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Pyramidia by Stephanie Sanders-Jacob

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witbeyndmehsure's review against another edition

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dark funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

chels0122's review

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3.75

This was a really fun read! Fast paced with short chapters. I enjoyed the story but felt like the ending was a bit rushed and some small aspects were unresolved but maybe we are supposed to draw our own conclusions?

mfrisk's review

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adventurous funny mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

For those looking for a small town horror read with fun characters and twists you don’t see coming this is definitely worth the read. You’ve never seen MLM pyramid schemes quite like this. This book feels campy, fun, and I found myself laughing at a lot of Harriet’s inner monologues.

That being said, I really wanted the concepts and the horror in this read to have been taken even further. This book mainly builds up our character relationships for awhile and our main character’s story and motivations which makes sense but I do wish we got some horrific elements throughout the story instead of all at the end. It would have made the dread sink in even more to see some of the more subtle horror going on in the town. That being said I would still definitely recommend this read.

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ladyambrosia's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

Ugh I loved this. Lite on horror (still some tense moments) but heavy on humor and some found family?

What if vampirism was just a pyramid scheme? I mean a wealth triangle.
Do recommend if you’re against MLMs and kind of like vampires (please note they’re not blood suckers but they are pretty and predatory but in the way that MLMs are predatory)

Sapphic romance subplots
Somewhat unreliable FMC
lots of very funny one liners

-made me want tea and I was very concerned about myself-

poisoned_icecream's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This has a sapphic romance, a pyramid scheme with women who might actually be vampires, and a haunted cabin. Harriet is a high school teacher who feels like a mess, until she drinks the tea from a pyramid scheme called Serenitea. She becomes convinced that it will fix all her problems. When her friend Lucy goes missing after she also joins Serenitea, Harriet teams up with the gym teacher Harold and Kelsey, her friend/love interest, to take down Serenitea. Besides being a real page-turner, this book does an excellent job at showing how awful MLMs and pyramid schemes are. This is my first time reading a book by Stephanie Sanders-Jacob and it won't be my last.

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