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.
