A review by lkristin2018
Bad Blood by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

An intriguing YA mystery featuring the “Naturals.” They start investigating one thing and discover it’s connected with so much more. The relationships between the characters and the thought process they go through to solve crimes are both engaging.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

a main character kills herself so that her child won’t be forced to kill her. There is extreme and vivid violence. There is ritual, cult violence and abuse. It appears that a character has dissociative identity disorder, though it’s not explicitly stated.