The Ritual: A Dark College Romance

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

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Background

Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Prologue-Chapter 14

Chapters 15-31

Chapters 32-43

Chapters 44-55

Chapter 56-Epilogue 2

Character Analysis

Themes

Symbols & Motifs

Important Quotes

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Discussion Questions

Essay Topics

The Ritual is billed as a college romance, but its characters rarely attend classes or engage in campus life. How does the idea of college function in the novel?

Who is the text’s intended audience? Consider elements such as the work’s setting, style, and themes.

Explore one of the explicit scenes. How does sex motivate the plot in The Ritual and in erotic romance more broadly?