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The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

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adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

White Smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson

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dark informative mysterious tense medium-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

3.25

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The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

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adventurous lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

The Cousins by Karen M. McManus

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

If you’ve read One of Us Is Lying by her you will like this one. If you like stories that include family drama and disinherited children this one is for you. It is not as faced paced as other books I’ve read lately but the ending was still a worthy payoff for sticking with it. This is YA and could be read by older teens. They do delve back and forth between the current situation and the past to help the reader piece together what secrets have haunted the family for so long.

TW: miscarriage, drugs, alcohol abuse, death, and violence (most discriptions are not graphic and yield to expectations of a YA book)

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Layla by Colleen Hoover

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dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Verity by Colleen Hoover

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challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.25

Fledgling by Molly Harper

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adventurous funny hopeful inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

Book 2 of the series. Similar storyline and content, a little more faster paced than book 1.

Changeling by Molly Harper

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adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

Great for a young audience. Easy read. Magical and historically based

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The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Fast paced and many twist and turns in the last 50 pages. Was shocked at how it all ended. Brilliantly crafted.

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