A Line in the Dark
Oct 2017 · Sold by Penguin
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A teenager enters the world of prep school drama determined to face the inevitable consequences in order to save her best friend—whom she is secretly in love with. Oh well, all is fair in love and war.
“Offers some impressive storytelling, a chilling plot, and mean girls aplenty.”—Teen Vogue
“Soaked in menace. . . . like Gone Girl meets Pretty Little Liars.”—Kiersten White, New York Times bestselling author of And I Darken and Now I Rise
The line between best friend and something more is a line always crossed in the dark.
Jess Wong is Angie Redmond’s best friend. And that’s the most important thing, even if Angie can’t see how Jess truly feels. Being the girl no one remembers is okay with Jess anyway. While nobody notices her, she’s free to watch everyone else. But when Angie begins to fall for Margot Adams, a girl from the nearby boarding school, Jess can see it coming a mile away. Suddenly her gift for observation is a curse.
As Angie drags Jess further into Margot’s circle, Jess finds more than her friend’s growing crush. Secrets lie just beneath the carefree surface of this world of privilege, and when they come out, Jess knows Angie won’t be able to handle the consequences. When the inevitable darkness finally descends, Angie will need her best friend.
“Offers some impressive storytelling, a chilling plot, and mean girls aplenty.”—Teen Vogue
“Soaked in menace. . . . like Gone Girl meets Pretty Little Liars.”—Kiersten White, New York Times bestselling author of And I Darken and Now I Rise
The line between best friend and something more is a line always crossed in the dark.
Jess Wong is Angie Redmond’s best friend. And that’s the most important thing, even if Angie can’t see how Jess truly feels. Being the girl no one remembers is okay with Jess anyway. While nobody notices her, she’s free to watch everyone else. But when Angie begins to fall for Margot Adams, a girl from the nearby boarding school, Jess can see it coming a mile away. Suddenly her gift for observation is a curse.
As Angie drags Jess further into Margot’s circle, Jess finds more than her friend’s growing crush. Secrets lie just beneath the carefree surface of this world of privilege, and when they come out, Jess knows Angie won’t be able to handle the consequences. When the inevitable darkness finally descends, Angie will need her best friend.
A teenager enters the world of prep school drama determined to face the inevitable consequences in order to save her best friend—whom she is secretly in love with. Oh well, all is fair in love and war.
“Offers some impressive storytelling, a chilling plot, and mean girls aplenty.”—Teen Vogue
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March 27, 2018
A line in the dark has my favorite things, queer rep and a dark atmosphere. I just wish I liked the characters. Which I suppose is the point, it just fell a bit short.
Nix Black
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February 25, 2022
Jeeze these other reviews only talk about what the story is about. It was easy to imagine the scenes with the details, the interviews with the detectives remind me of when I was interviewed in high school (one word: pedophile). The characters are flawed and I consider that a compliment because absolutely nobody is perfect, we've all done some questionable things at some point. Overall it's a book full of jealousy
About the author
Malinda Lo is the New York Times bestselling author of Last Night at the Telegraph Club, winner of the National Book Award, the Stonewall Book Award, and the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, as well as Michael L. Printz and Walter Dean Myers honors. Her debut novel Ash, a Sapphic retelling of Cinderella, was a finalist for the William C. Morris YA Debut Award, the Andre Norton Award for YA Science Fiction and Fantasy, the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, and the Lambda Literary Award. Malinda’s short fiction and nonfiction has been published by The New York Times, NPR, Autostraddle, The Horn Book, and multiple anthologies. She lives in Massachusetts with her wife and their dog.
Malinda Lo is the New York Times bestselling author of Last Night at the Telegraph Club, winner of the National Book Award, the Stonewall Book Award, and the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, as well as Michael L. Printz and Walter Dean Myers honors. Her debut novel Ash, a Sapphic rete...
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