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Demonglass by Rachel Hawkins

Demonglass by Rachel Hawkins

Sophie Mercer thought she was a witch. That was the whole reason she was sent to Hex Hall, a reform school for delinquent Prodigium (a.k.a. witches, shape-shifters, and faeries). But then she discovered the family secret, and the fact that her hot crush, Archer Cross, is an agent for The Eye, a group bent on wiping Prodigium off the face of the earth.

Turns out, Sophie’s a demon, one of only two in the world-the other being her father. What’s worse, she… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Alcohol consumption
Smoking mentioned
Knife violence & stabbing

Half Lost by Sally Green

Half Lost by Sally Green

The Alliance is losing the war, and their most critical weapon, seventeen-year-old witch Nathan Byrn, is losing his mind. Nathan’s tally of kills is rising, and yet he’s no closer to ending the tyrannical rule of the Council of White Witches in England. Nor is Nathan any closer to his personal goal: getting revenge on Annalise, the girl he once loved before she committed an unthinkable crime. An amulet protected by the extremely powerful witch Ledger could be the tool Nathan needs to save himself and the Alliance, but this amulet is not so easily acq… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Bury Your Gays trope
Smoking, on-page
Medical experimentation
Blood & injury depiction, including amputation of a thumb and loss of an ear
Cannibalism recounted
Murder
Gun violence
Poisoning
Explosion & bombing

Half Bad by Sally Green

Half Bad by Sally Green

Sixteen-year-old Nathan lives in a cage: beaten, shackled, trained to kill. In a modern-day England where two warring factions of witches live amongst humans, Nathan is an abomination, the illegitimate son of the world’s most terrifying and violent witch, Marcus. Nathan’s only hope for survival is to escape his captors, track down Marcus, and receive the three gifts that will bring him into his own magical powers—before it’s too late. But how can Nathan find his father when there is no one safe to trust, not even family, not even the girl he loves?

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Child abuse & neglect
Self-harm
Coerced suicide of a mother recounted
Smoking, on-page
Cannibalism mentioned
Involuntary body modifications including branding and tattoos
Mass murder & genocide discussed
Torture
Physical assault
Kidnapping & captivity

The Door That Lead to Where by Sally Gardner

The Door That Lead to Where by Sally Gardner

AJ Flynn has just failed all but one of his major exams, and at almost seventeen years old, he sees a future that’s far from rosy. So when he’s offered a junior clerk position at a London law firm, he hopes his life is about to change—and it does, but he could never have imagined how much.

While on the job, AJ finds an old key labelled with his birth date, and he’s determined to find the door it… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Drug abuse
Death of a parent
Murder

Inebriated by Katey Taylor

Inebriated by Katey Taylor

Barely seventeen and as pretty as can be: the summer is their playground. Cait and her best friends Steph and Allie take on San Francisco’s party scene with fake IDs and short dresses. When Cait meets Adrien Cross, the charismatic lead singer of her favourite indie band, she’s introduced to a hedonistic world of liquor and lust that she never wants to leave.

But then that world spirals out of control and the harsh realities of reckless living take a toll on Cait… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape
Attempted sexual assault
Addiction
Alcohol consumption
Recreational drug use

Shadows You Left by Taylor Brooke and Jude Sierra

Shadows You Left by Taylor Brooke & Jude Sierra

The white picket fence. The happily-ever-after. That life was never meant for him. For years he’s been bouncing from city to city—from one cage fight to another. That’s his outlet. That’s pain Erik can control. But in Seattle, everything changed. River’s an artist. He’s a pretty boy. He does yoga. Someone so soft shouldn’t be intrigued by Erik’s rough edges… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Murder

The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie

The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie

When the Bantrys wake up to find the body of a beautiful young stranger in their library, Dolly Bantry knows there’s only one person to call: her old friend Miss Marple. Who was the young girl? What was she doing in the library? And is there a connection with another dead girl, whose charred remains are discovered in an abandoned quarry? Miss Marple must solve the mystery, before tongues start to wag, and the murderer strikes again.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Cheating, implied
Alcohol consumption mentioned
Smoking
Dead body
Murder
Disappearance of a cousin
Plane crash mentioned

Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie

Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie

It is clear to Amy Leatheran that something sinister is going on at the Hassanieh dig in Iraq; something associated with the presence of “Lovely Louise,” wife of celebrated archaeologist Dr. Leidner.

In a few days’ time, Hercule Poirot is due to drop in at the excavation site. But with Louise suffering from terrifying hallucinations, and tension within the group becoming almost unbearable, Poirot might just be too late.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Drug abuse

Bears Behaving Badly by MaryJanice Davidson

Bears Behaving Badly by MaryJanice Davidson

Werebear shifter Annette Garsea is a caseworker for the Interspecies Placement Agency. When a selectively mute and freakishly strong teen werewolf is put in her custody, Annette has to uncover the young girl’s secrets if she’s to have any hopes of helping her. And not even the growling of a scruffy private investigator can distract her from her mission

Bear shifter David Auberon appreciates Annette’s work with at-risk teen shifters, but he’s not sure if her latest charge is so much a vulnerable teen as a pre… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Child abuse
Amputation & loss of a finger
Drug use mentioned
Physical injury
Death of a mother mentioned
Death of a parent from cancer recounted
Death of a parent in a car accident
Fire mentioned

Permanent Record by Mary HK Choi

Permanent Record by Mary H.K. Choi

After a year of college, Pablo is working at his local twenty-four-hour deli, selling overpriced snacks to brownstone yuppies. He’s dodging calls from the student loan office and he has no idea what his next move is.

Leanna Smart’s life so far has been nothing but success. Age eight: Disney Mouseketeer; Age fifteen: first #1 single on the US pop chart; Age seventeen, *tenth* #1 single; and now, at Age nineteen…life is a queasy blur of private planes, weird hotel rooms, and strangers ask… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Anxiety
Depression
Alcohol consumption
Recreational drug use
Cancer mentioned
Financial difficulties