#'remember when you thought the maze followed crossroad rules from supernatural. do you think the maze knows about super hell'
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What Stalks Among Us
YA thriller
two best friends skip a field trip to explore some old forgotten backroads - and get trapped in a looping corn maze full of weird shit, including their own dead bodies
they have to figure out how to get out, what’s killing them, what’s causing the maze, and face their traumas
fat girl MC with anxiety, both are bi and have ADHD, no romance
#What Stalks Among Us#aroaessidhe 2023 reads#sarah hollowell#wait i just noticed it's them on her shirt on the cover...#i enjoyed this a lot!#it really immediately gets into it huh. not any build up. but in hindsight that makes sense#it gets a little repetitive in places but it works and I love how it all tied together#no romance#(it DOES explore past abusive relationships as a theme but very much just the effects of healing from that rather than showing#much of the actual relationships)#I really love how it emphasised how important their friendship is without there even being a question of it being romantic#(but also exploring that a bit re: the side character stuff in a way that I think is great)#it does make references and then explain them a lot (though also i get that could be an adhd thing with ur mind going on a tangent)#she even is like man i wish my brain would stop making all these pop culture references!#that plus a few other aspects of the writing felt a bit unsubtle - but also it is YA its allowed to be#that and a few other aspects of the writing felt a bit unsubtle - but also it is YA its allowed to be#also some of the references made me laugh LMAO. including:#'remember when you thought the maze followed crossroad rules from supernatural. do you think the maze knows about super hell'#i cannot fault someone for saying heckin wimdy because I sure do that. well not 'heckin' but#anyway felt like realistic teens#bisexual books
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