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All Your Twisted Secrets by Diana Urban

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

If you want a modern day Agatha Christie, then BOY do I have the book for you.

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Definitely twisted…

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dark emotional tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was a thriller that I could hardly put down. The author did a great job of making the readers feel the same tension and fear of the characters. The plot twist at the end felt a bit anticlimactic and didn’t make a lot of sense with what we knew about the characters. However, it was unexpected and definitely surprised me.

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Well, that certainly was a twisted story. 
 
I was actually dreading reading this book because I’d heard bad things about it but it wasn’t actually that bad. It’s being compared to ONE OF US IS LYING by Karen McManus which I can see the reasoning behind.  However, it was enjoyable albeit predictable at times. 
 
I thought I was pretty sure who was the mastermind behind the whole thing, however I couldn’t have been more wrong. The worst thing is that it was actually quite obvious. 
 
I really wish there was more in that ending though! Not a lot, just another chapter or 2 to show what happens directly after. 

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

absolutely insane. took until the last few chapters for me to guess the plot twist 

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dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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4.5
challenging dark hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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mysterious tense
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

writing is great i loved the way small details came back to pay off in a bigger way. my heart was racing, the audiobook narrator was great. i have mixed feelings on the reveal of who invited them though which made me bring it down from 4.5 to 4.25.

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