With an active focus on female friendships and relationships, A Line in the Dark is a twisty, dark psychological thriller that will leave you guessing til the very end. The story follows two friends down a path of dysfunction and murder as one of them, Chinese-American Jess tries to balance the expectations of her family, her fraught relationship with Angie, and her mounting sexual attraction for her. Lo offers some impressive storytelling, a chilling plot, and mean girls aplenty.-Teen Vogue
[A] riveting read... The story of tensions, romances and even violence between townies and prep school kids is well-trodden ground, but Lo makes it new and exciting by creating nuanced queer characters and giving them the chance to make their own terrible decisions.-NPR
[A] heart-tugging story of a teenage girl who expresses herself in art in ways she can't quite do in real life - even as she tries to hold on to her best friend despite grappling with deeper feelings for her.-Vulture
AAsh, Huntress, and Inheritance, A Line in the Dark. Lo instantly invites readers along, enticing them to stay up just a little bit later for the next big reveal, and supplies readers with one final twist that will take their breath away.-Lambda Literary
[A] hauntingly captivating thriller.-Bustle
This slender novel packs a punch.-Brightly
A Line in the Dark marks Lo's foray into the contemporary genre, promising an intense read that should be at the top of your list.-Paste
Malinda Lo's A Line in the Dark is soaked in menace. Each page in this brilliant thriller is deliciously unsettling-like Gone Girl meets Pretty Little Liars. -Kiersten White, New York Times bestselling author of And I Darken and Now I Rise.
A beautifully written and compellingly well-observed psychological thriller. -Kate Elliott, New York Times bestselling author of Court of Fives and Cold Magic
As soon as I finished, I had to read it again. -Justine Larbalestier, author of My Sister Rosa and Liar
Malinda Lo delivers an enthralling mystery full of twists, turns, dark heroics... and high school.-Shelf Awareness, starred review
Lo has delivered an intricate tapestry of narrative, woven in a labyrinthine pattern of secrets and colored with intersecting hues of Chinese-American identity, the dark intensity of relationships, and telltale stains of blood.... Mesmerizing.-Kirkus, starred review
The plot is fast-paced and will keep readers guessing until the end. The characters are well developed and feel authentic. It is refreshing to read about LGBT characters in a story where being LGBT is not the focus. Any young adult reader who loves psychological thrillers will be clamoring to get their hands on this captivating book.-SLC, starred review
Drawing every character as complicit in unexpected and thought-provoking ways, Lo spins an addictive psychological mystery.-The Horn Book
Dark, twisty, and unsettling, this book almost begs to be read in one sitting, and then instantly reread.... Verdict: A high-interest thriller with wide appeal recommended for all collections.-SLJ
Kirkus Best Teen Book
Vulture 10 Best YA Books
Chicago Public Library's Best Teen Fiction
Rainbow List
