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Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi

Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi

It should have taken Juliette a single touch to kill Warner. But his mysterious immunity to her deadly power has left her shaken, wondering why her ultimate defence mechanism failed against the person she most needs protection from.

She and Adam were able to escape Warner’s clutches and join up with a group of rebels, many of whom have powers of their own. Juliette will finally be able to actively fight against The Reestablishment and try to fix… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Child abuse
Murder
Gun violence
Torture

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

Juliette hasn’t touched anyone in exactly 264 days.

The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. No one knows why Juliette’s touch is fatal. As long as she doesn’t hurt anyone else, no one really cares. The world is too busy crumbling to pieces to pay attention to a 17-year-old girl. Diseases are destroying the population, food is hard to find, birds don’t fly anymore, and the clouds… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Attempted sexual assault
Child abuse & neglect
Anxiety & panic attacks
Depression
Suicidal ideation
Murder & attempted murder
Torture
Imprisonment

Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate

Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate

Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their family’s Mississippi River shantyboat. But when their father must rush their mother to the hospital one stormy night, Rill is left in charge—until strangers arrive in force. Wrenched from all that is familiar and thrown into a Tennessee Children’s Home Society orphanage, the Foss children are assured that they will soon be returned to their parents—but they quickly realize the dark truth. At the mercy of the facility’s cruel director, Rill fights to keep her sisters and brother together in a world of danger and… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Child abuse & neglect

Alpha Night by Nalini Singh

Alpha Night by Nalini Singh

Alpha wolf Selenka Durev’s devotion to her pack is equalled only by her anger at anyone who would harm those under her care. That currently includes the empaths who’ve flowed into her city for a symposium that is a security nightmare, a powder keg just waiting for a match. Ethan Night is an Arrow who isn’t an Arrow. Numb and disengaged from the world, he’s loyal only to himself. Assigned as part of the security force at a world-first symposium, he carries a dark agenda tied to the power-hungry and murderous Consortium. Then violence erupts and Ethan finds himself crashing into the heart and soul of an alpha wolf. Mating… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Ableism
Eugenics recounted
Parental abandonment recounted
Psychological & physical child abuse recounted
Suicidal ideation mentioned
Alcohol consumption
Murder & attempted murder
Torture recounted, including involuntary sensory deprivation
Attempted arson
Imprisonment of a child recounted

The Institute by Stephen King

The Institute by Stephen King

In the middle of the night, in a house on a quiet street in suburban Minneapolis, intruders silently murder Luke Ellis’s parents and load him into a black SUV. The operation takes less than two minutes. Luke will wake up at The Institute, in a room that looks just like his own, except there’s no window. And outside his door are other doors, behind which are other kids with special talents—telekinesis and telepathy—who got to this place the same way Luke did: Kalisha, Nick, George, Iris, and ten-year-old Avery Dixon. They are all in Front Half. Others, Luke learns, graduated to Back Half, “like the roach … Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Slavery
Physical child abuse
Suicide
Suicidal ideation
Alcohol consumption
Medical experimentation
Death of a child from a seizure
Death of parents
Murder
Torture
Kidnapping
Drowning

The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub

The Talisman by Stephen King & Peter Straub

Jack Sawyer, twelve years old, is about to begin a most fantastic journey, an exalting, terrifying quest for the mystical Talisman—the only thing that can save Jack’s dying mother. But to reach his goal, Jack must make his way not only across the breadth of the United States but also through the wondrous and menacing parallel world of the Territories.

In the Territories, Jack finds another realm, where the air is so sweet and clear a man can smell a radish… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Child abuse

Crowned A Traitor by Kate Callaghan

Crowned A Traitor by Kate Callaghan

Heir to Hell and the Dark Forest of Malum, Klara has been called upon to take her place as High Queen of Malum. Though Klara has no intention of ruling, her guardians want her head on a spike. Klara’s only option – escape to Kalos, Fae ruled lands free from Dark Magic. To survive the perilous journey, she needs help…

A Leprechaun with a talent for smuggling. A mischievous Demon with swaying loyalties. The soul of a greying Warlock. Lycaon siblings with a talent for deception.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Child abuse & neglect
Cannibalism, implied
Torture

Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky

Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky

Christopher is seven years old. Christopher is the new kid in town. Christopher has an imaginary friend. We can swallow our fear or let our fear swallow us.

Single mother Kate Reese is on the run. Determined to improve life for her and her son, Christopher, she flees an abusive relationship in the middle of the night with her child. Together, they find themselves drawn to the tight-knit community of Mill Grove, Pennsylvania… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape
Incest
Paedophilia
Child abuse
Domestic abuse
Alcoholism
Dementia
Schizophrenia & psychosis
Suicide
Self-harm
Pregnancy
Blood depiction
Body horror
Death of a child
Torture
Gun violence
Bullying

The Deputy and His Enforcer by Kiki Clark

The Deputy and His Enforcer by Kiki Clark

Nothing is more important to Marcus Rivera than protecting his pack, so he doesn’t understand why he has the sudden urge to tell a nosy human deputy things he shouldn’t. Marcus follows the rules. Always. But something about Robson’s scent has him tempted to break them.

The gorgeous red-head Deputy Robson Medina has been following has a secret. He just knows it, and he won’t stop looking until he finds out everything he can about the alluring man. Even if the idea of Marcus… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Child abuse recounted
Pregnancy and childbirth of a secondary character mentioned

Warnings sourced from Alex @HEABookNerd.

The Second and His Bonded by Kiki Clark

The Second and His Bonded by Kiki Clark

After barely escaping his abusive family, wolf shifter Kieran McAllister struggles to find his place in the Kincaid Pack. Especially with the pushy but gorgeous second-in-command showing up every time Kieran turns around… and making him want things he shouldn’t.

The traumatized wolf who continuously refuses Bennett Young’s help has begun to haunt his dreams. But if there’s one thing he knows, it’s that tiger shifters don’t have mates. So why can’t Bennett get Kieran’s sad… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Child abuse recounted

Warnings sourced from Alex @HEABookNerd.