A Line in the Dark

[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. --School-Library Connection, starred review

Drawing every charatcer 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 of 2017
Vulture 10 Best YA Books of 2017
Chicago Public Library's Best Teen Fiction of 2017