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The Peculiars

by Maureen Doyle McQuerry

High Fantasy
Published 2014 Pages 354 ~6h Rating ★★★★★ ★★★★★ 3.65 Audience Young Adult (YA) Heat 🔥 Pacing Mixed Magic Soft
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Darkness Level 2 — Mild
Some danger and tension, but generally safe in tone

Synopsis

Eighteen-year-old Lena Mattacascar sets out for Scree, a weird place inhabited by Peculiars, seeking the father who left when she was young, but on the way she meets young librarian Jimson Quiggley and handsome marshall Thomas Saltre, who complicate her plans.

Tropes

Coming of AgeQuestLove TriangleHidden Society

Tone

AdventurousMysteriousRomantic

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