Animal Death & Death of a Pet – Page 55

Pet Sematary by Stephen King

Pet Sematary by Stephen King

Rambling, old, unsmart and comfortable. A place where the family could settle; the children grow and play and explore. The rolling hills and meadows of Maine seemed a world away from the fume-choked dangers of Chicago. Only the occasional big truck out on the two-lane highway, grinding up through the gears, hammering down the long gradients, growled out an intrusive threat.

But behind the house and far away from the road: that was safe. Just a carefully cleared path up into the woods where generations of local children have processed with the solemn innocence of the young, taking with them their dear departed pets for burial. A sad place maybe, but safe. Surely a safe place. Not a place to seep into your dreams, to wake you, sweating with fear and foreboding…

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Alcohol consumption
Graphic murder
Animal death

White Stag by Kara Barbieri

As the last child in a family of daughters, seventeen-year-old Janneke was raised to be the male heir. While her sisters were becoming wives and mothers, she was taught to hunt, track, and fight. On the day her village was burned to the ground, Janneke—as the only survivor—was taken captive by the malicious Lydian and eventually sent to work for his nephew Soren. Janneke’s survival in the court of merciless monsters has come at the cost of her connection to the human world. And when the Goblin King’s death ignites an ancient hunt for the next king, Soren senses… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Slavery
Rape recounted
Eating disorder
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSDF)
Panic attacks
Blood & gore depiction including body mutilation
Murder & attempted murder
Sword violence & stabbing
Torture recounted
Kidnapping & captivity recounted
Animal death & hunting (theme)

The Deepest of Secrets by Kelley Armstrong

The Deepest of Secrets by Kelley Armstrong

It’s not always easy to live in the hidden town of Rockton, something Detective Casey Duncan knows firsthand. Tucked away in the Yukon wilderness, the community survives—and thrives—because the residents’ many secrets stay just that—secret.

But what happens when these secrets start to come out? Overnight, no one is safe. It’s not a question of if your secret will come out—but when… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Murder
Gun violence
Animal attack
Animal death mentioned

Fate’s Edge by Ilona Andrews

Fate’s Edge by Ilona Andrews

In The Broken, people shop at Walmart, and magic only lives in fairy tales; in The Weird, aristocrats still rule and the strength of your magic controls your fate; and The Edge is the borderland where anything can happen…

Audrey Callahan has a unique talent: no door is closed to her; and – thanks to her Edge family, a motley crew of grifters and layabouts – she’s a consummate conwoman. But she’s severed all ties with her past, finally gotten a legitimate job in The Broken, and Audrey couldn’t be happier. But now her dad has swindled her into one last job… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Blood & gore depiction
Death of a friend
Explosions
Kidnapping
Animal death & cruelty

Bayou Moon by Ilona Andrews

Bayou Moon by Ilona Andrews

The Edge lies between worlds, on the border between the Broken, where people shop at Walmart and magic is a fairytale–and the Weird, where blueblood aristocrats rule, changelings roam, and the strength of your magic can change your destiny…

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Indentured servitude
Child abuse recounted
Drugging
Blood & gore depiction
Body horror
Medical experimentation involving body modifications
Death of a parent
Kidnapping
Animal attack
Animal death
Poverty

On the Edge by Ilona Andrews

On the Edge by Ilona Andrews

Rose Drayton lives on the Edge, between the world of the Broken (where people drive cars, shop at Wal-Mart, and magic is a fairy tale) and the Weird (where blueblood aristocrats rule, changelings roam, and the strength of your magic can change your destiny). Only Edgers like Rose can easily travel from one world to the next, but they never truly belong in either.

Rose thought if she practised her magic, she could build a better life for herself. But things didn’t turn out how she planned, and now she works a minimum wage, off the books job in the Broken just to survive… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Slavery mentioned
Death of a mother recounted
Murder
Gun violence
Animal death

Redirection by Gregory Ashe

Redirection by Gregory Ashe

The Borealis boys are settling into their new normal, or at least into their new digs. But when North’s soon-to-be (please-let-it-be-soon) ex-husband, Tucker, is arrested and charged with murder, everything goes sideways.

Hired by Tucker’s parents, North and Shaw begin looking for proof that Tucker is innocent, in spite of the evidence against him. When they find seemingly incriminating photos hidden in Tucker’s BMW, North is convinced that someone is trying to frame Tucker—and might get away with it… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Homomisia
Ableism
Rape mentioned
Emotional abuse & gaslighting
Alcohol abuse
Drug abuse & overdose
Parent with cancer mentioned
Stroke mentioned
Murder & attempted murder
Blackmail
Death of a pet recounted

Stone Cold Touch by Jennifer Armentrout

Stone Cold Touch by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Layla Shaw is trying to pick up the pieces of her shattered life—no easy task for a seventeen-year-old who’s pretty sure things can’t get worse. Her impossibly gorgeous best friend, Zayne, is forever off-limits thanks to the mysterious powers of her soul-stealing kiss. The Warden clan that has always protected her is suddenly keeping dangerous secrets. And she can barely think about Roth, the wickedly hot demon prince who understood her in ways no one else could.

But sometimes rock bottom is only the beginning. Because suddenly Layla’s powers… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Suicide
Drug use
Overdose
Murder & attempted murder
Gun violence
Hanging
Physical assault
Animal death

Willodeen by Katherine Applegate

Willodeen by Katherine Applegate

Eleven-year-old Willodeen adores creatures of all kinds, but her favourites are the most unlovable beasts in the land: strange beasts known as “screechers.” The villagers of Perchance call them pests, even monsters, but Willodeen believes the animals serve a vital role in the complicated web of nature.

Lately, though, nature has seemed angry indeed. Perchance has been cursed with fires and mudslides, droughts and fevers, and even the annual migration of hummingbears, a source of local pride… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Death of a mother in a fire recounted
Animal hunting
Animal death

What She Found in the Woods by Josephine Angelini

This is Magda’s last chance. Recovering from a scandal at her elite New York City private school that threw life into a tailspin, she is shipped off to live with her grandparents in the Pacific Northwest for the summer. Medicated and uninspired, Magda spends her days in a fog wandering the forest behind the house. But then she stumbles upon Bo. He’s wild and free, and he can see the real her. Magda starts believing she might be able to move on from her past and feel something once again. But there’s more to this sleepy little town than meets the eye. And what Magda finds… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Child neglect
Substance addiction & drug dependency discussed
Suicide
Protagonist with schizophrenia
Psychiatric hospitalisation
Murder
Animal death & cruelty
Bullying