By Andrea Beach , based on child development research. How do we rate? Reading the books in order is recommended for a better understanding of the characters and the events leading up to this installmentβ¦. Reading the books in order is recommended for a better understanding of the characters and the events leading up to this installment. Characters investigate attempted murder, kidnapping, arson, and mysterious deaths.
Actual violence expereinced in the story include a bomb exploding; being shocked with a defibrilator; being drugged, tied to a chair, and threatened with a gun; online threats; and a bloody sheet with an animal heart with a knife through it left as a threat. Sexy stuff includes some kissing same-sex and opposite-sex , a stripping game with no body parts described, and lots of romantic tension and dynamics. Strong language includes "bitch" and "slut.
An adult gets drunk and causes a scene. Pills, alcohol, and powder are found in a missing adult's room. A gunshot kills someone, but there's no gore or description of the body. A bomb explodes and the narrator is knocked unconscious with an out-of-body-type description of being shocked by defibrilators. A kidnapping has a character drugged with chloroform, tied to a chair, and threatened with a gun.
A bloodstained sheet meant as a warning has a heart with a knife through it on the sheet. A fire in which four people died a long time ago is one of the main events being investigated. A past death and attempted murder are mentioned. Commenters on the internet threaten or suggest violence.
Did you know you can flag iffy content? A few kisses with brief, vague descriptions, one same-sex and the rest between opposite sex characters. Teens play a strip game; one loses her top and her bra is described, one has lost everything but his pants and is about to remove them when the game's interrupted. Internet comments speculate about who someone's sleeping with. An adult who "doesn't do well with wine" is drunk at a gala event and causes a scene. An adult offers a teen beer, which she declines.
