Dark Waters by Katherine Arden

Dark Waters by Katherine Arden

Until next time. That was chilling promise made to Ollie, Coco and Brian after they outsmarted the smiling man at Mount Hemlock Resort. And as the trio knows, the smiling man always keeps his promises. So when the lights flicker on and off at Brian’s family’s inn and a boom sounds at the door, there’s just one visitor it could be. Only, there’s no one there, just a cryptic note left outside signed simply as –S.

The smiling man loves his games and it seems a new one is under way. But first, the three friends will have to survive a group trip to Lake Champlain…. Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Graphic snakebite
  • Serious physical illness of a parent
  • Dead body
  • Death of an uncle
  • Death of a mother in a plane crash recounted
  • Shipwreck, on-page
  • Graphic animal attack (theme)
  • Bullying recounted
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Dead Voices by Katherine Arden

Dead Voices by Katherine Arden

Dead Voices by Katherine Arden

Ollie, Coco, and Brian are determined to make the best of being snowed in, but odd things keep happening. Coco is convinced she has seen a ghost, and Ollie is having nightmares about frostbitten girls pleading for help. Then Mr. Voland, a mysterious ghost hunter, arrives in the midst of the storm to investigate the hauntings at Hemlock Lodge. Ollie, Coco, and Brian want to trust him, but Ollie’s watch, which once saved them from the smiling man, has a new cautionary message: BEWARE.

With Mr. Voland’s help, Ollie, Coco, and Brian reach out to the dead voices at Mount Hemlock. Maybe the ghosts need their help–or maybe not all ghosts can or should be trusted…… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Death of a mother recounted
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Deadline by Mira Grant

Deadline by Mira Grant

Deadline by Mira Grant

Shaun Mason is a man without a mission. Not even running the news organization he built with his sister has the same urgency as it used to. Playing with dead things just doesn’t seem as fun when you’ve lost as much as he has. But when a CDC researcher fakes her own death and appears on his doorstep with a ravenous pack of zombies in tow, Shaun has a newfound interest in life.

Because she brings news-he may have put down the monster who attacked them, but the conspiracy is far from dead… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Self-sacrifice
  • Hallucinations
  • Blood & gore depiction
  • Grief & loss depiction
  • Death of a sister
  • Death of a friend
  • Death of a spouse
  • Gun violence
  • Animal testing
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Everybody Sees the Ants by AS King

Everybody Sees the Ants by A.S. King

Lucky Linderman didn’t ask for his life. He didn’t ask his grandfather not to come home from the Vietnam War. He didn’t ask for a father who never got over it. He didn’t ask for a mother who keeps pretending their dysfunctional family is fine. And he didn’t ask to be the target of Nader McMillan’s relentless bullying, which has finally gone too far. But Lucky has a secret–one that helps him wade through the daily mundane torture of his life. In his dreams, Lucky escape to the war-ridden jungles of Laos, the prison his grandfather… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Cheating
  • Prescription drug abuse
  • Suicide discussed
  • Death of a grandfather in the Vietnam War recounted
  • Physical assault
  • Graphic bullying (theme)
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One for Sorrow by Zoe Sugg and Amy McCulloch

One for Sorrow by Zoe Sugg & Amy McCulloch

Illumen Hall is an elite boarding school. Tragedy strikes when the body of a student is discovered at their exclusive summer party – on her back is an elaborate tattoo of a magpie. When new girl Audrey arrives the following term, running from her own secrets back home in America, she is thrown into solving the case. Despite her best efforts to avoid any drama, her new roommate Ivy was close to the murdered girl, and the two of them can’t help but get pulled in… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Suicide discussed
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Blood to Poison by Mary Watson

Blood to Poison by Mary Watson

Seventeen-year-old Savannah is cursed. It’s a sinister family heirloom; passed down through the bloodline for hundreds of years, with one woman in every generation destined to die young. The family call them Hella’s girls, named for their ancestor Hella; the enslaved woman with whom it all began. Hella’s girls are always angry, especially in the months before they die. The anger is bursting from Savannah – at the men who cat-call her in the street, at her mother’s disingenuous fiancé, even at her own loving family… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Racism
  • Slavery mentioned
  • Sexual harassment
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When He’s Sinful by Suzanne Wright 

When He’s Sinful by Suzanne Wright

Aspen Montgomery was nine-years-old when she befriended Camden Priest—a boy with dead eyes and dark urges. Since that day, they’d been inseparable. She hadn’t expected to later develop a major crush on him. Or expected that the crush would fail to pass. Or ever thought that she’d grow to wish that she could one day claim him as her mate. It’s never going to happen. She knows that. To him, she’s a friend, nothing more. So it’s time to make some changes to establish some better boundaries. Which would be a hell of a lot easier if he didn’t fight her on it… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Attempted rape
  • Parental abuse & neglect
  • Parent with alcoholism
  • Gun violence
  • Death of a mother from suicide
  • Attempted filicide recounted
  • Online bullying & harassment
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Echoes of Fire by Suzanne Wright 

Echoes of Fire by Suzanne Wright

They may not be made for each other, but animal instincts are impossible to ignore. Madisyn Drake is a rare breed of cat shifter…a loner, unpredictably wild, and emotionally distant. A recent betrayal has left her ready to sharpen her claws on the next man she sees…until a prowling wolf with steel-grey eyes and a brooding dark edge challenges her distrust. No matter how fully he satisfies her touch-hunger, Madisyn’s not ready to open up again, even if it is… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Death of an infant
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Lure of Oblivion by Suzanne Wright 

Lure of Oblivion by Suzanne Wright

Gwen Miller may be a human, but she has no problem taking a stand against her own kind. She’s going to testify against the teenage boy she saw viciously assault a lone shifter female—and no amount of pressure from the boy’s wealthy family will make her back down. But when the harassment turns violent, help comes in the form of a lean, toned wolf with winter-grey eyes. As a guest at Gwen’s inn, shifter enforcer Zander Devlin can’t help but notice that the fierce and leggy brunette is in serious trouble. Since she.… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Domestic abuse recounted
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Burn by Suzanne Wright 

Burn by Suzanne Wright

Part of a small demon lair in North Las Vegas, tattooist Harper Wallis lives a pretty simple life. That changes overnight when she discovers that her psychic mate, or ‘anchor’, is a guy who’s rumoured to be the most powerful demon in existence. Compelling, full of secrets and armed with raw sexuality, Knox Thorne is determined to claim her as his anchor, creating a psychic bond that will prevent their inner demons from ever turning rogue. The billionaire also wants Harper in his bed. She’s not so sure she wants either of those things. No one seems to know what breed of demon Knox is, only that he’s more dangerous.… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Parental abandonment recounted
  • Murder, on-page
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