Jumping between two timelines, My Dark Vanessa follows a seemingly average woman who is forced to relive her years in boarding school as a 15-year-old romantically involved with one of her teachers. As multiple sexual assault allegations are filed against this teacher, Vanessa considers her past relationship with him and questions how it could possibly be considered grooming. We follow Vanessa's thought process both as a 30-year-old grappling with

Coraline by Neil Gaiman is a story that follows a young girl, Coraline Jones, as she discovers an alternate universe in her new home. While seeming like the perfect utopia at first, with another mother and father, Coraline quickly realizes the true intentions of her other mother and must find a way to destroy her as she tries to get Coraline to stay in this alternate universe. If you like books that make you feel unsettled, you will like this book