Death of a Parent & Guardian – Page 72 – Trigger Warning Database

Mask of Shadows by Linsey Miller

Mask of Shadows by Linsey Miller

Sallot Leon is a thief, and a good one at that. But gender fluid Sal wants nothing more than to escape the drudgery of life as a highway robber and get closer to the upper-class—and the nobles who destroyed their home. When Sal steals a flyer for an audition to become a member of The Left Hand—the Queen’s personal assassins, named after the rings she wears—Sal jumps at the chance to infiltrate the court and get revenge. But the audition is a fight to the death filled with clever circus acrobats, lethal apothecaries, and vicious ex-soldiers. A childhood as a common crim… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Misgendering
Self harm
Blood & injury depiction
Death of a parent mentioned
Death of a sibling mentioned
Murder & mass murder
Poisoning
Skinning

A Quick Bite by Lynsay Sands

A Quick Bite by Lynsay Sands

Lissianna has been spending her centuries pining for Mr. Right, not just a quick snack, and this sexy guy she finds in her bed looks like he might be a candidate. But there’s another, more pressing issue: her tendency to faint at the sight of blood…an especially annoying quirk for a vampire. Of course, it doesn’t hurt that this man has a delicious-looking neck. What kind of cold-blooded vampire woman could resist a bite of that? Dr. Gregory Hewitt recovers from the shock of waking up in a stranger’s bedroom pretty quickly – once he sees a gorgeous woman about to treat him to a… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism
Child abuse mentioned
Parent with alcoholism mentioned
Death of a parent in a fire
Blood depiction & blood drinking
Kidnapping

The Crystal Kingdom by Carey Pietsch and McElroys

The Crystal Kingdom by Carey Pietsch, Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Travis McElroy, and Justin McElroy

A desperate call for help interrupts holiday celebrations at the Bureau of Balance, and sends Taako, Magnus, and Merle on a high-stakes mission to find and Reclaim a fourth deadly relic: a powerful transmutation stone, hidden somewhere in the depths of a floating arcane laboratory that’s home to the Doctors Maureen and Lucas Miller. An unknown menace has seized control of the stone and is using it to transform the lab into a virulent pink crystal that spreads to everything it touches It’s only a matter of time before this sparkling disaster crash-lands but in order to find… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Grief & loss depiction
Death of a mother

Way Down Deep by Charlotte Stein and Cara McKenna

Way Down Deep by Charlotte Stein & Cara McKenna

The words he typed were never meant to be read, yet they found their way to her. Two wounded strangers, prisoners of their own lives, brought together by a wayward text. Without ever hearing each other’s voices, a friendship blooms between them. Without ever seeing each other’s faces, an attraction grows. Without ever touching, the two become lovers. Without ever hearing each other’s voices, a friendship blooms between them. Without ever seeing each other’s faces, an attraction grows. Without ever touching, the two become lovers.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Agoraphobia
Suicidal ideation
Alcohol consumption
Physical injury
Death of a partner by suicide
Death of a mother from cancer recounted
Deth of a brother recounted
Attempted infanticide by drowning recounted
Car accident

Anyway, I’m Falling in Love with You by Haruka Mitsui

Anyway, I’m Falling in Love with You., Vol. 1 by Haruka Mitsui

Mizuha’s 17th birthday is the pits. Her parents totally forgot, and the sempai she likes isn’t interested in her. But when her longtime childhood friend asks her out, Mizuha has to sort out what this change in relationship could mean. And her feelings may not be the only ones changing…!

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Astraphobia (fear of thunderstorms)
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a parent recounted

Fever by Deon Meyer

Fever by Deon Meyer

Nico Storm and his father Willem drive a truck filled with essential supplies through a desolate land. They are among the few in South Africa–and the world, as far as they know–to have survived a devastating virus which has swept through the country. Their world turned upside down, Nico realizes that his superb marksmanship and cool head mean he is destined to be his father’s protector, even though he is still only a boy. But Willem Storm, though not a fighter, is both a thinker and a leader, a wise and compassionate man with a vision for a new community that survivors will rebuild from the ruins. And so Amanzi is founded… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Child abuse
Suicide
Medical epidemic
Death of a parent
Murder
Gun violence
War themes
Animal cruelty

Spellcaster by Claudia Gray

Spellcaster by Claudia Gray

When Nadia’s family moves to Captive’s Sound, she instantly realizes there’s more to the place than meets the eye. Descended from witches, Nadia can sense that a spell has been cast over the tiny Rhode Island town—a sickness infecting everyone and everything in it. The magic at work is darker and more powerful than anything she’s come across and has sunk its claws most deeply into Mateo, her rescuer, her friend, and the guy she yearns to get closer to even as he pushes her away. Mateo has lived in Captive’s Sound his entire life, shadowed by small-town gossip and his family’s tormented past. Every generation… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Ableism & ableist language,
Racist microaggressions
Sexual assault (by coercion)
Sexual harassment
Parental abandonment
Parental divorce
Nightmares
Hospitalisation
Coma
Facial scars mentioned
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a mother from suicide by drowning recounted
Death of a grandfather in a fire mentioned
Death of a mother & father from viral pneumonia mentioned
Murder & attempted murder
Near-drowning
Car accident, on-page
Loss of autonomy (memory manipulation and mind control)
Sinkholes, on-page
Bullying

Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand

Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand

When the young members of a British acid-folk band are compelled by their manager to record their unique music, they hole up at Wylding Hall, an ancient country house with dark secrets. There they create the album that will make their reputation, but at a terrifying cost: Julian Blake, the group’s lead singer, disappears within the mansion and is never seen or heard from again. Now, years later, the surviving musicians, along with their friends and lovers—including a psychic, a photographer, and the band’s manager—meet with a young documentary filmmaker to tell the… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Ableism
Cheating
Suicide
Drug use
Blood & gore depiction
Cancer
Death of a child
Death of a parent
Car accident
Animal death & cruelty
Bullying

The Last Time I Saw Her by Amber Garza

The Last Time I Saw Her by Amber Garza

Two weeks ago, Dylan DiMarco and his sister Claire discovered Lauren Pascal’s body lying in a creek near his home. Murdered. Dead. Lifeless. Today she is standing in the middle of the store where he works. Alive. Breathing. It’s not the first time he’s seen her lurking around. Following him. In life, Lauren had wanted nothing to do with him. In death, she won’t leave him alone. He knows what she wants. What he has to do so he can finally be free. With the help of the school’s bad girl loner Harley, Dylan sets out to solve Lauren’s murder. But when the lines begin to blur… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Hallucinations
Nightmares
Blood depiction
Dead bodies
Death of a child
Death of a mother

Caterpillar Summer by Gillian McDunn

Caterpillar Summer by Gillian McDunn

Cat and her brother Chicken have always had a very special bond–Cat is one of the few people who can keep Chicken happy. When he has a “meltdown” she’s the one who scratches his back and reads his favorite story. She’s the one who knows what Chicken needs. Since their mom has had to work double-hard to keep their family afloat after their father passed away, Cat has been the glue holding her family together. But even the strongest glue sometimes struggles to hold. When a summer trip doesn’t go according to plan, Cat and Chicken end up spending three week… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Death of a father from cancer