VICIOUS: The Villains Series (Book 1) by V.E. Schwab' Vicious by V. E. Schwab is a gripping children's fantasy novel that explores themes of ambition, jealousy, and superpowers. In Vicious, college roommates Victor and Eli, both brilliant and driven, delve into research on adrenaline and near death experiences, leading to a dangerous discovery: under the right conditions, one could gain extraordinary abilities. But their experimentation takes a disastrous turn, leaving them as enemies. Ten years later,