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Every Vow You Break by Peter Swanson

Every Vow You Break by Peter Swanson

Abigail Baskin never thought she’d fall in love with a millionaire. Then she met Bruce Lamb. But right before the wedding, Abigail has a drunken one-night stand on her bachelorette weekend. She puts the incident—and the sexy guy who wouldn’t give her his real name—out of her mind, and now believes she wants to be with Bruce for the rest of her life. Then the mysterious stranger suddenly appears—and Abigail’s future life and happiness are turned upside down. He insists that their passionate night was the beginning of something special and he’s tracked her down to… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Misogyny
Rape by coercion, on-page
Domestic abuse & violence
Cheating
Alcohol consumption, on-page
Recreational drug use & smoking, on-page
Drugging, on-page
Blood & gore depiction
Death of a husband, on-page
Graphic murder & attempted murder, on-page
Knife violence & stabbing, on-page
Bow & arrow violence
Torture & psychological torture
Kidnapping & captivity
Stalking
Bullying mentioned

A Spindle Splintered by Alix Harrow

A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow

It’s Zinnia Gray’s twenty-first birthday, which is extra special because it’s the last birthday she’ll ever have. When she was young, an industrial accident left Zinnia with a rare condition. Not much is known about her illness, just that no one has lived past twenty-one. Her best friend Charm is intent on making Zinnia’s last birthday special with a full sleeping beauty experience, complete with a tower and a spinning wheel. But when Zinnia pricks her finger, something strange and unexpected happens, and she finds herself falling through worlds, with another sleeping beauty, just as desperate to escape her fate.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Forced marriage
Rape recounted
Sexual assault mentioned
Suicidal ideation recounted
Self-injury, on-page
Pregnancy from rape mentioned
Blood depiction
Terminal illness (theme)
Hospitalisation

Soul of the Sword by Julie Kagawa

Soul of the Sword by Julie Kagawa

One thousand years ago, a wish was made to the Harbinger of Change and a sword of rage and lightning was forged. Kamigoroshi. The Godslayer. It had one task: to seal away the powerful demon Hakaimono. Now he has broken free. Kitsune shapeshifter Yumeko has one task: to take her piece of the ancient and powerful scroll to the Steel Feather temple in order to prevent the summoning of the Harbinger of Change, the great Kami Dragon who will grant one wish to whoever holds the Scroll of a Thousand Prayers. But she has a new enemy now. The demon Hakaimono, who for centuries was trapped in a cursed sword, has escape… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Alcohol consumption
Smoking mentioned
Blood & gore depiction
Beheading
Murder
Sword violence
Death from exposure to the cold mentioned
Animal death
War themes

Into the Gray by Margaret Killjoy

Into the Gray by Margaret Killjoy

“You’re using me,” I said. “That might be true, but I also love you.”

One is the Lady of the Waking Waters, an immortal mermaid. The other is a thief, who steals lives until a wish can be fulfilled, and a life-changing choice must be made.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Misogyny
Misgendering
Slut-shaming
Sex work discussed
Suicidal ideation
Alcohol consumption mentioned
Blood & gore depiction
Cannibalism
Murder & attempted murder
Near-drowning incident

The Dark Vault by Victoria Schwab

The Dark Vault by V.E. Schwab

Imagine a place where the dead rest on shelves like books. Each body has a story to tell, a life seen in pictures only Librarians can read. The dead are called Histories, and the vast realm in which they rest is the Archive. Mackenzie Bishop’s grandfather first brought her here four years ago, when she was twelve years old, frightened but determined to prove herself. Now her grandfather is dead, and Mac has grown into what he once was: a ruthless Keeper, tasked with stopping often-violent Histories from waking up and getting out. Because of her job, she lies to the people… Read more,

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Self-harm
Drugging
Blood & injury depiction
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a brother recounted
Murder
Car accident mentioned

A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher

A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher

Fourteen-year-old Mona isn’t like the wizards charged with defending the city. She can’t control lightning or speak to water. Her familiar is a sourdough starter and her magic only works on bread. She has a comfortable life in her aunt’s bakery making gingerbread men dance. But Mona’s life is turned upside down when she finds a dead body on the bakery floor. An assassin is stalking the streets of Mona’s city, preying on magic folk, and it appears that Mona is his next target. And in an embattled city suddenly bereft of wizards, the assassin may be the least of Mona’s worries

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Blood & gore depiction
Genocide
Animal death

The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher

The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher

Pray they are hungry. Kara finds these words in the mysterious bunker that she’s discovered behind a hole in the wall of her uncle’s house. Freshly divorced and living back at home, Kara now becomes obsessed with these cryptic words and starts exploring the peculiar bunker—only to discover that it holds portals to countless alternate realities. But these places are haunted by creatures that seem to hear thoughts…and the more you fear them, the stronger they become.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Ableism
Cheating
Alcohol consumption
Drug use mentioned
Blood & gore depiction
Body horror
Death of a child
Gun violence
Torture
Animal death

Bryony and Roses by T Kingfisher

Bryony and Roses by T. Kingfisher

Bryony and her sisters have come down in the world. Their merchant father died trying to reclaim his fortune and left them to eke out a living in a village far from their home in the city. But when Bryony is caught in a snowstorm and takes refuge in an abandoned manor, she stumbles into a house full of dark enchantments. Is the Beast that lives there her captor, or a fellow prisoner? Is the house her enemy or her ally? And why are roses blooming out of season in the courtyard? Armed only with gardening shears and her wits, Bryony must untangle the secrets of the house before she—or the Beast—are swallowed by them…

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Suicide
Nightmares mentioned
Alcohol consumption
Blood & injury depiction
Emesis
Death of a parent recounted
Kidnapping & captivity
Building collapse
Blizzard
Animal death recounted

City of Villains by Estelle Laure

City of Villains by Estelle Laure

Mary Elizabeth Heart is a high school senior by day, but by night she’s an intern at the Monarch City police department. She watches with envy from behind a desk as detectives come and go, trying to contain the city’s growing crime rate. For years, tension has simmered between the city’s wealthy elite, and their plans to gentrify the decaying neighbourhood called the Scar—once upon a time the epicentre of all things magic. When the daughter of one of the city’s most powerful businessmen goes missing, Mary Elizabeth is thrilled when the Chief actually puts her on the… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Blood & gore depiction including dead bodies and dismembered body parts
Murder

The Red Palace by June Hur

The Red Palace by June Hur

Joseon (Korea), 1758. There are few options available to illegitimate daughters in the capital city, but through hard work and study, eighteen-year-old Hyeon has earned a position as a palace nurse. All she wants is to keep her head down, do a good job, and perhaps finally win her estranged father’s approval. But Hyeon is suddenly thrust into the dark and dangerous world of court politics when someone murders four women in a single night, and the prime suspect is Hyeon’s closest friend and mentor. Determined to prove her beloved teacher’s innocence, Hyeon launches her… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Blood & gore depiction including corpses
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a parent
Murder
Torture
Police brutality