Blanche Ross is no stranger to secrets-or the crushing weight they bear. When she is forced to transfer to a prestigious boarding school in an attempt to escape a tragedy she dares not speak of, whispers of her dubious involvement trail close behind. Determined to bury the past, she struggles to blend into the polished world of Hollowell Academy, where wealth masks emptiness and privilege breeds cruelty. When she stumbles upon the sinister dealings of Hollowell's Golden Boy, Tom Riddle, everything changes. At first, Tom is the embodiment of everything she despises-ruthless, untouchable, and obscured by shadows. But the deeper she digs, the more entangled she becomes; her obsession with his secrets threatening to unearth her own. As their fates become inextricably bound, Blanche must ask herself: is exposing the truth worth awakening forces that could consume them both? In a world where power is everything, perhaps some secrets are better off buried. ----- All The Mildly Wrong Things: A Study In Ruin is a Tom Riddle AU featuring my own original characters. There are strong mature themes, and readers should proceed with themselves as the priority.

COMPLETED 4/4/2021 "The people who often times do terrible things, are the same ones who have had terrible things done to them." After Lord Voldemort murdered Harry Potter in the Battle of Hogwarts, the world became plagued with a darkness unlike anything it had seen before. Muggles were slaughtered in the streets, the Dark wizard's opponents were executed for show, and all those who had fought with the Order were forced into hiding. Avalon had lost it all-- her friends, her peers, her loved ones. Everything. So, when she was thrown back in time to 1943, she knew that it was up to her to change the course of time and rewrite a new history-- one in which she had to find the Horcruxes and murder Tom Riddle before he could ever become Voldemort. Tom Riddle. Avalon Hendrix. Either she was going to kill him, or he was going to kill everyone she loved. They were nothing more than two products of extreme circumstance that chose two very different paths, yet had time for their roads to converge. --Due to the amount of spoilers in the comments, I will be muting all accounts who comment with the #RR hashtag. Please do not do this.-- •WARNING• This book contains themes and scenes that are intended for a mature audience.

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