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The Ending of Parable of the Talents
Parable of the Talents is the second and final book in the Earthseed series by Octavia Butler. While the first book, Parable of the Sower, is told by Lauren, Parable of the Talents is told by her daughter Larkin. We learn what happened to Earthseed through Lauren’s journal, with reflection and details added by Larkin.…
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The Ending of The Year of The Witching
The Year of the Witching is a dark fantasy and horror novel by Alexis Henderson. The story is set in a secluded village called Bethel. The society is polygamous, and people’s lives are tightly controlled by religious leaders. Superstition is one of the tools of domination. Immanuelle, the protagonist of the story, is biracial, born…
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The Ending of Beach Read by Emily Henry
After knowing each other in university, Gus and January meet again 6 years later. They are both heartbroken and grieving but that old spark still exists between them. The question isn’t whether or not they will fall in love, but only how it will happen. The process is delightfully entertaining with great banter and interesting…
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The Ending of The Vanishing Half
The Vanishing Half by Britt Bennett is a multigenerational story of an African American family. Desiree and Stella are identical twin girls born in the 1950s in Mallard, a small town in Louisiana. All the people in Mallard are black but light-skinned. They are distrustful of dark-skinned people, considering themselves better because of the proximity…
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The Ending of Mexican Gothic
Mexican Gothic is a gothic horror novel by Silvia Moreno-Garcia that tells a story of the twisted search for immortality. It mixes horror, mystery, and romance. Noemí is a young socialite in Mexico City. She was summoned home one evening by her father, who wanted her to go to the remote estate, High Place, to…
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The Ending of Catherine House
Catherine House is a psychological thriller by Elisabeth Thomas. It tells the story of a private college of the same name. The college has been surrounded by controversy due to some of its research publications. There, students are taken in, fed, and clothed, all for free. Students are all provided access to the same things,…