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Ana on the Edge by AJ Sass

Ana on the Edge by A.J. Sass

Twelve-year-old Ana-Marie Jin, the reigning US Juvenile figure skating champion, is not a frilly dress kind of kid. So, when Ana learns that next season’s program will be princess themed, doubt forms fast. Still, Ana tries to focus on training and putting together a stellar routine worthy of national success. Once Ana meets Hayden, a transgender boy new to the rink, thoughts about the princess program and gender identity begin to take center stage. And when Hayden mistakes Ana for a boy, Ana doesn’t correct him and finds comfort in this boyish identity… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Transmisia
Misgendering & deadnaming
Coming out themes (multiple)
Dysphoria
Parental abandonment
Bullying

Skinny by Ibi Kaslik

Skinny by Ibi Kaslik

Holly’s older sister, Giselle, is self-destructing. Haunted by her love-deprived relationship with her late father, this once strong role model and medical student is gripped by anorexia. Holly, a track star, struggles to keep her own life in balance while coping with the mental and physical deterioration of her beloved sister. Together, they can feel themselves slipping and are holding on for dear life…

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism
Slut-shaming
Eating disorder (anorexia)
Death of a parent recounted

Almond by Sohn Won-Pyung

Almond by Sohn Won-Pyung

Yunjae was born with a brain condition called Alexithymia that makes it hard for him to feel emotions like fear or anger. He does not have friends—the two almond-shaped neurons located deep in his brain have seen to that—but his devoted mother and grandmother aren’t fazed by his condition. Their little home above his mother’s used bookstore is decorated with colorful post-it notes that remind him when to smile, when to say “thank you,” and when to laugh. Yunjae grows up content, even happy, with his small family in this quiet, peaceful space. Then on Christmas Eve… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Ableism
Alexithymia (theme)
Murder of a grandmother by stabbing, on-page
Physical assault of a mother resulting in hospitalisation, on-page
Animal death & abuse
Bullying

They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

On September 5, a little after midnight, Death-Cast calls Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio to give them some bad news: They’re going to die today. Mateo and Rufus are total strangers, but, for different reasons, they’re both looking to make a new friend on their End Day. The good news: There’s an app for that. It’s called the Last Friend, and through it, Rufus and Mateo are about to meet up for one last great adventure—to live a lifetime in a single day.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Homophobia
Suicidal ideation
Parent in a coma
Chronic muscle disease mentioned
Death of a parent from suicide
Death of parents in a house fire (arson)
Death of a father from multiple sclerosis (MS)
Death of a mother from childbirth
Death of a mother, father & sibling from drowning in a car accident
Death of an aunt from an ectopic pregnancy
Gun violence
Explosion
Physical assault
Incarceration of a parent
Animal death

Sherwood by Sierra Simone

Sherwood by Sierra Simone

Lox came back to Sherwood on a Thursday—the same Thursday that I knelt on a polished concrete floor and kissed the hand-stitched toebox of Rafe de Lacy’s shoe. I suppose it wouldn’t have made a difference if I’d known she was back. It had been five years, after all, and she’d been the one to leave Sherwood in the first place. And I was many, many things—young, submissive, obsessive—but the one thing I’d never been, not even as a smitten teenage girl, was foolish. And I had no interest in chasing heartbreak with humiliation. After all, no thief is good enough to steal the same heart twice, right?

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Death of a parent recounted
Military service mentioned

Supplicant by Sierra Simone

Supplicant by Sierra Simone

After being left at the altar by her cold and brilliant professor, Church Cason, Charlotte Tenpenny had to leave school to take care of her younger brother. But a fateful night brings Church—and his delicious, drugging kisses—back into Charlotte’s life. And it stirs up a reckoning years in the making . . .

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Parental abandonment
Child abuse & neglect recounted
Parent with alcoholism
Alcohol consumption & abuse

The Wedding of Molly O’Flaherty by Sierra Simone

The Wedding of Molly O’Flaherty by Sierra Simone

One empty bed. One bold plan. One tragedy that changes everything. – Silas Cecil-Coke is not a man who is easily dissuaded. So when Molly leaves him without a word of goodbye, he is even more determined to save her from her enemies and claim her as his bride. But neither of them are prepared for the betrayals and tragedies that await them before they can even approach the altar…

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape recounted
Sexual harassment of a teenager
Grey-area cheating
Alcohol consumption
Unplanned pregnancy
Death of a brother & sister-in-law from cholera
Erotic asphyxiation

Misadventures in Blue by Sierra Simone

Misadventures in Blue by Sierra Simone

Senior Detective Cat Day has one hard and fast rule about dating: no cops. They live hard and die young—a truth she’s faced every day since her fiancé’s tragic death several years ago. But when rookie Jace Sutton shows up to work the same burglary investigation, she feels desire she hasn’t felt in years. Jace knows what he wants the minute Detective Day strolls onto his crime scene in heels and a pencil skirt tailored by God himself. He wants to thaw the legendary Ice Queen, and it only takes one hot, dirty night for Jace to realize he wants more. Much, much more. But more… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Hospitalisation
Grief & loss depiction
Gun violence

A Lesson in Thorns by Sierra Simone

A Lesson in Thorns by Sierra Simone

When librarian Poe Markham takes the job at Thornchapel, she only wants two things: to stay away from Thornchapel’s tortured owner, Auden Guest, and to find out what happened to her mother twelve years ago. It should be easy enough—keep her head down while she works in the house’s crumbling private library and while she hunts down any information as to why this remote manor tucked into the fog-shrouded moors would be the last place her mother was seen alive. But Thornchapel has other plans for her… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape & attempted gang rape recounted
Child abuse recounted
Alcohol consumption
Blood & injury depiction
Blood drinking
Death of a mother & father
Disappearance of a parent

Harvest of Sighs by Sierra Simone

Harvest of Sighs by Sierra Simone

The genius and the sunshine girl. As children, we fought bitterly and often, bickering every chance we got. But then we grew up. Then we came back. Delphine Dansey carries her heart on the outside of her body; she’s looking for love and chasing dreams. She’s spoiled and selfish, the kind of beautiful that’s made for money and fame. But somehow she’s ended up in my keeping: a pretty submissive I can’t seem to resist, a lover who obsesses and tempts me. thought I’d locked my heart away a long time ago, along with all my other weaknesses. But some doors won’t stay… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Bimisia
Coming out themes
Fatmisia & body-shaming discussed
Rape & attempted gang rape recounted
Suicide recounted
Graphic incest (theme)
Pregnancy from incest mentioned
Alcohol consumption
Emesis
Blood depiction
Murder recounted
Death of a mother & wife recounted