career, a wife. But fail… and you’re no longer useful to society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Dylan Cecil it should be simple: keep his head down, survive graduation, and earn his place. But when his friend, Blake, disappears, Dylan can’t silence the questions gnawing at him, even as whispers of danger shadow the school’s gilded halls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs June’s trials close in – eight tests that will decide who is worthy of manhood – Dylan is haunted by Blake’s absence and drawn to Roman Edwards, a boy as magnetic as he is unknowable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a world rebuilt on order and obedience, Dylan must decide: will he become the man the academy wants – or the man he really is?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eThe Boyfriend Academy\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A coming-of-age love story, a few secret societies, and seven harrowing tasks […] you get \u003cstrong\u003ea page turner that kept me guessing until the end\u003c\/strong\u003e. A \u003cstrong\u003estory of hope and finding one’s strength\u003c\/strong\u003e… I will be thinking about it for a long time’ Laurie Gilmore, #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Dark Academia at its best… \u003cstrong\u003eblends forbidden love, dangerous trials and secret societies\u003c\/strong\u003e. In a world where questioning is dangerous, \u003cstrong\u003emystery and romance collide\u003c\/strong\u003e… an absolute \u003cstrong\u003emust read\u003c\/strong\u003e!’ Tamara Price, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Alchemist’s Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enan\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"J S Strange, Reader to be announced","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46889190129813,"sku":"9780008714093","price":45.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/x145_24f1ca52-6c6b-4fb3-adb1-99723752c9e6.jpg?v=1776888147","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008714093","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}