Book guide
Burn Our Bodies Down
A girl searching for her family's past finds a look-alike pulled from a fire and a hometown determined to keep its secrets.
Genre and trope pairingsThrillerHidden identityThrillerSecret pastMysterySmall townMysteryHidden identityMysteryFamily secretsMysterySecret pastHorrorBody horrorYoung AdultSmall townYoung AdultLGBTQ+Young AdultHidden identity
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About Burn Our Bodies Down
Margot has grown up with only her secretive mother and no real knowledge of their family history. An old photograph leads her to Phalene, the rural town her mother fled, where dying cornfields, wary locals, and a girl who looks exactly like Margot deepen the mystery. As she digs into the family's roots, Margot realises her mother may have been protecting her from something that still has no intention of letting her leave.
Reading signals
- Spice
- None
- Darkness
- Dark
- Pacing
- Slow
Content warnings
- fire
- emotional abuse
- gaslighting
- familial abuse
- non-consensual pregnancy
- body horror
- gore
- blood
- character death
- infant death
- gun violence
- vomiting
