Death of an Uncle – Trigger Warning Database

Miles Morales: Spider-Man by Jason Reynolds

Miles Morales: Spider-Man by Jason Reynolds

Miles Morales is just your average teenager. Dinner every Sunday with his parents, chilling out playing old-school video games with his best friend, Ganke, crushing on brainy, beautiful poet Alicia. He’s even got a scholarship spot at the prestigious Brooklyn Visions Academy. Oh yeah, and he’s Spider Man. But lately, Miles’s spidey-sense has been on the fritz. When a misunderstanding leads to his suspension from school, Miles begins to question his abilities. After all, his dad and uncle were Brooklyn jack-boys with criminal records. Maybe kids like Miles aren’t meant to be superheroes. Maybe Miles should take his… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Physical injury (broken nose & wrist)
Death from a spearing mentioned
Death from an uncle from accidental suicide (gun accident)
Physical assault (fistfights)

Love at First by Kate Clayborn

Sixteen years ago, teenager Will Sterling saw – or rather, heard – the girl of his dreams. Now an unexpected inheritance has brought Will back to that same address, where he plans to offload his new property pronto and get back to his regular life. Bound by her loyalty to her adored grandmother, Nora Clarke won’t let Will’s plans ruin her quirky, close-knit building. With a little sabotage, she sets out to foil his renovation efforts. But as their feud heats up, so does the attraction between them. A star-crossed couple, a fateful meeting – maybe it’s the kind of story that can’t work out. Or maybe, it’s the perfect second chance…

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Hospitalisation for a broken leg & hand (secondary character)
Heart attack mentioned (secondary character)
Grief & loss depiction
Death of an uncle recounted
Death of a grandmother recounted (theme)
Death of a father from a terminal illness recounted (protagonist)
Death of a mother from an aneurysm recounted (protagonist)

The Other Side of Disappearing by Kate Clayborn

Hairstylist Jess Greene has spent the last decade raising her younger half-sister, Tegan—and keeping a shocking secret. Ever since their reckless mother ran off with a boyfriend she’d known only a few months, Jess has been aware that he’s the same accomplished con man who was the subject of a wildly popular podcast, The Last Con of Lynton Baltimore. Now thirty-one, Jess didn’t bargain on Tegan eventually piecing together the connection for herself. But Tegan plans to do exactly what Jess has always feared—leave their safe, stable home to search for their mother… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Ableism
Homophobic bullying mentioned
Parental abandonment & divorce recounted
Minor physical injuries of a child mentioned (secondary character)
Death of a friend from suicide by drowning recounted
Death of an uncle in a car accident mentioned
Death of a mother from heart disease mentioned (secondary character)
Death of a secondary character from lung cancer mentioned

The New Couple in 5B by Lisa Unger

Rosie and Chad Lowan are barely making ends meet in New York City when they receive life-changing news: Chad’s late uncle has left them his luxury apartment at the historic Windermere in glamorous Murray Hill. With its prewar elegance and impeccably uniformed doorman, the building is the epitome of old New York charm. One would almost never suspect the dark history lurking behind its perfectly maintained facade. At first, the building and its eclectic tenants couldn’t feel more welcoming. But as the Lowans settle into their new home, Rosie starts to suspect that there’s more to the Windermere than meets the eye… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Infidelity
Suicide
Infertility & miscarriage (protagonist)
Death of an uncle recounted

The Love Wager by Lynn Painter

Hallie Piper is turning over a new leaf. After belly-crawling out of a hotel room (hello, rock bottom), she decides it’s time to become a full-on adult. She gets a new apartment, a new haircut, and a new wardrobe, but when she logs into the dating app that she has determined will find her new love, she sees none other than Jack, the guy whose room she’d snuck out of. Through the app, and after the joint agreement that they are absolutely not interested in each other, Jack and Hallie become partners in their respective searches for The One. They text each other about their dates, often scheduling them at the same… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Anaphylaxis recounted
Death of a uncle recounted, off-page

In Bed with the Devil by Lorraine Heath

In Bed with the Devil by Lorraine Heath

They call him the Devil Earl—a scoundrel and accused murderer who grew up on the violent London streets. A proper young lady risks more than her reputation when consorting with the roguishly handsome Lucian Langdon, but Lady Catherine Mabry believes she has no choice. To protect those she loves, she would do anything—even strike a bargain with the devil himself. Lucian desires respectability and a wife above all else, but the woman of his choosing lacks the social graces to be accepted by the aristocracy. Catherine can help Lucian gain everything he wants. But what she asks for in exchange will put their very lives in… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape of a child recounted
Domestic violence (sc)
Cheating*
Death of a parent, on- & off-page
Murder of an uncle, off-page
Murder of parents

*Context : While the hero falls in love with the heroine, he proposes to another woman who does not love him back.

Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy

Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy

Stephanie’s uncle Gordon is a writer of horror fiction. But when he dies and leaves her his estate, Stephanie learns that while he may have written horror, it certainly wasn’t fiction. Pursued by evil forces intent on recovering a mysterious key, Stephanie finds help from an unusual source – the wisecracking skeleton of a dead wizard.

Goodreads • The Story Graph

Trigger & Content Warnings

Death of an uncle
Torture

The Bone Houses by Emily Lloyd-Jones

The Bone Houses by Emily Lloyd-Jones

Seventeen-year-old Aderyn (“Ryn”) only cares about two things: her family, and her family’s graveyard. And right now, both are in dire straits. Since the death of their parents, Ryn and her siblings have been scraping together a meager existence as gravediggers in the remote village of Colbren, which sits at the foot of a harsh and deadly mountain range that was once home to the fae. The problem with being a gravedigger in Colbren, though, is that the dead don’t always stay dead. The risen corpses are known as “bone houses,” and legend says that they’re the result of a decades-old curse. When Ellis, an… Read more.

Goodreads • The Story Graph

Trigger & Content Warnings

Ableism & ableist language
Classism
Parental abandonment mentioned
Nightmares
Alcohol consumption
Blood & gore depiction
Dead bodies & body parts (theme)
Physical injury
Emesis
Chronic pain
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a mother & father
Death of an uncle
Murder
Axe violence
Strangulation
Near-drowning incident
Animal death & dead bodies
Death of a pet goat
Hunting mentioned
War themes recounted
Poverty & eviction

Match-Made Christmas by Daria White

Match-Made Christmas by Daria White

From the outside, Adrienne has everything any woman could want. However, she knows what real happiness is, and it isn’t having a good job and a condominium. Traveling home to her small Texas town for a friend’s wedding, Adrienne is hit from all sides with the happiness she hasn’t found for herself—her long-married parents, her joyful sister and brother-in-law and their two children, and her childhood friends. They all think she has it all, all except one. Trace has been a nemesis since grade school. Always ready with a quip and happy to squabble over even the… Read more.

Goodreads • The Story Graph

Trigger & Content Warnings

Disordered eating
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a parent in a plane crash
Death of an uncle from cancer
Blizzard

Reserved by Tracy Ewens

Reserved by Tracy Ewens

Makenna Rye Conroy was living the dream—amazing husband, beautiful new baby daughter—when one night changed everything. Almost six years after Adam’s death, Makenna and her daughter Paige have built a solid, happy life together. Makenna manages her brother’s trendy restaurant, The Yard, and helps out at Ryeland Farms, the family business, all while trying to navigate the world of private school parenting. Sure, being a single mom has its challenges, but she hardly has time to pack her daughter’s lunch in the morning, let alone think about dating. Travis Mc… Read more.

Goodreads • The Story Graph

Trigger & Content Warnings

Slut-shaming
Parental abandonment
Cheating mentioned
Panic attack
Pregnancy & miscarriage mentioned
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a husband recounted
Death of an uncle from a heart attack mentioned