Even If We Break — Content Guide for Parents
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PRESENTContains references to prayer and church attendance. A minister character plays a supporting role in two chapters.
About this book
A shocking thriller about a group of friends who go to a cabin to play a murder mystery game...only to have the game turned against them, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of This Is Where It Ends.
FIVE friends go to a cabin.
FOUR of them are hiding secrets.
THREE years of history bind them.
TWO are doomed from the start.
ONE person wants to end this.
NO ONE IS SAFE.
Five friends take a trip to a cabin. It's supposed to be one last getaway before going their separate ways--a chance to say goodbye to each other, and to the game they've been playing for the past three years. But they're all dealing with their own demons, and they're all hiding secrets.
And as they start to play the murder mystery game that brought them together in the first place, the lines between the game and reality blend, with deadly consequences. Someone knows their secrets. Someone wants to make them pay. Soon, it's a race against time before it's game over--forever.
Are you ready to play?
"Immersive and captivating. Thrilling in every sense of the word."--KAREN M. MCMANUS, #1 New York Times bestselling author of One of Us is Lying and One of Us is Next
Perfect for readers who love:
- teenage mystery books or YA horror
- LGBT stories about intersectional groups of friends
- Karen McManus, Gretchen McNeil, or Natasha Preston
Praise for Even If We Break:
"The darkly twisted ode to self-discovery briskly whisks an intersectionally inclusive group through a reasonably stormy, emotionally charged scenario that considers the sometimes-steep price of growing up and growing apart."--Publishers Weekly
"An engaging read, providing readers with some solid suspense, and twists to sink their teeth into."--Booklist
"A fast-paced thriller that will leave you both gushing over the geekiness and gasping over the game."--Rachel Strolle, Glenside Public Library District
More Teen Thrillers by Marieke Nijkamp:
This Is Where It Ends
Before I Let Go
At the End of Everything (Coming January 2022)
Frequently asked questions
Is Even If We Break appropriate for a 7-year-old?
The narrative includes graphic violence, character death, and emotional torture, culminating in a detailed and gory climactic battle. It also touches on themes of murder and addiction. The book is described as a terrifying horror thriller, involving a haunted cabin and intense psychological elements, making it suitable for older teens.
Does Even If We Break have violence?
The narrative includes graphic violence, character death, and emotional torture, culminating in a detailed and gory climactic battle. It also touches on themes of murder and addiction.
Does Even If We Break have scary content?
The book is described as a terrifying horror thriller, involving a haunted cabin and intense psychological elements, making it suitable for older teens.
Does Even If We Break have religious themes?
No religious content detected in the book's narrative based on the search results.
Does Even If We Break have racial/cultural content?
The narrative includes elements of racial and class-based violence, although the framing of these themes is not extensively detailed in the sources.
Does Even If We Break have profanity?
No profanity detected in the search results.
Does Even If We Break have climate change?
No climate-related themes detected in the search results.
Does Even If We Break have sexual identity?
No sexual content detected in the search results.
Does Even If We Break have gender roles?
No specific gender roles or themes detected in the search results.
Does Even If We Break have lgbtq+ themes?
The book features openly nonbinary, trans, and queer characters, presenting their identities in a way that is normalized within the narrative. This representation is described as valid and integral to the story.
