Aphobia – Trigger Warning Database

Love Letters for Joy by Melissa See

Less than a year away from graduation, seventeen-year-old Joy is too busy overachieving to be worried about relationships. She’s determined to be Caldwell Prep’s first disabled valedictorian. And she only has one person to beat, her academic rival Nathaniel. But it’s senior year and everyone seems to be obsessed with pairing up. One of her best friends may be developing feelings for her and the other uses Caldwell’s anonymous love-letter writer to snag the girl of her dreams. Joy starts to wonder if she has missed out on a quintessential high school experience. She is asexual, but that’s no reason she can’t experience… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Acephobia including mentions of a teenager being disowned by queerphobic parents
Forced outing & coming out themes
Sexual assault (nonconsensual kiss)
Parental divorce discussed
Asthma attack
Mentions of fertility & premature labour

Wren Martin Ruins It All by Amanda DeWitt

Now that Wren Martin is student council president (on a technicality, but hey, it counts) he’s going to fix Rapture High. His first order of business: abolish the school’s annual Valentine’s Day Dance, a drain on the school’s resources and general social nightmare—especially when you’re asexual. His greatest opponent: Leo Reyes, vice president and all-around annoyingly perfect student, who has a solution to Wren’s budget problem. A sponsorship from Buddy, the anonymous “not a dating” app sweeping the nation. Now instead of a dance-less senior year, Wren is in charge of the biggest dance Rapture High has ever seen. He’s even… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Acephobia/aphobia
Coming out
Alcohol consumption
Sibling with terminal cancer
Death of a parent from cancer recounted

Dear Wendy by Ann Zhao

Sophie Chi is in her first year at Wellesley College (despite her parents’ wishes that she attend a “real” university, rather than a liberal arts school) and has long accepted her aromantic and asexual identities. Despite knowing she’ll never fall in love, she enjoys running an Instagram account that offers relationship advice to students at Wellesley. No one except her roommate knows that she’s behind the incredibly popular “Dear Wendy” account. When Joanna “Jo” Ephron―also a first-year student at Wellesley―created their “Sincerely Wanda” account, it was… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Acephobia & arophobia
Bullying

Something Fabulous by Alexis Hall

Valentine Layton, the Duke of Malvern, has twin problems: literally.

It was always his father’s hope that Valentine would marry Miss Arabella Tarleton. But, unfortunately, too many novels at an impressionable age have caused her to grow up…romantic. So romantic that a marriage of convenience will not do and after Valentine’s proposal she flees into the night determined never to set eyes on him again… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Internalised amisia
Physical injury, including a gunshot wound
Death of a parent recounted
Gun violence (pistol duel)
Kidnapping & captivity
Animal death (bird)

Ace by Angela Chen

What exactly is sexual attraction and what is it like to go through the world not experiencing it? What does asexuality reveal about consent, about compromise, about the structures of society? This exceedingly accessible guide to asexuality shows that the issues that aces face—confusion around sexual activity, the intersection of sexuality and identity, navigating different needs in relationships—are conflicts that all of us need to address as we move through the world. Through interviews, cultural criticism and memoir, ACE invites all readers to… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Ableism mentioned
Amisia
Racism & racial slurs
Rape discussed
Forced sterilization mentioned
Domestic terrorism mentioned

Learning Curves by Ceillie Simkiss

Learning Curves by Ceillie Simkiss

Elena Mendez has always been career-first; with only two semesters of law school to go, her dream of working as a family lawyer for children is finally within reach. She can’t afford distractions. She doesn’t have time for love. And she has no idea how much her life will change, the day she lends her notes to Cora McLaughlin. A freelance writer and MBA student, Cora is just as career-driven as Elena. But over weeks in the library together, they discover that as strong as they are apart, they’re stronger together. Through snowstorms and stolen moments, through loneliness and… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Queermisia
Amisia
Anxiety attacks

Dare Mighty Things by Heather Kaczynski

Dare Mighty Things by Heather Kaczynski

THE RULES ARE SIMPLE: You must be gifted. You must be younger than twenty-five. You must be willing to accept the dangers that you will face if you win. Eighteen-year-old Cassandra Gupta’s entire life has been leading up to this–the opportunity to travel to space. But to secure a spot on this classified mission, she must first compete against the best and brightest people on the planet. People who are as determined as she is to win a place on a journey to the farthest reaches of the universe. Cassie is ready … Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Amisia
Bimisia
Racism
Claustrophobia
Dubious consent (kiss)
Alcohol consumption
Medical procedures
Physical injuries
Hospitalisation (infirmary)
Attempted murder

Not Your Backup by CB Lee

Not Your Backup by C.B. Lee

Emma Robledo has a few more responsibilities than the usual high school senior, but then again, she and her friends have left school to lead a fractured Resistance movement against a corrupt Heroes League of Heroes. Emma is the only member of a supercharged team without powers, and she isn’t always taken seriously. A natural leader, Emma is determined to win this battle, and when that’s done, get back to school. As the Resistance moves to challenge the League, Emma realizes where her place is in this fight: at the front..

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Internalised amisia & aromisia
Coming out themes
Nightmares
Nonconsensual drugging recounted
Scars mentioned
Medical experimentation mentioned
Explosion
Kidnapping
Imprisonment
Disappearance of a loved one
Car accident
Fire

Not the Marrying Kind by Jae

Not the Marrying Kind by Jae

Small-town florist Ashley Gaines loves her little flower shop and putting together the perfect bouquets for weddings and other happy occasions. Her own love life, however, is far from blossoming. Ash has decided that staying in the closet is safer than risking her heart again. Local bakery owner Sasha Peterson hasn’t had much luck mixing it up with romance either. Besides, she’s too busy whipping up delicious treats to have time for a relationship. But when their town’s first lesbian wedding forces them to work together, Ashley and Sasha discover they have more in common than they imagined. During food fights, cake tasting… Read more.

Goodreads • The Story Graph

Trigger & Content Warnings

Ableism
Internalised lesbomisia
Amisia recounted
Coming out (theme)
Attempted outing recounted
Alcohol consumption
Death of a sister from suicide mentioned

Off Planet by Aileen Erin

Off Planet by Aileen Erin

In an all-too-plausible future where corporate conglomerates have left the world’s governments in shambles, anyone with means has left the polluted Earth for the promise of a better life on a SpaceTech owned colony among the stars. Maité Martinez is the daughter of an Earther Latina and a powerful Aunare man, an alien race that SpaceTech sees as a threat to their dominion. When tensions turn violent, Maité finds herself trapped on Earth and forced into hiding. For over ten years, Maité has stayed hidden, but every minute Maité stays on Earth is one closer… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Amisia
Sexual assault
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Medical procedures
Burns
Emesis
Genocide
Imprisonment