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After the Fire by Will Hill

After the Fire by Will Hill

Before, she lived inside the fence. Before, she was never allowed to leave the property, never allowed to talk to Outsiders, never allowed to speak her mind. Because Father John controlled everything—and Father John liked rules. Disobeying Father John came with terrible consequences.

But there are lies behind Father John’s words. Outside, there are different truths.

Then came the fire.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Slut shaming
Misogyny
Child abuse & psychological abuse
Suicide
Alcohol abuse
Drug abuse
Murder
Gun violence
Fire

After the Eclipse by Fran Dorricott

After the Eclipse by Fran Dorricott

Two solar eclipses. Two missing girls.

Sixteen years ago a little girl was abducted during the darkness of a solar eclipse while her older sister Cassie was supposed to be watching her. She was never seen again. When a local girl goes missing just before the next big eclipse, Cassie – who has returned to her home town to care for her ailing grandmother – suspects the disappearance is connected to her sister: that whoever took Olive is still out there. But she needs to find a way to prove it, and time is running out.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Child sexual abuse
Suicide
Alcohol abuse
Drug abuse

Ironspark by C.M. McGuire

Ironspark by C.M. McGuire

For the past nine years, ever since a bunch of those evil Tinkerbells abducted her mother, cursed her father, and forced her family into hiding, Bryn has devoted herself to learning everything she can about killing the Fae. Now it’s time to put those lessons to use.

Then the Court Fae finally show up, and Bryn realizes she can’t handle this on her own. Thankfully, three friends offer to help: Gwen, a kindhearted water witch; Dom, a new foster kid pulled into her world; and Jasika, a schoolmate with her own grudge against the Fae… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Ableism & ableist language
Amisia (challenged)
Coming out themes
Parental abandonment
PTSD
Panic & anxiety attacks
Nightmares
Parent with (implied) schizophrenia & hallucinations
Alcohol consumption
Blood & gore depiction
Physical injuries
Hospital
Comas
Scalpels mentioned
Murder & attempted murder
Kidnapping
House fire, fire, and loss of property
Bullying

All the Rage by Courtney Summers

All the Rage by Courtney Summers

The sheriff’s son, Kellan Turner, is not the golden boy everyone thinks he is, and Romy Grey knows that for a fact. Because no one wants to believe a girl from the wrong side of town, the truth about him has cost her everything—friends, family, and her community.

Branded a liar and bullied relentlessly by a group of kids she used to hang out with, Romy’s only refuge is the diner where she works outside of town. No one knows her name or her past there; she can finally be anonymous. But when a girl with ties to both Romy and Kellan goes missing after a party, and news of him assaulting another girl in a town close by gets out.. Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Rape (theme)
Victim blaming
Alcohol consumption
Bullying

The Lost Sisters by Holly Black

The Lost Sisters by Holly Black

Sometimes the difference between a love story and a horror story is where the ending comes . . .

While Jude fought for power in the Court of Elfhame against the cruel Prince Cardan, her sister Taryn began to fall in love with the trickster, Locke.

Half-apology and half-explanation, it turns out that Taryn has some secrets of her own to reveal.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Cheating
Coerced marriage discussed
Alcohol consumption
Blood & gore depiction, including dead bodies
Murder discussed
Death of a mother & father recounted
Near-drowning incident
Bullying

Damsel by Elana K Arnold

Damsel by Elana K. Arnold

The rite has existed for as long as anyone can remember: when the prince-who-will-be-king comes of age, he must venture out into the gray lands, slay a fierce dragon, and rescue a damsel to be his bride. This is the way things have always been.

When Ama wakes in the arms of Prince Emory, however, she knows none of this. She has no memory of what came before she was captured by the dragon, or what horrors she has faced in its lair. She knows only this handsome prince, the story he tells of her rescue, and her destiny to sit on the throne beside him. Ama comes with Emory back to the kingdom of Harding, hailed as the new princess, welcomed to the court.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Misogyny
Physical & emotional abuse, including gaslighting
Graphic sexual assault
Graphic rape & rape threats
Bestiality
Suicide
Graphic self-harm
Grey-area cheating
Alcohol consumption
Imprisonment
Graphic animal abuse & animal cruelty

Wicked Fox by Kat Cho

Gumiho: Wicked Fox by Kat Cho

Eighteen-year-old Gu Miyoung has a secret. She’s a gumiho–a nine-tailed fox who survives by consuming the energy of men. But she’s also half-human and has a soft spot for people. So she won’t kill indiscriminately. With the help of a shaman, Miyoung only takes the lives of men who have committed terrible crimes. Devouring their life force is a morbid kind of justice… or so she tells herself.

But killing men no one would ever miss in bustling modern-day Seoul also helps Miyoung keep a low profile. She and her mother protect themselves by hiding in plain sight. That is until Miyoung crosses paths with a handsome boy her age as he’s being attacked by a goblin in the woods… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Classism
Ableist language
Physical, emotional & verbal parental abuse
Parental neglect & abandonment
Nightmares
Suicide & attempted suicide discussed
Suicidal ideation
Alcohol consumption
Pregnancy mentioned
Blood & gore depiction
Seizures, multiple on-page scenes
Coma
Hospital (setting)
Medical procedures, including blood tests & surgery mentioned
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a mother, on-page
Death of a grandmother, on-page
Murder & attempted murder
Physical assault
Attempted infanticide recounted
Hostage situation
Drowning recounted
Loss of autonomy (theme)*
Bullying

*Note: The main character is a gumiho, and people are able to control her actions and force her to follow their instructions when they possess her fox bead.

A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A Brown

A Song of Wraiths & Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown

For Malik, the Solstasia festival is a chance to escape his war-stricken home and start a new life with his sisters in the prosperous desert city of Ziran. But when a vengeful spirit abducts Malik’s younger sister, Nadia, as payment into the city, Malik strikes a fatal deal—kill Karina, Crown Princess of Ziran, for Nadia’s freedom.

But Karina has deadly aspirations of her own. Her mother, the Sultana, has been assassinated; her court threatens mutiny; and Solstasia looms like a knife over her neck. Grief-stricken, Karina decides to resurrect her mother through ancient magic . . . requiring the beating heart of a king. And she knows just how to obtain one: by offering her hand in marriage to the victor of the Solstasia competition.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Ableism & ableist language
Racism and racial slurs
Colonialism themes
Refugee experiences
Riots and stampede
Police brutality
Emotional & physical child abuse
Cheating mentioned
Anxiety
Panic attack, described in detail on-page
Hallucinations
Depersonalisation & derealization
Self-harm & self-harm ideation
Alcohol consumption
Emesis
Blood depiction
Grief & loss depiction (theme)
Death of a father recounted
Death of a mother, on-page
Death of a sister recounted
Death in a fire recounted
Hostage situation
Kidnapping & attempted kidnapping
Knife violence & stabbing
Murder & attempted murder
Regicide
Whipping of feet mentioned
Animal cruelty
Animal death, including animal sacrifice

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

After receiving a frantic letter from her newly-wed cousin begging for someone to save her from a mysterious doom, Noemí Taboada heads to High Place, a distant house in the Mexican countryside. She’s not sure what she will find—her cousin’s husband, a handsome Englishman, is a stranger, and Noemí knows little about the region. Noemí is also an unlikely rescuer: She’s a glamorous debutante, and her chic gowns and perfect red lipstick are more suited for cocktail parties than amateur sleuthing. But she’s also tough and smart, with an indomitable will, and she is not… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Period-typical misogyny & racism
Eugenics
Sexual assault & attempted rape (on-page)
Incest
Forced breeding mentioned
Alcohol consumption & smoking
Drugging
Hallucinations
Infertility & miscarriages mentioned
Medical treatment for tuberculosis discussed
Blood & gore depiction including body horror & cannibalism
Death of an infant mentioned
Death of a father discussed
Murder & attempted murder
Knife violence

All That Impossible Space by Anna Morgan

All That Impossible Space by Anna Morgan

15-year-old Lara Laylor feels like a supporting character in her own life. She’s Ashley’s best friend, she’s Hannah’s sister she’s never just Lara. When new history teacher Mr Grant gives her an unusual assignment: investigating the mystery of the Somerton Man. Found dead in on an Adelaide beach in 1948, a half-smoked cigarette still in his mouth and the labels cut out of his clothes, the Somerton Man has intrigued people for years. Was he a spy? A criminal? Year 10 has plenty of mysteries of its own: boys, drama queen friends, and enigmatic new students… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Ableism
Grooming behaviour & discussions of a teacher-student relationship
Toxic friendship (theme)
Suicide mentioned
Alcohol consumption
Asthma attacks (on-page)
Murder & dead bodies discussed
Drowning recounted
Bullying (rumour spreading)