DystopianYoung Adult
Masque of the Red Death
2012·324 pages
In a plague-ravaged steampunk city, a masked wealthy teen faces romance, rebellion, and a crumbling dystopian society.
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In a plague-ravaged steampunk city, a masked wealthy teen faces romance, rebellion, and a crumbling dystopian society.
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In this twist on Edgar Allen Poe's gothic short story, a wealthy teenaged girl who can afford a special mask to protect her from the plague that decimated humanity in the mid-1800s, falls in love, becomes caught up in a conspiracy to overthrow an oppressive government, and faces the threat of a new plague.
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Sexual content
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Love triangle with sultry romantic tension and sensual attraction; not highly explicit
Violence & gore
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Plague deaths and rising body counts; rebellion peril in a grim crumbling city
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic; steampunk technology and plague science drive the world
Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Class warfare, mask hoarding by elites, and conspiracy against oppressive rule
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Systemic suffering as the poor die without masks under a cruel class system
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