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Poison Princess by Kresley Cole

Poison Princess by Kresley Cole

Sixteen-year-old Evangeline”Evie” Greene leads a charmed life–until she begins experiencing horrifying hallucinations. When an apocalyptic event decimates her Louisiana hometown, killing everyone she loves, Evie realizes her hallucinations were actually visions of the future–and they’re still happening. Fighting for her life and desperate for answers, she must turn to her wrong-side-of-the-bayou classmate: Jack Deveaux. With his mile-long rap sheet, wicked grin, and bad attitude, Jack is like no boy Evie has ever known. Even though he once scorned her and everything she represented, he agrees to protect Evie on… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Misogyny
Sex slavery mentioned
Suicide mentioned
Alcohol consumption
Death of mother from illness mentioned

No Rest for the Wicked by Kresley Cole

No Rest for the Wicked by Kresley Cole

Centuries ago, Sebastian Wroth was turned into a vampire—a nightmare in his mind—against his will. Burdened with hatred and alone for ages, he sees little reason to live. Until an exquisite, fey creature comes to kill him, inadvertently saving him instead. When Kaderin the Cold Hearted lost her two beloved sisters to a vampire attack long ago, a benevolent force deadened her sorrow—accidentally extinguishing all of her emotions. Yet whenever she encounters Sebastian, her feelings—particularly lust—emerge multiplied. For the first time, she’s unable to complete a kill… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Dubious consent scenario
Suicidal ideation
Blood & gore depiction
Grief & loss depiction
Death of parents & siblings

A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole

After enduring years of torture from the vampire horde, Lachlain MacRieve, leader of the Lykae Clan, is enraged to find the predestined mate he’s waited millennia for is a vampire. Or partly one. This Emmaline is a small, ethereal half Valkyrie/half vampire, who somehow begins to soothe the fury burning within him. Sheltered Emmaline Troy finally sets out to uncover the truth about her deceased parents—until a powerful Lykae claims her as his mate and forces her back to his ancestral Scottish castle. There, her fear of the Lykae—and their notorious dark desires—ebbs as he begins a slow, wicked seduction to sate her own… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Sexual assault & dubious consent (on-page)
Murder (on-page)
Torture recounted
Kidnapping & captivity (on-page)

The Curse of Broken Shadows by Laura Winter

The Curse of Broken Shadows by Laura Winter

Shadow magic is extinct. The Veil Worshippers who honour the shadow god’s wall are hunted for their artifacts, including the Veil shards that break off the wall in Valisea. Brela vows to steal it all back. With the dagger of her people and a Veil shard embedded in her collarbone that has infected her with shadow-cursed magic, she is determined to keep her secrets or suffer a fate worse than death. That was a lot easier when the uptight and infuriatingly handsome Captain Cason Valkip wasn’t hunting her. Cason has spent his entire life hiding from the raids on Valisea, from,… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Sexism
Abandonment
Rape & sexual assault mentioned
Physical & emotional child abuse mentioned
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) & trauma
Blood & injury depiction
Emesis
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a parent
Murder & genocide
Torture
Kidnapping
Fire

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Into the Heartless Wood by Joanna Ruth Meyer

Into the Heartless Wood by Joanna Ruth Meyer

The forest is a dangerous place, where siren song lures men and women to their deaths. For centuries, a witch has harvested souls to feed the heartless tree, using its power to grow her domain. When Owen Merrick is lured into the witch’s wood, one of her tree-siren daughters, Seren, saves his life instead of ending it. Every night, he climbs over the garden wall to see her, and every night her longing to become human deepens. But a shift in the stars foretells a dangerous curse, and Seren’s quest to become human will lead them into an ancient war raging between the witch and the king… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Suicide
Blood & injury depiction including broken bones, skinning, and secondary characters ripping out their own hearts
Murder & sword violence
Torture

Thigh Highs by Katia Rose

Thigh Highs by Katia Rose

Aaron Penn might be the talk of the advertising school they both attend, but to Christina, he’s just an egomaniac with a cocky smirk to match. Fast forward to the end of term, when a class project gone wrong has her stripping down to a negligee and letting Aaron photograph her to advertise a line of women’s underwear. she expects suggestive comments and smarmy-eyed stares, but when Aaron gets behind the camera, She treats her body like a work of art. Even though all she’s got on is a scrap of satin, the room suddenly feels way too hot… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Workplace harassment

Boy Toy by Barry Lyga

Boy Toy by Barry Lyga

Five years ago, Josh’s life changed. Drastically. And everyone in his school, his town—seems like the world—thinks they understand. But they don’t—they can’t. And now, about to graduate from high school, Josh is still trying to sort through the pieces. First, there’s Rachel, the girl he thought he’d lost years ago. She’s back, and she’s determined to be part of his life, whether he wants her there or not. Then there are college decisions to make, and the toughest baseball game of his life coming up, and a coach who won’t stop pushing… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Sexual assault of a child by a teacher (theme)
Trauma

I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga

I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga

Jasper “Jazz” Dent is a likable teenager. A charmer, one might say. But he’s also the son of the world’s most infamous serial killer, and for Dear Old Dad, Take Your Son to Work Day was year-round. Jazz has witnessed crime scenes the way cops wish they could—from the criminal’s point of view. And now bodies are piling up in Lobo’s Nod. In an effort to clear his name, Jazz joins the police in a hunt for a new serial killer. But Jazz has a secret—could he be more like his father than anyone knows?

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Blood & gore depiction
Graphic dismemberment
Drugging
Hospitalisation of a friend
Death of a parent recounted
Murder
Torture
Animal death

Bang by Barry Lyga

Bang by Barry Lyga

Sebastian Cody did something horrible, something no one—not even Sebastian himself—can forgive. At the age of four, he accidentally shot and killed his infant sister with his father’s gun. Now, ten years later, Sebastian has lived with the guilt and horror for his entire life. With his best friend away for the summer, Sebastian has only a new friend—Aneesa—to distract him from his darkest thoughts. But even this relationship cannot blunt the pain of his past. Because Sebastian knows exactly how to rectify his childhood crime and sanctify… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Islamomisia
Suicidal ideation
Death of an infant

She Who Rides the Storm by Caitlin Sangster

She Who Rides the Storm by Caitlin Sangster

Long ago, shapeshifting monsters ruled the Commonwealth using blasphemous magic that fed on the souls of their subjects. Now, hundreds of years later, a new tomb has been uncovered, and despite the legends that disturbing a shapeshifter’s final resting place will wake them once again, the Warlord is determined to dig it up. But it isn’t just the Warlord who means to brave the traps and pitfalls guarding the crypt.⁠… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Attempted sexual assault
Murder & attempted murder of a child
Fire
Branding