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Cover of One Dark Body

One Dark Body

Charlotte Watson Sherman (1992)

SubgenreDark Fantasy

Age groupAdult 18+

Content ratingR

Pages (Quick Read (<250))

Setting

CSM age18+

Goodreads3.79

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Content levels

ViolenceStrong

Sexual contentModerate

LanguageModerate

Trigger warnings

Child Abuse Abandonment Violence Trauma Emotional Abuse Grief Mental Illness Ptsd

Positive tags

Survival Healing Arc Found Family Redemption Arc

Protagonist archetypes

Ensemble Cast Coming-of-Age Protagonist Tortured Protagonist

Tropes

Coming of Age Found Family Antihero Grimdark Urban Fantasy

Themes

Trauma and Healing Family Legacy Survival Identity Cycles of Violence Memory African-American Experience

Synopsis

Story of abandoned and abused AfricanAmerican children struggling to cope with their lives and their family's past.

Tags

Literary FantasyMagical RealismContemporary FantasyFamily Saga