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- Content warnings: Ableism, Car accident / crash, Captivity, Death, Murder, Sexism, Torture, Violence
Sparrow Hill Road
Book 1 in Ghost Roads
Rose Marshall feels like the kind of urban legend someone would swear their cousin met at a diner off the interstate. The draw is the mythology: ghost roads, crossroads bargains, and one dead girl refusing to stay claimed.
Goodreads 4.0/5 6,995 ratings
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Length320 pages
Series statusCompleted series
Spice1/5 · Closed door / fade to black
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Low
- Closed door / fade to black
- Book hangover
- Intellectual satisfaction
Fantasy promise
- Urban fantasy
- Road trip
- Ghosts
- Small town / village
- Contemporary
- Spirits
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- Big city / metropolis
- Paranormal
- Demons
Reading experience
- First person
- Medium
- Eerie
- Atmospheric
- Moderate
- Survivor
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- Nostalgic
- Character-driven
- Runaway / on the run
- Melancholic
- Conversational
- Vengeful / revenge-driven
- Haunting
- Introspective
- Noir
- Revenge arc
- Survival against impossible odds
- Series binge material
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Book details
- Length
- 320 pages
- Publisher
- DAW
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book