The Archived

Sixteen-year-old Mackenzie Bishop is a Keeper, tasked with returning escaped Histories—dead people stored as records in a vast supernatural library—but when violent Histories start escaping in her new apartment building, Mac must uncover the truth while processing her own grief. A YA urban fantasy with horror elements and noir atmosphere.

Content Ratings

Moderate Romance

Mac develops a complicated relationship with Wesley, a fellow Keeper; romance is present but secondary to the mystery and Mac's grief; physical content is limited to kissing.

Intense Themes

Mac is grieving the death of her younger brother and struggling with guilt and trauma; the Archive deals literally with the storage of the dead; themes of grief, memory, the weight of loss, and the question of what we owe the dead are emotionally intense and handled with literary sophistication.

Moderate Violence

Mac hunts and returns Histories, which involves physical confrontation; some Histories are violent and dangerous; deaths occur; violence is fantasy-supernatural and intense but not excessively graphic.