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Love Lies Beneath
The Love Lies Beneath series by Ellen Hopkins has 2 known books (2 published) and is best read in publication order, starting with Love Lies Beneath (2015).
- Books
- 2 known books (2 novels)
- Published
- 2
- First published
- 2015
- Status
- completed
- Shelved under
- Literary Fiction
- Last checked
Start here: Love Lies Beneath (2015) — then read straight through in publication order.
Reading order
The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.
- Book 1:
Love Lies Beneath
Love Lies Beneath is the novel that opens Love Lies Beneath, by Ellen Hopkins, first published in 2015 at 320 pages. It's followed in the reading order by A Sin Such as This, in a series of 2 books that ran from 2015 to 2018.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Love Lies Beneath - Book 2:
A Sin Such as This
A Sin Such as This is the 2nd entry in Love Lies Beneath, by Ellen Hopkins, published in 2018 at 384 pages. It follows Love Lies Beneath and closes out the 2-book series, which ran from 2015 to 2018.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of A Sin Such as This
About the Love Lies Beneath series
A young widow gets drawn into a dangerous affair with a complicated doctor in Love Lies Beneath (2015), one of Ellen Hopkins's adult prose novels (unlike her verse-format YA work). A Sin Such as This (2018) continues the story. Both are written in conventional prose rather than the free verse of Hopkins's young-adult fiction, part of a parallel adult-fiction career she's maintained alongside her better-known YA verse novels.
Frequently asked questions
Are Love Lies Beneath and A Sin Such as This written in verse?
No -- unlike most of Ellen Hopkins's better-known young-adult work, these are conventional prose novels for adult readers.
Is there a book before Love Lies Beneath?
Ellen Hopkins published a short prequel, On the Rocks, as a free web serial on Wattpad, but it was never released as a standalone commercial book, so it isn't tracked as a numbered entry here.
How many books are in the Love Lies Beneath series?
Two: Love Lies Beneath (2015) and A Sin Such as This (2018).
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