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People Like Us by Dana Mele
4.0

To be frank this surpassed all of my expectations.

I picked up People Like Us on a complete whim. It had been sitting on my book cart for ages, but I'd never been completely drawn to it. If someone would have told me this was gay, I would have picked it up much sooner. Full of twists, turns, deadly mistakes, and sordid pasts, this book kept me intrigued form the very beginning. My only beef was that I didn't feel overly attached to the characters. They were all fascinating and I have no issues with them, but I didn't ever become that invested in their well being. The end also wrapped up a little quickly for my taste, but nothing too crazy. Extra points though, for having a bi MC and multiple lesbian characters.

Be warned tho, this book is not for the faint of heart, dealing with murder, homophobia, animal abuse/murder, and non consensual sharing of nudes.