Hope Breeds Eternal Misery

Hope Breeds Eternal Misery is a young adult fantasy novel by author Ryan Griffin. It is the first book in the The Everlasting Chronicles. Additional novels in the series are Original Sin & A New Dawn, A New Day.

Synopsis
"A Witch? You're a Witch?" said Jules. "Yes a witch, an immortal witch to be exact" said Cameron. "Wow I knew it, You are a crazy son of a bitch" said Jules back to him.

The autumn wind blows in the forest where something magical has happened. The bell tolls as the school year begins.

16 year old Julianna "Jules" Hillridge has been an orphan her whole life. Bouncing around group homes and orphanages in different cities and states. Older kids never get picked to be adopted, she was banking on turning 18 and leaving if not running away. Until she got adopted by this old couple. They are rich and have extreme privilege. She moves near Boston, a place of old money called Gray Haven. In this town there is this elite boarding school called Highgarth Academy originally an all-boys school and recently has been turned into a coed school. She's sent there and her trouble begins.

At the school she meets Luna Goodwin, the fashionista; siblings Kennedy & Preston Sutton, who have a massive secret; and Mikaela Pruitt a girl who's confidence masks insecurities. Initially very standoff-ish to but, soon softens up too.

Jules is drawn to the forest, which is a place filled with magical energy. She sees a young man around her age practicing magic. At this point she doesn't believe in magic shrugs it off and tries to leave but the man follows her and puts her to sleep with his magic. Hours later her friends find her in the forest not knowing what had happened.

Jules is drawn to this person and now as they figure out why.

Plot
The story begins in 1993 with 16 year old orphan Jules Hillridge, she just got adopted to this wealthy family and subsequently gets sent to a boarding school near Boston. This school was an all boys school named Highgarth Academy and it was recently made into a coed school. There she meets different people and befriends them, and what they don't know is they live in a world of supernatural beings, witches, werewolves, etc. She meets and befriends this young man around her age named Cameron Walsh, he is an immortal witch and introduces her to the supernatural world.

Locations

 * Gray Haven, Massachusetts
 * Highgarth Academy
 * Griffith Hall (Boys Dorm)
 * Yates Hall (Girls Dorm)
 * Highgarth Library
 * Dark Forest
 * Dusk till Dawn Drive-In Theater
 * St. Andrew's Church & Graveyard
 * Hawthorne Manor
 * Grimm's Cafe