Tag Archives: Death of a Parent & Guardian

Hush by Dylan Farrow

Hush by Dylan Farrow

Seventeen-year-old Shae has led a seemingly quiet life, joking with her best friend Fiona, and chatting with Mads, the neighbourhood boy who always knows how to make her smile. All while secretly keeping her fears at bay… Of the disease that took her brother’s life. Of how her dreams seem to bleed into reality around her. Of a group of justice seekers called the Bards who claim to use the magic of Telling to keep her community safe. When her mother is murdered, she can no longer pretend. Not knowing who to trust, Shae journeys to unlock the truth, instead finding a new… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Medical experimentation
  • Death of a parent
  • Murder
  • Knife violence & stabbing
  • Fire
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Team Phison Forever by Chace Verity

Team Phison Forever by Chace Verity

Tyson Falls is ready to get married. After being disowned by his parents, his adorably grumpy boyfriend has made cautiously optimistic Tyson embrace the concept of family again. Armed with a ring and the newest video game, Tyson has plans for the nerdiest proposal. Life throws a wrench in Tyson’s plans when he meets someone online during a multiplayer match. Someone that makes him rethink if he’s ready to start a family—the half-sister he never knew he had.
With the harsh reminder of how messy families can be, Tyson plunges headfirst into despair. Phil… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Ableism
  • Homomisia mentioned
  • Transmisia mentioned
  • Racism mentioned
  • Familial estrangement
  • Depression
  • Alcohol consumption
  • Death of a parent mentioned
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Sistersong by Lucy Holland

Sistersong by Lucy Holland

In the ancient kingdom of Dumnonia, there is old magic to be found in the whisper of the wind, the roots of the trees, and the curl of the grass. King Cador knew this once, but now the land has turned from him, calling instead to his three children. Riva can cure others, but can’t seem to heal her own deep scars. Keyne battles to be accepted for who he truly is—the king’s son. And Sinne dreams of seeing the world, of finding adventure. All three fear a life of confinement within the walls of the hold, their people’s last bastion of strength against the invading Saxons. However, change… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Misogyny
  • Transmisia
  • Misgendering
  • Deadnaming
  • Religious persecution
  • Pregnancy
  • Chronic leg & hand injury
  • Physical injury & illness including death from blood poisoning, head injury, and graphic burn scars
  • Dead body & mutilation
  • Death of a father, on-page
  • Death of a sister
  • Murder & attempted murder
  • Death from a fall, on-page
  • Knife & sword violence
  • Arrow violence
  • Whipping, off-page
  • Fire recounted
  • Loss of autonomy (glamour magic)
  • War themes & battle scenes
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Mistletoe and Murder by Robin Stevens

Mistletoe and Murder by Robin Stevens

Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are spending the Christmas hols in snowy Cambridge. Hazel has high hopes of its beautiful spires, cosy libraries and inviting tearooms but there is danger lurking in the dark stairwells of ancient Maudlin College. Two days before Christmas, there is a terrible accident. At least, it appears to be an accident – until the Detective Society look a little closer, and realise a murder has taken place. Faced with several irritating grown-ups and fierce competition from a rival agency, they must use all their cunning and courage to find the killer (in time for Christmas Day, of course).

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Sexism
  • Racism
  • Classism
  • Alcohol consumption
  • Blood & injury depiction
  • Dead bodies
  • Emesis
  • Death of parents in a car accident mentioned
  • Murder & attempted murder
  • Near drowning
  • Death from a fall down the stairs
  • Death from poisoning
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Death in the Spotlight by Robin Stevens

Death in the Spotlight by Robin Stevens

Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are off to the beautiful Rue Theatre in London, where they will face an entirely new challenge: acting. But behind the theatre’s glittering facade, the girls soon realise that there is trouble at the Rue. Jealousy, threats and horrible pranks quickly spiral out of control – and then one of the cast is found dead. As opening night looms closer, Hazel and Daisy must take centre stage and solve the crime . . . before the murderer strikes again.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Coming out themes
  • Racism
  • Sexism
  • Homomisia
  • Dead body
  • Murder of a mother & father by drowning recounted
  • Boating accident recounted
  • Death of a colleague (theme)
  • Murder & attempted murder
  • Poisoning
  • Physical assault
  • Threats of violence & murder
  • Homelessness mentioned
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Arsenic for Tea by Robin Stevens

Arsenic for Tea by Robin Stevens

Schoolgirl detectives Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are at Daisy’s home, Fallingford, for the holidays. Daisy’s glamorous mother is throwing a tea party for Daisy’s birthday, and the whole family is invited, from eccentric Aunt Saskia to dashing Uncle Felix. But it soon becomes clear that this party isn’t really about Daisy at all. Naturally, Daisy is furious. Then one of their party falls seriously, mysteriously ill—and everything points to poison. With wild storms preventing anyone from leaving, or the police from arriving, Fallingford suddenly feels like a dangerous place to be. Not… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Racism & racist language
  • Sexism
  • Classism
  • Ableism
  • Alcohol consumption mentioned
  • Dead bodies discussed
  • Emesis
  • Death of a father from suicide mentioned
  • Murder by arsenic poisoning, on-page
  • Floods
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To Catch a Dream by Audrey Carlan

To Catch a Dream by Audrey Carlan

When their mother passed away, Evie Ross and her sister were each given a stack of letters, one to be opened every year on their birthday; letters their free-spirited mother hoped would inspire and guide them through adulthood. But although Evie has made a successful career, her desire for the stability and security she never had from her parents has meant she’s never experienced the best life has to offer. But the discovery of more letters hidden in a safe-deposit box points to secrets her mother held close, and possibly a new way for Evie to think about her family, her heart and her dreams.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Cheating
  • Death of a mother from cancer
  • Bullying
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Beyond Ruin by Kit Rocha

Beyond Ruin by Kit Rocha

Adrian Maddox fled his royal life—and tragic past—in Sector One, choosing instead to join up with the O’Kanes. For years, he’s lived by one rule: love fast, love hard, and always be willing to walk away. He’s managed to guard his heart, keep it whole and untouched—until now. They couldn’t be more different—Dylan, the brilliant, burned-out doctor from Eden who drowns his pain with drugs and self-destruction. Scarlet, the sensuous, sexy rocker from Three, a woman unafraid to embrace the world. And Jade, turned spy… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Rape & sexual assault mentioned
  • Addiction
  • Death of a parent mentioned
  • Murder & attempted murder
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Bio-Mechanical by EM Lindsey

Bio-Mechanical by E.M. Lindsey

Having grown up the son of a Southern Baptist preacher, James Gossett was expected to be one thing, and one thing only—a God-fearing, straight, Christian man. It didn’t help that from a young age, James knew he was different. He hid the truth about who he was from himself, and from his family, until a freak accident during a routine simulation right after basic training cost him both legs, and nearly his life. Knowing what he almost lost, James decided to come out—and with that, lost the rest of the blood kin he had left ali…. Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Ableism
  • Religious homomisia
  • Sexual assault
  • Familial estrangement
  • Parental abandonment
  • Child abuse & neglect recounted
  • Anxiety & panic attacks
  • Alcohol consumption
  • Teen pregnancy from rape mentioned
  • Amputation & loss of limb
  • Parent with Multiple Sclerosis
  • Death of a mother from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton

The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton

In the opulent world of Orléans, the people are born grey and damned, and only a Belle’s powers can make them beautiful. Camellia Beauregard wants to be the favourite Belle – the one chosen by the queen to tend to the royal family. But once Camellia and her Belle sisters arrive at court, it becomes clear that being the favourite is not everything she always dreamed it would be. Behind the gilded palace walls live dark secrets and Camellia soon learns that her powers may be far greater – and far darker – than she ever imagined. When the queen asks Camellia to break the rules… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Ableism
  • Classism
  • Fatmisia & body shaming
  • Misgendering
  • Sexual assault
  • Self-harm
  • Drugging
  • Medical experimentation
  • Emesis
  • Coma
  • Death of a friend
  • Death of a mother
  • Murder & attempted murder
  • Poisoning
  • Imprisonment
  • Animal death
  • Animal cruelty
  • Bullying
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