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Little and Lion by Brandy Colbert

Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert

When Suzette comes home to Los Angeles from her boarding school, she’s isn’t sure if she’ll ever want to go back. L.A. is where her friends and family area and her stepbrother, Lionel, who has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, needs her emotional support.

But as she settles into her old life, Suzette finds herself falling for someone new… the same girl her brother is in love with. When Lionel’s disorder spirals out of control, Suzette is forced to confront her past mistakes and find a way to help her brother before he hurts himself.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Ableism
Racism
Lesbomisia
Bimisia
Homomisia
Bipolar Disorder, including hypomania
Self-harm

Bright Ruined Things by Samantha Cohoe

Bright Ruined Things by Samantha Cohoe

The only life Mae has ever known is on the island, living on the charity of the wealthy Prosper family who control the magic on the island and the spirits who inhabit it. Mae longs for magic of her own and to have a place among the Prosper family, where her best friend, Coco, will see her as an equal, and her crush, Miles, will finally see her. Now that she’s eighteen, Mae knows her time with the Prospers may soon come to an end.

But tonight is First Night, when the Prospers and their high-society friends return to… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Homomisia
Outing
Parental abandonment
Suicidal ideation
Suicide mentioned
Alcohol consumption
Drug abuse mentioned
Loss of autonomy (possession)

A Golden Fury by Samantha Cohoe

Thea Hope longs to be an alchemist out of the shadow of her famous mother. The two of them are close to creating the legendary Philosopher’s Stone—whose properties include immortality and can turn any metal into gold—but just when the promise of the Stone’s riches is in their grasp, Thea’s mother destroys the Stone in a sudden fit of violent madness.

While combing through her mother’s notes, Thea learns that there’s a curse on the Stone that causes anyone who tries to make it to lose… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Physical & emotional parental abuse
Hallucinations
Attempted suicide by drowning
Self-harm
Murder
Torture
Physical assault

Mind the Gap, Dash and Lily by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan

Mind the Gap, Dash & Lily by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan

Dash and Lily were feeling closer than ever…it’s just too bad they’re now an ocean apart. After Dash gets accepted to Oxford University and Lily stays in New York to take care of her dog-walking business, the devoted couple are struggling to make a long-distance relationship work. And when Dash breaks the news that he won’t be coming home for Christmas, Lily makes a decision: if Dash can’t come to her, she’ll join him in London. It’s a perfect romantic gesture…that spins out of Lily’s control. Soon Dash and Lily are feeling more of a gap between them, even though they’re in the same city. Will London bring them together again–or will it be their undoing?

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Anxiety & panic attacks

Crownchasers by Rebecca Coffindaffer

Crownchasers by Rebecca Coffindaffer

Alyssa Farshot has spent her whole life trying to outrun her family legacy. Her mother sacrificed everything to bring peace to the quadrant, and her uncle has successfully ruled as emperor for decades. But the last thing Alyssa wants is to follow in their footsteps as the next in line for the throne. Why would she choose to be trapped in a palace when she could be having wild adventures exploring a thousand-and-one planet in her own ship?… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Alcohol consumption
Blood & gore depiction
Dead bodies
Physical injuries
Medical treatment
Grief & loss depiction (theme)
Death of a mother recounted
Death of an uncle
Death of a friend
Murder & attempted murder
Gun violence
Explosions & bombings
Plane crash
War themes discussed

Nightblood by Elly Blake

Nightblood by Elly Blake

Ruby’s world has changed more than she ever could have imagined. She’s in love with a powerful Frost King. She’s the heir to the Fire Throne. And she may be a Nightblood–the spawn of a vengeful deity hellbent on releasing his wraithlike Minax from their prison. Once freed, these beasts will roam the earth, devouring every last person until he or she is nothing but an empty husk. But Ruby is able to control the Minax to a degree, and now she, her beloved Arcus, and her friend Kai must find a way to bring Frostbloods and Firebloods–sworn enemies–together to make a stand against a foe more deadly than any they’ve faced.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Murder of a mother recounted*
Sword & arrow violence
Fire
Shipwreck
Loss of autonomy (possession)

*Explanation : The heroine’s mother was bludgeoned to death in the first book.

Frostblood by Elly Blake

Frostblood by Elly Blake

In a land governed by the cruel Frostblood ruling class, seventeen-year-old Ruby is a Fireblood who has spent most of her life hiding her ability to manipulate heat and light – until the day the soldiers come to raid her village and kill her mother. Ruby vows revenge on the tyrannous Frost King responsible for the massacre of her people.

But Ruby’s powers are unpredictable and so are the feelings she has for Arcus, the scarred. .. Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Starvation & food deprivation
Burn scars
Death of a mother*
Murder & attempted murder
Physical assault*
Gladiator-style fight rings
Imprisonment
Fire (theme)
Animal death

*Explanation : The heroine’s mother is bludgeoned to death, and she hears her neighbouring cellmate being beaten to death by guards.

Antisocial by Jillian Blake

Antisocial by Jillian Blake

Senior spring was supposed to mean sleeping through class and partying with friends. But for Anna Soler, it’s going to be a lonely road. She’s just been dumped by her perfect basketball star boyfriend—with no explanation. Anna’s closest friends, the real ones she abandoned while dating him, are ignoring her. The endearing boy she’s always had a complicated friendship with is almost too sympathetic.

But suddenly Anna isn’t the only one whose life has been upended… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Queermisia
Anxiety
Eating disorder mentioned
Suicide
Self-harm
Abortion mentioned
Bullying

Fireblood by Elly Blake

Fireblood by Elly Blake

Against all odds, Ruby has defeated the villainous Frost King and melted his throne of ice. But the bloodthirsty Minax that was trapped inside is now haunting her kingdom and everyone she loves. The answers to its demise may lie to the south in Sudesia, the land of the Firebloods, and a country that holds the secrets to Ruby’s powers and past.

Despite warnings from her beloved Arcus, Ruby accompanies a roguish Fireblood… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Forced arranged marriage
Murder & mass murder mentioned
Sword & dagger violence
Loss of autonomy (possession)
Fire
Animal attack (scorpion)

Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood

Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood

Andromeda is a debtera—an exorcist hired to cleanse households of the Evil Eye. When a handsome young heir named Magnus Rochester reaches out to hire her, Andromeda quickly realizes this is a job like no other, with horrifying manifestations at every turn, and that Magnus is hiding far more than she has been trained for. Death is the most likely outcome if she stays, but leaving Magnus to live out his curse alone isn’t an option. Evil may roam the castle’s halls, but so does a burning desire.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Slavery
Child abuse
Blood & gore depiction
Dismemberment
Murder