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* BurnTheWitch: The Lynburn family motto, [[AC:Haud Igneus, Haud Unda]] ("we neither drown nor burn"), is a reference to this.
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* AffablyEvil: The revelation that [[spoiler:Rob Lynburn]] is the murderer comes as such a shock largely because he's so pleasant and likable
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* SwitchingPOV: Kami, Jared, Ash, and Holly all get to narrate the story at different times.
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* HeroicSacrifice: Considering this seems to be one of the main themes of the series, it should not be surprised that ''Untold'' is full of these. Notably:
**[[spoiler:Kami gives into desperation and forges a link with Ash, allowing him into her mind as she'd insisted she never would. And it's just as awful as she thought it would be.]]
**[[spoiler:Following Lillian's monumental loss and capture, Jared sneaks into the occupied Aurimere House to rescue Lillian and Kami's little brother, getting captured by Rob in the process.]]
**[[spoiler:Kami gives into desperation and forges a link with Ash, allowing him into her mind as she'd insisted she never would. And it's just as awful as she thought it would be.]]
**[[spoiler:Following Lillian's monumental loss and capture, Jared sneaks into the occupied Aurimere House to rescue Lillian and Kami's little brother, getting captured by Rob in the process.]]
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* TheOnlyOneITrust: Jared towards Kami. Kami, who wants them to be more emotionally healthy about things, is not assured.
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* OpenSecret: Everyone knows magic is real and the Lynburns are sorcerers. The only reason Kami was on the outside was because her mother kept their family ignorant.
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-->'''Kami:''' "Excuse me, what is wrong with you? Other people's sexuality is not your spectator sport.//
'''Ash:''' It's not an insult.//
'''Kami:''' Oh, okay. In that case, you’re going to give me a minute. I’m picturing you and Jared. Naked. Entwined.//
'''Jared:''' [[spoiler:You realize he is probably my half-brother.]]//
'''Ash:''' It's not an insult.//
'''Kami:''' Oh, okay. In that case, you’re going to give me a minute. I’m picturing you and Jared. Naked. Entwined.//
'''Jared:''' [[spoiler:You realize he is probably my half-brother.]]//
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'''Kami:''' Oh, okay. In that case, you’re going to give me a minute. I’m picturing you and Jared. Naked. Entwined.//
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'''Ash:''' It's not an insult.
'''Kami:''' Oh, okay. In that case, you’re going to give me a minute. I’m picturing you and Jared. Naked. Entwined.
'''Jared:''' [[spoiler:You realize he is probably my half-brother.
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* GirlOnGirlIsHot: Deliciously and beautifully subverted. When Ash picks up on the tension between Angela and Holly and expresses the trope's sentiment, Kami lashes back and puts him in his place epically.
-->'''Kami:''' "Excuse me, what is wrong with you? Other people's sexuality is not your spectator sport.//
'''Ash:''' It's not an insult.//
'''Kami:''' Oh, okay. In that case, you’re going to give me a minute. I’m picturing you and Jared. Naked. Entwined.//
'''Jared:''' [[spoiler:You realize he is probably my half-brother.]]//
'''Kami:''' I don't care. All you are to me are sex objects that I choose to imagine bashing together at random. Oh, there you go again, look at that, nothing but Lynburn skin as far as the eye can see.
-->'''Kami:''' "Excuse me, what is wrong with you? Other people's sexuality is not your spectator sport.//
'''Ash:''' It's not an insult.//
'''Kami:''' Oh, okay. In that case, you’re going to give me a minute. I’m picturing you and Jared. Naked. Entwined.//
'''Jared:''' [[spoiler:You realize he is probably my half-brother.]]//
'''Kami:''' I don't care. All you are to me are sex objects that I choose to imagine bashing together at random. Oh, there you go again, look at that, nothing but Lynburn skin as far as the eye can see.
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* ForegoneConclusion: It's obvious from the start that Jared is a real person.
* GenreThrowback: To the old Victorian gothic horror genre.
* GenreThrowback: To the old Victorian gothic horror genre.
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* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: A sorcerer bonding with a source is seen as this by other sorcerers. It puts the sorcerer completely at the source's mercy, builds a link between their minds that can affect their emotions and thoughts, and if the source dies, the sorcerer dies too.
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Kami prefers bad boy Jared to gentlemanly Ash.
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->''Forest deep, silent bells''\\
''There’s a secret no one tells''\\
''Valley quiet, water still''\\
''Lynburns watching on the hill''\\
''Apples red, corn gold''\\
''Almost everyone grows old.''\\
''There’s a secret no one tells''\\
''Valley quiet, water still''\\
''Lynburns watching on the hill''\\
''Apples red, corn gold''\\
''Almost everyone grows old.''\\
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[[caption-width-right:350:The Lynburns are home at last...]]
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* IncompatibleOrientation: [[spoiler:Kami worries about Angela when she stops showing up to meetings, but it turns out she's just embarrassed after making a move on Holly and being rebuffed. Though Holly does later realize she does have has feelings back.]]
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* BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler:Lillian gets it big time in the last few chapters of ''Untold''.]]
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* BaitAndSwitch: [[spoiler:We're led to think Holly is developing romantic feelings for Angela. Actually, she's realized she's a sorcerer.BiTheWay: [[spoiler:Holly.]]
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* ApatheticCitizens: Because when there seems to be nothing you can do anyway, why bother to get involved?
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* BaitAndSwitch: [[spoiler:We're led to think Holly is developing romantic feelings for Angela. Actually, she's realized she's a sorcerer.]]
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approach. Two books are released so far, ''Unspoken'' and ''Untold''.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Poor As implied by the books' titles, this plays a large role as poor Kami has everyone telling her not to get involved with the Lynburns, but refusing to explain ''why''. Luckily, when the truth does come out, it turns out there were good reasons for this, so it's not as annoying as the trope usually is.
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* SleepyHead: Few things can keep Angela away from nap time.
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The tiny burg of Sorry-in-the-Vale spent centuries under the thumb of the mysterious Lynburn family, until 20 years a generation ago when they left for America. But now they've returned, and no one is sure quite what that means. But one girl is determined to uncover the truth: budding {{Intrepid Reporter}} Kami Glass, who gave her school a newspaper just so she could write for it, and sees this as simply the opportunity for the scoop of a lifetime. But soon she finds a much more personal reason to get invested: she's spent her whole life hearing a voice in her head, claiming to be a boy named Jared. And one of the younger Lynburns just happens to have that name...
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* AbusiveParents: Jared's father was a physically abusive drunk to both him and his mother, until the night he fell down the stairs and broke his neck. And then his mother responded by telling the police Jared pushed him. [[spoiler:She was actually telling the truth, but the poor kid had no way of knowing that at the time.]]
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* GoodIsNotNice: [[spoiler:Lillian]] is the primary rival to {{Big Bad}} [[spoiler:Rob]], but sees anyone without magic as nothing but annoyances. Basically, the world is one big {{Escort Mission}} as far as she's concerned.
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* ItWasHereISwear: Awesomely subverted, as Kami not only takes a picture of an animal sacrifice, but publishes it in her paper.
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* IncompatibleOrientation: [[spoiler:Kami worries about Angela when she stops showing up to meetings, but it turns out she's just embarrassed after making a move on Holly and being rebuffed.]]
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* MixedAncestry: Kami is a quarter Asian, and a common subtext is the subtle racism she and her father face over this, like a nurse who seems surprised that her father speaks English.
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* IntrepidReporter: Kami personifies it. The rest of her crew not so much, which is often quite frustrating to her.
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* WorldOfSnark: The series cements this as a Brennan trademark.
* WorldOfSnark: The series cements this as a Brennan trademark.
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The tiny burg of Sorry-in-the-Vale spent centuries under the thumb of the mysterious Lynburn family, until 20 years ago when they left for America. But now they've returned, and no one is sure quite what that means. But one girl is determined to uncover the truth: budding {{Intrepid Reporter}} Kami Glass, who gave her school a newspaper just so she could write for it, and sees this as simply the opportunity for the scoop of a lifetime. But soon she finds a much more personal reason to get invested: she's spent her whole life hearing a voice in her head, claiming to be a boy named Jared. And one of the younger Lynburns just happens to have that name...
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* LighterAndSofter: Not that this would be hard after ''TheDemonsLexicon'', and the story still goes to some pretty nasty places.
* NotSoImaginaryFriend
* PoorCommunicationKills: Poor Kami has everyone telling her not to get involved with the Lynburns, but refusing to explain ''why''. Luckily, when the truth does come out, it turns out there were good reasons for this, so it's not as annoying as the trope usually is.
The tiny burg of Sorry-in-the-Vale spent centuries under the thumb of the mysterious Lynburn family, until 20 years ago when they left for America. But now they've returned, and no one is sure quite what that means. But one girl is determined to uncover the truth: budding {{Intrepid Reporter}} Kami Glass, who gave her school a newspaper just so she could write for it, and sees this as simply the opportunity for the scoop of a lifetime. But soon she finds a much more personal reason to get invested: she's spent her whole life hearing a voice in her head, claiming to be a boy named Jared. And one of the younger Lynburns just happens to have that name...
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* LighterAndSofter: Not that this would be hard after ''TheDemonsLexicon'', and the story still goes to some pretty nasty places.
* NotSoImaginaryFriend
* PoorCommunicationKills: Poor Kami has everyone telling her not to get involved with the Lynburns, but refusing to explain ''why''. Luckily, when the truth does come out, it turns out there were good reasons for this, so it's not as annoying as the trope usually is.
