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18 reviews

Girls Like Us by Cristina Alger

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Vomit, Trafficking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Car accident, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Blood

Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage, and Cursing

Hunting Game by Candice Fox

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Minor: Death

Never Lie by Freida McFadden

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

Moderate: Car accident, Stalking, and Confinement

Minor: Animal death and Alcohol

The Family Remains by Lisa Jewell

mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Death, Gaslighting, Murder, and Rape

Moderate: Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Stalking, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, and Blood

The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, and Child abuse

Moderate: Suicide and Murder

Minor: Alcohol, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Animal death, Child death, and Adult/minor relationship

The Dangers of an Ordinary Night by Lynne Reeves

mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Addiction, Drug use, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, and Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent and Mental illness

The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Violence, and Pedophilia

The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

Court of Nightmares by K.A. Knight

dark medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, Violence, and Death

Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, Cursing, and Grief