Elizabeth Kostova 2005
- What it is
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Told in letters, diaries or messages · you can't put it down
- Genre
- Fantasy Historical fiction Thriller Mystery
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A mystery you want to solve · nothing is quite what it seems
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A mystery you want to solve · it'll scare you
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You need to know how it ends · it leaves you thinking
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Like yours: books about books · love hurts sometimes
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Like yours: retelling · you won't want to come back
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Like yours: books about books · it leaves you thinking
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In common with yours: retelling · love in the middle of danger
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Like yours: retelling · one to read slowly
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Like yours: retelling · you'll keep turning it over for days
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