History Characters / Intertwined

* GreenEyedMonster: When it comes to Evelyn, then Rose. In the sequel, he shows signs of this around Eliza when Mason is present.

* FirstKiss: [[spoiler: With Matthew]].

* GreenEyedMonster: When it comes to Matt.

* DidNotGetTheGirl: Technically, [[spoiler: since she had crushes on both Mara and Evelyn. The two latter end up with Mike and Matt]].

* HairTriggerTemper: Out of the six, Jordi is the one that gets angry easily.

* AffectionateNickname:
** Asher is called Ash or Ashie.
** Eve for Evelyn.
** Jordi for Jordan.
** Mara is called M.
** Matthew is called Matt or Matty.
** Michael is called Mike or Mikey.
** Liz for Eliza.

* BirdsOfAFeather: While their bond relies on OppositesAttract, some of themhave this dynamic such as Eliza and Jordan, Mike and Asher.

* OppositesAttract: Most of the tropes they share here are based on them having polar opposite personalities.

* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Asher is the Manly Man to Mike's and Matt's Sensitive Guy.

* TenderTomboyishnessFoulFemininity: Slowly becoming the case in the sequel, with Jordan [[TookALevelInKindness Taking A Level In Kindness]] while Evelyn is [[TookALevelInJerkass Taking A Level In Jerkass]].

* BigBadFriend: [[spoiler: She had been the murderer all along]].
** BigBadSlippage: [[spoiler: She was never a bad person to begin with, but the pressure of all the drama and events culminated in her becoming the villain]].

* FeminineMotherTomboyishDaughter: Jordan is fierce, confrontional and rough. The polar opposite of Lizzie.

* FriendlessBackground: While Matt and Mike had each other and Evelyn had Jordi and Asher, Mara was the loner before meeting them.

* FeminineMotherTomboyishDaughter: Both Jordan and Mara are more tomboyish than their daughters.

* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling:

* LikeParentLikeChild: Asher with his father, Mike with both his parents, Matt with his mother, Evelyn with both her parents, Mara with her mother and Eliza with her mother.

* LikeParentUnlikeChild: Matt with his father, Jordan with both her parents and Mara with her father.

* SiblingYinYang: Both Mike and Mara differ from their siblings in one way or another.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Hers is pink, fitting with her name.

* OnlySaneByComparaison: Of the girls. She hasn't been driven to do irrational things due to jealousy like Evelyn and Jordan, but she's still not free of issues. The actual OnlySaneWoman would be Eliza.

* OnlySaneWoman: Of the girls. She hasn't been driven to do irrational things due to emotions like Evelyn and Jordi.

* SanityBall: He surprisingly gets this in the sequel in the instance mentioned in the DumbMuscle jokes section of his BerserkButton entry, where [[spoiler: he pointed out that the group should stop assuming Mike's thoughts after he left school before them following an incident between Mara and Mason that left Mike very saddened and heartbroken]]. Sarcastically lampshaded by Evelyn on the spot.

* BickeringCouplePeacefulCouple: She and Matt are the bickering couple (especially in the sequel) compared to Mike and Mara.

* HairContrastDuo: Her bright blonde hair reflect her kindness, in contrast to Matt's dark hair and JerkWithAHeartOfGold status.

* BickeringCouplePeacefulCouple: She and Mike are the peaceful couple compared to Matt and Evelyn.

* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: She and her sister are the responsible ones while Xavier is foolish.

* HairContrastDuo: She has dark hair because she's moody and quiet, while Mike has bright hair because he's bubbly and outgoing.

* SiblingYinYang: With her BigBrotherBully Xavier.

* BickeringCouplePeacefulCouple: He and Evelyn are the bickering couple while Mike and Mara are the peaceful couple.

* BickeringCouplePeacefulCouple: He and Mara are peaceful compared to Matt and Evelyn.

* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The responsible elder son to his wacky three brothers.

* HairContrastDuo: Has bright brown hair to go with his bright personality, while Matt and Mara have dark hair reflecting their introverted and sarcastic personalities.

* SiblingYinYang: Mike's NiceGuy nature can observed in all his family members except his two brothers Zach and Austin.

* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Both his eyes and hair are brown.

* {{Jerkass}}: All three of them.

* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The Redhead while Nate is blonde and Dexter is brunette.

* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The Blonde while Rose is The Redhead and Dexter is The Brunette.

* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The Brunette while Rose is The Redhead and Nate is The Blonde.

* BadassNormal: Since they're all highschool teens. [[spoiler: Jordan becomes EmpoweredBadassNormal in the sequel]].

* ActionSurvivor: He doesn't get put in danger for as long as his friends have but he still qualifies as he's [[spoiler: the closest that got to confronting Jordan, alongside Matt]].

* DumbMuscle: He's been referred to as such. However, Asher is actually a downplayed example. He doesn't employ overly scientific and rational solutions nor does he get high grade in school, but he is definitely more sensible and aware than your typical dumb muscle.

* ActionSurvivor: Went up against [[spoiler: her BestFriend-turned SerialKiller and survived]].

* ActionSurvivor: [[spoiler: She went up against a SerialKiller and survived]].

* ActionSurvivor: [[spoiler: He had the closest encounter with Jordan, having to hold her off while Mara and Evelyn ran somewhere safe to treat Mike's wound and call the police. He lost and almost died, but was saved thanks to Asher]].

* ActionSurvivor: Aside from Matt, Mike [[spoiler: was the only one who attacked Jordan head on. He got shot and survived, managing to create a distraction so he, Evelyn and Mara can run off somewhere safe]].

* AFriendInNeed: Like Mara, she goes after Matt and comforts him when he chooses to stay alone.

* BoisterousBruiser: TheBigGirl of the team and is the loudest of the girls.

* AmicableExes: [[spoiler: Averted with Mason, and possibly every other guy she's been with]].

* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler: Jordi is revealed to be the BigBad, yet her [[DrivenToSuicide death scene]] makes it hard not to feel sorry for her]].

* HeartbrokenBadass: The drama in his relationship with Mara left him bitter and crestfallen.

* InsistentTerminology: See HeightAngst above.

* ShipperOnDeck: A HUGE one for Matt and Evelyn. He's also mentioned to be this for Rose and Asher.

* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler: He charges Jordi when she badmouths Matt in the finale, leading to him getting shot]]. It can be assumed that he would only do this when absolutely necessary, given [[NiceGuy his usual nature]].

[[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname Better known as Jordi]], this girl is a {{tomboy}}. She is the fiercest at best and the meanest at worst. Never afraid to speak her mind or yell and put down anybody, including her own friends. [[BeneathTheMask She could possibly have some insecurities hidden, however]].

* BigBad: Just read the entries below.
** BigBadFriend: [[spoiler: [[FaceHeelTurn Pretty]] [[EtTuBrute self-explanatory]]]].

* ForcedToWatch: [[spoiler: Due to TragicIntangibility, it's rather heartwrenching to hear her reveal that she saw her family and friends grieve for her at the graveyard]].

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: See AffectionateNickname above.

* SmugSnake: [[spoiler: After defeating Matt in their fight, she can't stop smirking and mocking. Luckily, this attitude gets knocked out of her when Asher arrives and slams her with the door]].

* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: Has this momentarily after Evelyn's BreakingSpeech, and it causes her to kill Rose, who she's been holding hostage]]. This is followed by...

* VillainousBSoD: This. [[spoiler: After killing Rose, Jordan finally comes to a halt and looks around to see the damage she inflicted upon everyone around her. She takes a few seconds after to to deliver her FinalWords to Matt, and then opt to go for DeathEqualsRedemption by committing suicide]].

* EnsembleCast

* OppositesAttract

* AffectionateNickname: Ash. As for "Ashie" that his dad uses...[[EmbarrassingNickname not so much]].

* BirdsOfAFeather: With Mike.

* CharacterDevelopment: He TookALevelInKindness, [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy moved on from Evelyn]] and became better friends with Matt.

* AffectionateNickname: Eve.

* AffectionateNickname: She's almost always referred to as Jordi by everyone else in the book.

* AffectionateNickname: Mar or just M. Her friends also tend to tease her with names such as "[[TheBabyOfTheBunch Baby Mara]]".

* AffectionateNickname: Matt or Matty.

* CharacterDevelopment: Probably the biggest example out of the main cast. He's a lot more chipper, kinder (no less snarky, though) and closer to his friends, as well as being more idealistic.

* AffectionateNickname: Mike or Mikey.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Matt and Mike.

* PlatonicLifePartners: With Jordan, Evelyn and Mara.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Jordan and Mara and later, Rose and Eliza.

* {{Hypocrite}}: As detailed below, [[spoiler: she was the first one to assure Jordan she was forgiven when she comes back in the sequel. A few chapters later, we see Evelyn constantly griping about Jordan's actions ''[[BrutalHonesty to the latter's face]]'']].
** It's also quite rich of her [[spoiler: to get [[GreenEyedMonster jealous]] of Eliza when she senses Matt's starting to like her and [[ShipperWithAnAgenda even indirectly tell the latter to consider getting closer to Asher]] after she professed how crucial it is to be able to [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy let go of someone who doesn't like you back]] in the first book to BOTH Asher and Jordan. Though in all fairness to her, she and Matt are an OfficialCouple now [[HypocriteHasAPoint so]]...]]

* HypocriteHasAPoint: She does this by combining her JerkassHasAPoint when [[spoiler: calling Jordan out for her actions, yet she was the one who assured her that they forgave her]].

* PlatonicLifePartners: With Mike and Asher.

* BirdsOfAFeather: With Eliza in the sequel.

* CharacterDevelopment: [[spoiler: When she comes back in the sequel, she's a lot nicer and more supportive of Evelyn's and Mara's relationships and much less abrasive towards her male friends]].

* ClingyJealousGirl: A rare example where the subject of this is a girl. [[spoiler: Two girls actually]].

* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Evelyn and Mara, and later Eliza.

* PlatonicLifePartners: With Matt, Asher and Mike.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Evelyn and Jordan and later, Rose and Eliza.

* PlatonicLifePartners: With Matt and Asher.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Mike and Asher.

* PlatonicLifePartners: With Jordan and Mara.

* BirdsOfAFeather: Has this dynamic with Asher and Eliza.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Matt and Asher.

* PlatonicLifePartners: With Jordan and Evelyn later, Eliza.

* {{Hypocrite}}: She looks angry at Asher for beating up Matt, yet [[spoiler: she's the BigBad murderer planning to [[MurderTheHypotenuse kill the latter]]]].
** HypocriteHasAPoint: While she's not entirely wrong that [[spoiler: Matt could've handled the situation with Evelyn better, it's rather ironic, because the tragic end to the story could've also been avoided if Jordan herself could've handled the situation better]].

* LikeFatherLikeSon: Asher is basically his father but shrunk down. Only minor difference is that Asher is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold while Hunter is a full-on NiceGuy (though BewareTheNiceOnes is in full effect, [[PapaWolf of course]]).

* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The Manly Man to Mike's Sensitive Guy.

* VitriolicBestBuds: With Matt. They trade a lot of barbs, but they know they can count on each other.

* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The Blonde, while Mara is the Brunette and Jordi is the Redhead.

* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: With Matt.

* FourGirlEnsemble: She's the sweet and idealistic one, while Mara is the tomboyish DeadpanSnarker, Jordan has a ReallyGetsAround history and then Eliza joins in as TheSmartGirl.

* LikeParentLikeChild: Both her parents in being one of the nicest characters. That's changing lately...

* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: With Matt.

* TenderTomboyishnessFoulFemininity: Slowly becoming the case in the sequel, with Jordan [[TookALevelInKindness Taking A Level In Kindness]] while Evelyn is [[TookALevelInJerkass Taking A Level In Jerkass]].

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: She's the Girly Girl to Jordi's and Mara's Tomboy.

* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The Redhead, while Mara is the Brunette and Evelyn is the Blonde.

* FeminineMotherTomboyishDaughter: As seen in the sequel, Jordan and her mom are polar opposites in personality.

* FourGirlEnsemble: She's the closest one to being sexy, having a long list of ex-boyfriends, then there's WideEyedIdealist Evelyn, DeadpanSnarker Mara and Eliza who joins in as TheSmartGirl.

* LikeParentUnlikeChild: She's very different in personality compared to her easygoing parents.

* StrongGirlSmartGuy: The Strong Girl to Matt's Smart Guy.

* TenderTomboyishnessFoulFemininity: Slowly becoming the case in the sequel, with Jordan [[TookALevelInKindness Taking A Level In Kindness]] while Evelyn is [[TookALevelInJerkass Taking A Level In Jerkass]].

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The Tomboy to Evelyn's Girly Girl.

* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Inverted with Mike. She's the BrokenBird while he's ThePollyanna.

* FeminineMotherTomboyishDaughter: A more lowkey example compared to Jordi and her mom, but still applies.

* FourGirlEnsemble: The tomboyish DeadpanSnarker. Evelyn is the sweet and optimistic one, Jordan is the sexy one and Eliza is the smart one.

* LikeMotherLikeDaughter: Definitely takes more after her mother.

* LikeParentUnlikeChild: The complete opposite of her father.

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: She's the Tomboy, along with Jordan, to Evelyn's Girly Girl.

* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: With Evelyn.

* LikeParentLikeChild: He takes more after his mother.

* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: With Evelyn.

* StrongGirlSmartGuy: The Smart Guy to Jordan's Strong Girl.

* VitriolicBestBuds: With both Mike and Asher.

* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Inverted with Mara. He's ThePollyanna while she's the BrokenBird.

* LikeParentLikeChild: A NicePerson like both his parents, and he has his mom's BewareTheNiceOnes trait.

* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The Sensitive Guy to Asher's Manly Man.

* VitriolicBestBuds: Has this dynamic with his best friend Matt.

** Inverted with Asher and Eliza.

* StrongGirlSmartGuy: Inverted with Eliza. He's TheBigGuy while she's TheSmartGirl.

Tropes that apply to all six. Also includes [[Characters/IntertwinedIITheLostSpirits Eliza Hansen]].

* TrueCompanions

* BettyAndVeronica: The Betty to Matt's Veronica and Evelyn's Archie. [[spoiler: Matt wins]].

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Asher is first heard on a phone call with Evelyn, [[ShipTease subtly flirting with her]] and [[StunnedSilence being stunned]] [[GreenEyedMonster over the news of her having a boyfriend]]. His actual appearance has him [[DeathGlare project]] [[DrivenByEnvy his jealousy]] [[WhatDoesSheSeeInHim of Matt]] [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold while simultaneously getting along with the rest of the group]].

* FreudianTrio: Asher is the Id to Matt's Superego and Mike's Ego.

* BettyAndVeronica: The Archie to Asher's Betty and Matt's Veronica. [[spoiler: Matt wins]].
** Also [[spoiler: The Archie to Matt's Betty and Jordan's Veronica]].
** She becomes The Veronica to Eliza's Betty in the sequel as well with Matt as The Archie.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Evelyn gets to school in her dad's car, she reassures [[OverprotectiveDad him]] she'll be okay and waves him goodbye. When she steps inside, [[DudeMagnet she's greeted and complimented by a few of her male classmates]], [[NiceGirl to which she responds back just as nicely]].

* FreudianTrio: Evelyn is the Ego while Mara is the Superego and Jordan is the Id.

* BettyAndVeronica: The Veronica to Mike's Betty while Mara is the Archie. Mike wins.
** Also [[spoiler: The Veronica to Matt's Betty while Evelyn is the Archie. Matt wins]].

* BettyAndVeronica: The Archie to Mike's Betty and Jordan's Veronica. Mike wins.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Mara starts her day with [[NervousWreck anxiety]] over [[AwfulWeddedLife the fighting in her home]]. [[{{Foreshadowing}} She leaves without breakfast again]] and when she gets to school, [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer she's alone]] and resorts to [[IJustWantToHaveFriends observing others]] [[IJustWantToBeLoved out of desperation]].

* BettyAndVeronica: The Veronica to Asher's Betty, while Evelyn is the Archie. [[spoiler: Evelyn chooses him]].
** On the other hand, [[spoiler: he's the Betty to Jordan's Veronica]].
** In the sequel, he becomes the Archie to Eliza's Betty and Evelyn's Veronica.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Matt starts his morning by waking up early to write on his computer, and he responds to school time approaching with a sarcastic comment.

* BettyAndVeronica: The Betty to Jordan's Veronica, while Mara is the Archie. [[spoiler: Mara doesn't find out about her crush until the end, long after she chose Mike]].

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: In contrast to Matt, Mike cheerfully wakes up, gets ready and goes early to school as he's looking forward to another day there.

* KidHero: Specifically, he's the second oldest in the group after Matt, if only by a month.

* KidHero: She was born in September like Mike and Jordan, though the days aren't specified. This makes her younger than Matt and Asher, and older than Mara.

* KidHero: The hero part doesn't really apply [[spoiler: till she comes back in the sequel]].

* KidHero: She was born in October, making her the youngest in the group as Mike, Jordan and Evelyn were born in September while Matt and Asher were born in January and February, respectively.

* KidHero: He's revealed to be the oldest, if only by months, as he was born in January.

* KidHero: Born in September, the same as Evelyn and Jordan but the days weren't specified. This however, makes him older than Mara and younger than Asher and Matt.

* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Asher and Jordan are Choleric, Evelyn and Mike are Sanguine, Mara is Phlegmatic an Matt

* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: The Brawn to Matt's Brains and Mike's Beauty.

* EnergeticAndSoftSpokenDuo: He's the bombastic one paired with the calm Matt.

* FourPhilosophyEnsemble: He acts as a middle ground for Mike's optimism and Matt's cynicism, making him the realist.

* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Choleric, like Jordan.

* GleefulAndGrumpyPairing: The Gleeful to Matt's Grumpy.

* NiceMeanAndInBetween: He's the In-Between, not as kindhearted as Mike but less sardonic than Matt.

* RedOniBlueOni: The red to Matt's blue.

* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: She's the Beauty to Mara's Brains and Jordan's Brawn.

* CynicIdealistDuo: The Idealist to Matt's Cynic.

* EnergeticAndSoftSpokenDuo: She's the outgoing one while Matt is withdrawn.

* FourPhilosophyEnsemble: The optimist, alongside Mike.

* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Sanguine.

* GleefulAndGrumpyPairing: The Gleeful to Matt's Grumpy.

* NiceMeanAndInBetween: As seen above, she's listed as a NiceGirl but she proved overtime to have a breaking point and [[TookALevelInJerkass her mean side is exposed in the sequel]], making her the In-Between while Mara is the nice one and Jordi is the mean one.

* RedOniBlueOni: The red to Matt and Mara's blue.

* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: She's the Brawn while Evelyn is the Beauty and Mara is the Brains.

* EnergeticAndSoftSpokenDuo: The tough-mannered girl while Mara is the introverted and shy one.

* FourPhilosophyEnsemble: [[spoiler: Her status as the BigBad with a selfish goal in mind makes her the apathetic]]. Otherwise, she seems to be a realist.

* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Choleric, alongside Asher.

* FreudianTrio: She's the Id while Evelyn is the Ego and Mara is the Superego.

* NiceMeanAndInBetween: She was originally the mean one out of the three girls. The sequel toned it down and made her nicer.

* RedOniBlueOni: The red to Mara's blue.

* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: It's not as clear as it is with the other two girls but Mara, being the only one immune to irrational things provoked by jealousy, is the Brains to Evelyn's Beauty and Jordan's Brawn.

* CynicIdealistDuo: The cynic to Eliza's idealist.

* EnergeticAndSoftSpokenDuo: Is the soft-spoken one when compared to Mike and Jordan.

* FourPhilosophyEnsemble: The conflicted one.

* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Phlegmatic.

* FreudianTrio: Mara is the Superego to Evelyn's Ego and Jordan's Id.

* GleefulAndGrumpyPairing: The Grumpy to Mike's Gleeful.

* NiceMeanAndInBetween: The nice one to Evelyn's In-Between and Jordi's Mean.

* RedOniBlueOni: The blue to Mike, Jordi and Evelyn's red.

* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: He's the Brains while Asher is the Brawn and Mike is the Beauty.

* EnergeticAndSoftSpokenDuo: He's the soft-spoken one in contrast with Mike, Evelyn and Asher.

* FourPhilosophyEnsemble: The cynic.

* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Melancholic.

* FreudianTrio: He's the Superego while Asher is the Id and Mike is the Ego.

* NiceMeanAndInBetween: Being a straightforward, sardonic person makes him the mean one of the boys.

* RedOniBlueOni: Matt's the blue to Mike, Asher and Evelyn's red.

* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: He's the Beauty to Matt's Brains and Asher's Brawn.

* CynicIdealistDuo: The Idealist to Matt's Cynic.

* EnergeticAndSoftSpokenDuo: Has this dynamic with both Matt and Mara, who are TheStoic and the ShrinkingViolet, respectively.

* FourPhilosophyEnsemble: The optimist, alongside Evelyn.

* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Sanguine.

* FreudianTrio: Mike is the Ego while Matt is the Superego and Asher is the Id.

* GleefulAndGrumpyPairing: The Gleeful to Matt and Mara's Grumpy.

* NiceMeanAndInBetween: He's the nice one while both Matt and Asher are [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold jerks with a heart of gold]] who switch between being the mean and the in-between.

* RedOniBlueOni: Mike is the red to Matt's and Mara's blue.

* SugarAndIcePersonality: Matthew is definitely the coolest of the main cast and he also has a warm underneath it.