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Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell

Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell

The story is supposed to be over. Simon Snow did everything he was supposed to do. He beat the villain. He won the war. He even fell in love. Now comes the good part, right? Now comes the happily ever after…

What he needs, according to his best friend, is a change of scenery. He just needs to see himself in a new light…

That’s how Simon and Penny and Baz end up in a vintage convertible, tearing across the American West. They find trouble, of course. (Dragons, vampires, skunk-headed things with shotguns.) And they get lost. They get so lost, they start to wonder whether they ever knew where they were headed in the first place…

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Cheating mentioned
Depression
Alcohol consumption
Blood depiction
Murder
Gun violence
Kidnapping
Fire
Animal death

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

Simon Snow is the worst Chosen One who’s ever been chosen.

That’s what his roommate, Baz, says. And Baz might be evil and a vampire and a complete git, but he’s probably right.

Half the time, Simon can’t even make his wand work, and the other half, he starts something on fire. His mentor’s avoiding him, his girlfriend broke up with him, and there’s a magic-eating monster running around, wearing Simon’s face. Baz would be having a field day with all this, if he were here — it’s their last year at the Watford School of Magicks, and Simon’s infuriating nemesis didn’t even bother to show up.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Blood depiction
Starvation
Death of a friend
Death of a parent
Murder
Bullying

Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas

Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas

Everyone Celaena Sardothien loves has been taken from her. But she’s at last returned to the empire—for vengeance, to rescue her once-glorious kingdom, and to confront the shadows of her past…

She has embraced her identity as Aelin Galathynius, Queen of Terrasen. But before she can reclaim her throne, she must fight.

She will fight for her cousin, a warrior prepared to die for her. She will fight for her friend, a young man trapped in an unspeakable prison. And she will fight for her people, enslaved to a brutal king and awaiting their lost queen’s triumphant return.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Stillbirth
Gore depiction

Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare

Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare

Together with her parabatai Julian Blackthorn, Emma Carstairs must learn to trust her head and her heart as she investigates a demonic plot that stretches across Los Angeles, from the Sunset Strip to the enchanted sea that pounds the beaches of Santa Monica. If only her heart didn’t lead her in treacherous directions…

Making things even more complicated, Julian’s brother Mark—who was captured by the faeries five years ago—has been returned as a bargaining chip. The faeries are desperate to find out who is murdering their kind—and they need the Shadowhunters’ help to do it. But time works differently in faerie, so Mark has barely aged and doesn’t recognize his family. Can he ever truly return to them? Will the faeries really allow it?

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Ableism & ableist language
Racism
Fatmisia & body shaming
Rape by coercion mentioned
Psychological, emotional & physical child abuse recounted
Trauma (theme)
Nightmares
Schizophrenia
Hallucinations
Nonconsensual drugging
Blood & gore depiction
Dead bodies
Emesis
Physical injuries
Cancer mentioned
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a friend
Death of a brother
Death of a mother & father
Murder & attempted murder
Torture
Kidnapping
Home invasion
Exile
Drowning
Fire
Whipping
Cults
War themes including graphic battle scenes
Bullying

Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs

Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs

Mechanic Mercy Thompson can shift her shape – but not her loyalty. When her former boss and mentor is arrested for murder and left to rot behind bars by his own kind, it’s up to Mercy to clear his name, whether he wants her to or not.

Mercy’s loyalty is under pressure from other directions, too. Werewolves are not known for their patience, and if Mercy can’t decide between the two she cares for, Sam and Adam may make the choice for her…

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Rape (ch. 11)
Child sexual abuse recounted
Blood & gore depiction
Murder

Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs

Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs

Mechanic Mercy Thompson has friends in low places-and in dark ones. And now she owes one of them a favor. Since she can shapeshift at will, she agrees to act as some extra muscle when her vampire friend Stefan goes to deliver a message to another of his kind.

But this new vampire is hardly ordinary-and neither is the demon inside of him.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Rape mentioned
Blood & gore depiction
Murder
Gun violence

Moon Called by Patricia Briggs

Moon Called by Patricia Briggs

Mercedes Thompson, aka Mercy, is a talented Volkswagen mechanic living in the Tri-Cities area of Washington. She also happens to be a walker, a magical being with the power to shift into a coyote at will. Mercy’s next-door neighbor is a werewolf. Her former boss is a gremlin. And she’s fixing a bus for a vampire. This is the world of Mercy Thompson, one that looks a lot like ours but is populated by those things that go bump in the night. And Mercy’s connection to those things is about to get her into some serious hot water…

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Misogyny
Blood & gore depiction
Murder

City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare

City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare

Darkness has descended on the Shadowhunter world. Chaos and destruction overwhelm the Nephilim as Clary, Jace, Simon, and their friends band together to fight the greatest evil they have ever faced: Clary’s own brother. Sebastian Morgenstern is on the move, systematically turning Shadowhunter against Shadowhunter. Bearing the Infernal Cup, he transforms Shadowhunters into creatures of nightmare, tearing apart families and lovers as the ranks of his Endarkened army swell. Nothing in this world can defeat Sebastian—but if they journey to the realm of demons, they just might have a chance…

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Ableism & ableist language
Homomisia & queermisia
Racism
Hate crimes
Attempted rape & sexual assault recounted
Incest
Child abuse & neglect
Parental abandonment
Intimate partner violence recounted
Cheating recounted
Nightmares
Suicide, self-sacrifice & attempted suicide
Suicidal ideation
Self-inflicted injuries
Alcohol consumption
Nonconsensual drugging
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a child
Death of a friend
Death of a brother & sister
Death of a mother & father
Death of a husband & wife
Murder & attempted murder
Knife violence & stabbing
Torture
Kidnapping & captivity
Blackmail
Exile
Drowning
Fire
Whipping recounted
Disappearance of a loved one
War themes including graphic battle scenes

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

When word comes that Helen of Sparta has been kidnapped, the men of Greece, bound by blood and oath, must lay siege to Troy in her name. Seduced by the promise of a glorious destiny, Achilles joins their cause, and torn between love and fear for his friend, Patroclus follows. Little do they know that the Fates will test them both as never before and demand a terrible sacrifice.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Slavery & human trafficking
Rape
Child abuse & neglect
Self harm
Blood & gore depiction
Physical injuries
Murder
Torture
Kidnapping
Animal death
War themes & military violence

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

One by one the boys begin to fall…

In 1914 a room full of German schoolboys, fresh-faced and idealistic, are goaded by their schoolmaster to troop off to the ‘glorious war’. With the fire and patriotism of youth they sign up. What follows is the moving story of a young ‘unknown soldier’ experiencing the horror and disillusionment of life in the trenches.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Blood & gore depiction
World War One
Animal death