Death of a Parent & Guardian – Page 124

Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman

Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman

Britt-Marie can’t stand mess. A disorganized cutlery drawer ranks high on her list of unforgivable sins. She is not one to judge others—no matter how ill-mannered, unkempt, or morally suspect they might be. It’s just that sometimes people interpret her helpful suggestions as criticisms, which is certainly not her intention. But hidden inside the socially awkward, fussy busybody is a woman who has more imagination, bigger dreams, and a warmer heart that anyone around her realizes… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Parental abandonment
Cheating
Physical injury (broken bones)
Death of a sibling
Death of a parent

Enemies by Tijan

Enemies by Tijan

Stone Reeves was my neighbour, and I’ve hated him since sixth grade. Gorgeous and charismatic, he became the town’s football god, while I became the town’s invisible girl. He went to a Division 1 school for football, while my father was fired by his father. His team won the National Championship, while my mother died the same day.

He was a first-round pick for the NFL.. while I made the worst decision of my life… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape, off-page
Death of parents in a car accident
Death of a parent from cancer, off-page
Stalking

The Not-Outcast by Tijan

The Not-Outcast by Tijan

Cutler Ryder was everything I wasn’t. He was the hockey star. I was an outcast. He was best friends with my stepbrother, that same stepbrother who hated me. His two parents loved him. My mom was a junkie. My dad barely knew me.

Years passed. I got my life together. Cut went onto NHL stardom. Then there was a text. I was drinking. There was a party. Cut was there… I loved Cutler Ryder since the first moment I saw him. The only problem? He never knew I existed.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Parent with substance addiction
Death of a mother recounted
Homelessness

The Fine Print by Lauren Asher

The Fine Print by Lauren Asher

I’m in the business of creating fairy tales. Theme parks. Production companies. Five-star hotels. Everything could be all mine if I renovated Dreamland. My initial idea of hiring Zahra was good in theory, but then I kissed her. Things spiralled out of control once I texted her using an alias. By the time I realized where I went wrong, it was too late. People like me don’t get happy endings. Not when we’re destined to ruin them.

After submitting a drunk proposal criticizing Dreamland’s most expensive ride, I should have been fired. Instead, Rowan Kane offered me a dream job… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Suicidal ideation recounted
Death of a parent recounted

The Bound Witch by Ivy Asher

The Bound Witch by Ivy Asher

I died. I looked into Rogan Kendrick’s eyes, told him I loved him…and then I died. So how the hell am I standing naked in the middle of a morgue, doing my best not to freak the fuck out?

I’m a Bone Witch, or at least I was before Rogan bound us together. Blood magic now flows through my veins too, and I think somehow the man I shouldn’t love, the one who betrayed me, who couldn’t choose me…has saved me… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Indentured servitude
Parental abuse & neglect
Panic attack
Alcoholism
Nightmares
Drugging
Physical injury
Dead bodies
Physical injuries, including eyeball trauma
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a parent
Death of friend
Torture
Murder & attempted murder
Knife violence & stabbing
Explosions
Electrocution
Physical assault
Home invasion
Captivity & confinement
Disappearance of a loved one
Fire
Loss of autonomy (mind control & possession)
War themes & military violence
Displacement

The Blood Witch by Ivy Asher

The Blood Witch by Ivy Asher

I never saw it coming: the bones, the magic, the betrayal. It’s no longer a question of who I can trust—the answer is no one. Now, it’s about survival. I’m in the heart of the Order, trying to solve a series of mysterious disappearances while doing everything that I can not to become bait. Enemies are circling, and they can’t seem to decide if they see me as a pawn or as a threat. Oh, and there’s that little issue of being tethered to Rogan, who I now want to kill. Enemies are circling, and they can’t seem to decide if they see me as a pawn or as a threat. Oh, and there’s that little issue of being tethered to Rogan, who I now want to kill… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Parental abuse & neglect
Panic attack
Nightmares
Drugging
Physical injuries
Dead bodies
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a parent
Death of friend
Death of sibling
Murder & attempted murder
Knife violence & stabbing
Torture
Explosions
Physical assault
Fire
Incarceration
Disappearance of a loved one
Loss of autonomy (mind control)
War themes & military violence

The Kinsman Universe by Ilona Andrews

The Kinsman Universe by Ilona Andrews

In a distant, future world Kinsmen—small powerful groups of genetically and technologically advanced families—control vast financial empires. They are their own country, their own rulers, and their only limits are other Kinsmen. The struggle for power is a bloody, full-contact sport: in business, on the battlefield…and sometimes in the bedroom… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

PTSD & trauma
Depression
Suicidal ideation
Death of a parent recounted
Murder
Conscription
Child soldiers

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

Wayward by Gregory Ashe

Wayward by Gregory Ashe

Emery Hazard is trying to plan his wedding, even though his fiancé, John-Henry Somerset, isn’t exactly making things easy for him. To be fair, Somers has been distracted lately; his father is running for mayor in a hotly contested election, and their hometown is splintering under the weight of divisive politics.

In a matter of hours, those poisonous politics invade Hazard’s life in a way he couldn’t have imagined. Glenn Somerset, Somers’s father, shows up on their doorstep, and he wants two things: first, for Hazard to neutralize a blackmail threat; and second… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Sexism
Homomisia
Racism
Parent with cancer
Death of a parent
Blackmail
Psychiatrist-patient relationship
Animal abuse mentioned