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Savage Fae by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti

Savage Fae by Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti

There’s more to my brother’s murder than I realised. Shadows in the halls, mysteries lurking around every corner. Whoever killed him is covering their tracks well. And now I’m walking a dangerous line between getting close to the four kings for information and wanting to crawl deeper under their skin for my own desires.

I can’t trust anyone. I can’t let my guard down. And I must keep the urges of my body separate from my heart. But I’m starting to break all of my own rules.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Drug use & abuse
Murder of a brother recounted
Bullying

Dark Fae by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti

Dark Fae by Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti

Me. Elise Callisto. Vampire. Angel of vengeance. And a girl on a mission to destroy one of them for murdering my brother. I just don’t know which one did it yet. When I kicked the ass of a Werewolf who was high on a new and dangerous drug called Killblaze, his final words painted a dark reality for me.

The King of Aurora Academy killed my brother. The trouble is, there’s four kings at that school and each of them have motive and cutthroat natures…. Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Drug use & abuse
Murder of a brother recounted

Heartless Sky by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti

Zodiac Academy: Heartless Sky by Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti

The winds of fate are shifting, and it finally seems like they’ve been twisted in our favour. On the run and cast out from society, we’ve been forced to hide from the mad man who stole our throne. But as more secrets come to light and my sister and I work harder than ever before to reach our potential and claim our birthright, the end is finally drawing closer.

There is no turning from this path now. The curse chases on our heels as time rushes by and the blood-drenched destiny of the man I love looms ever closer just like the monster who stole our throne… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape
Hate crime
Suicide
Blood & gore depiction
Death of a parent
Murder
Torture

The Awakening by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti

Zodiac Academy: The Awakening by Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti

If you’re one of the Fae, elemental magic is in your blood. And apparently, it’s in ours. As twins born in the month of Gemini, we’re a rare breed even in this academy of supernatural a-holes. Changelings were outlawed hundreds of years ago but I guess our birth parents didn’t get the memo. Which means we’re totally unprepared for the ruthless world of Fae.

Air. Fire. Water. Earth. No one has ever harnessed all four of them, until we arrived. And it hasn’t made us any friends so far… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Sexual harassment
Bullying

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black

Tana lives in a world where walled cities called Coldtowns exist. In them, quarantined monsters and humans mingle in a decadently bloody mix of predator and prey. The only problem is, once you pass through Coldtown’s gates, you can never leave.

One morning, after a perfectly ordinary party, Tana wakes up surrounded by corpses. The only other survivors of this massacre are her exasperatingly endearing ex-boyfriend, infected and on the edge… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Blood & gore depiction, including blood-drinking & bloodletting
Torture

White Cat by Holly Black

White Cat by Holly Black

Cassel is cursed. Cursed by the memory of the fourteen-year-old girl he murdered. Life at school is a constant trial. Life at home is even worse. No one at home is ever going to forget that Cassel is a killer. No one at home is ever going to forget that he isn’t a magic worker.

Cassel’s family are one of the big five crime families in America. Ever since magic was prohibited in 1929 magic workers have been driven underground and into crime. And while people still need their touch, their curses, their magical killings… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Suicidal ideation
Murder

I Kissed Alice by Anna Birch

I Kissed Alice by Anna Birch

Rhodes and Iliana couldn’t be more different, but that’s not why they hate each other. Hyper-gifted artist Rhodes has always excelled at Alabama’s Conservatory of the Arts despite a secret bout of creator’s block, while transfer student Iliana tries to outshine everyone with her intense, competitive work ethic. Since only one of them can get the coveted Capstone scholarship, the competition between them is fierce… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Anxiety
Depression
Alcohol consumption
Recreational drug use
Bullying
Financial issues & bankruptcy

The Monster of Her Age by Danielle Binks

The Monster of Her Age by Danielle Binks

Ellie Marsden was born into the legendary Lovinger acting dynasty. Granddaughter of the infamous Lottie Lovinger, as a child Ellie shared the silver screen with Lottie in her one-and-only role-playing the child monster in a cult horror movie. The experience left Ellie deeply traumatised and estranged from people she loved.

Now seventeen, Ellie has returned home to Hobart for the first time in years. Lottie is dying and Ellie wants to make peace with her before it’s too late. But forgiveness feels like playing make-believe… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Emotional child abuse & gaslighting recounted
Hospitalisation of a grandparent
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a grandparent
Bullying recounted

The Year the Maps Changed by Danielle Binks

The Year the Maps Changed by Danielle Binks

Fred’s family is a mess. Fred’s mother died when she was six and she’s been raised by her Pop and adoptive father, Luca, ever since. But now Pop is at the Rye Rehabilitation Centre recovering from a fall; Luca’s girlfriend, Anika, has moved in; and Fred’s just found out that Anika and Luca are having a baby of their own. More and more it feels like a land-grab for family and Fred is the one being left off the map.

But even as the world feels like it’s spinning out of control, a crisis from the other side of… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Death of a parent recounted
Stillbirth
Blood depiction
Refugee experiences

Sidelined by Kara Bietz

Sidelined by Kara Bietz

Julian Jackson has a short to-do list for his senior year at Crenshaw County High School in Meridian, Texas: football, football, and more football. He knows he’s only got one chance to earn a college scholarship and make it out of his small town, and keeping his head down, his grades up, and his cleats on the field is that one chance. And then Elijah Vance walks back into his life, throwing all of his carefully-laid plans into a tailspin.

Elijah and Julian used to be best friends, maybe even on their way to something… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Teen pregnancy