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When We Are Invisible by Claire Zorn

When We Are Invisible by Claire Zorn

In the midst of a nuclear winter, Lucy, Fin and Max flee the chaos of Sydney with blood on their clothes, a gun and handwritten directions to safety. When they reach Wattlewood, it seems like their struggle to survive might be over. There is food, warmth and adults in charge. So why can’t Lucy shake the feeling they’re still in danger? Lucy’s survived the apocalypse, but can she escape a more insidious threat?

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape, off-page
Eating disorders
Nuclear disaster

Swan Peak by LB Alexander

Swan Peak by L.B. Alexander

The Wolfe is hungry for more…

Entranced by the exquisite delights introduced to her by William Wolfe, April Ekdahl eagerly joins him on a luxurious winter holiday at his alpine estate.

But as she opens her mind to unfathomable new experiences, April finds her heart aching as deep fractures in her prince’s façade are revealed. Despite the demons that still haunt her, William accepts her.

But will he allow her to embrace his darkness in return?

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape mentioned
Eating disorder (anorexia nervosa)
Anxiety

Swan Lake by LB Alexander

Swan Lake by L.B. Alexander

Doubts and fears of her own making have kept April a prisoner of her mind for far too long. Her promising ballet career was halted after a violent attack, forcing her into a rehabilitation facility to cope with her crushing emotional pain. Now, eager for a fresh start, she battles to hide her daily struggles under an ill-fitting mask of control.

Until she meets William. Underneath his intoxicating guidance, April explores exquisite freedoms that unlock a powerful side of herself she never knew existed. But the handsome billionaire has a dark side of his own, and may not be the modern-day prince the world believes him to be. Plagued by labels of both good and evil, will he be her salvation? Or her ultimate undoing?

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape mentioned
Sexual assault mentioned
Eating disorder (anorexia nervosa)
Suicide
Suicidal ideation
Bullying

Eater of Lives by Jordan Hawk

Eater of Lives by Jordan L. Hawk

When a supernatural killer is implicated in a string of cannibalistic murders, federal exorcist John Starkweather must track the demon down with the help of his live-in lover, Caleb Jansen. Caleb is possessed by Gray, a vampire spirit who is a natural demon hunter.

Caleb’s desire to find the killer is tempered by the knowledge his own time is running out. If John can’t successfully figure out how to exorcise Gray before forty days are up, the possession becomes permanent.

When John’s ex shows up, looking for a place to stay while visiting the city on business, tensions mount even higher. Lines are drawn and Caleb learns some decisions, once made, can never be changed.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Eating disorder
Cannibalism, on-page

Three Women by Lisa Taddeo

Three Women by Lisa Taddeo

All Lina wanted was to be desired. How did she end up in a marriage with two children and a husband who wouldn’t touch her?

All Maggie wanted was to be understood. How did she end up in a relationship with her teacher and then in court, a hated pariah in her small town?

All Sloane wanted was to be admired. How did she end up a sexual object of men, including her husband, who liked to watch her have sex with other men and women?

Three Women is a record of unmet needs, unspoken thoughts, disappointments, hopes and unrelenting obsessions.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Fatmisia
Slut-shaming
Rape
Statutory rape
Eating disorder (anorexia)
Suicide mentioned

Force of Nature by Jane Harper

Force of Nature by Jane Harper

The hike through the rugged Giralang Ranges is meant to take the office colleagues out of their air-conditioned comfort zone and encourage teamwork and resilience. At least, that’s what the corporate retreat website advertises.

Federal Police investigator Aaron Falk has a keen interest in the whereabouts of the missing hiker, Alice Russell. Because Alice knew secrets, about the company she worked for and the people she worked with.

The four returning women tell Falk a tale of fear, violence and fractured trust during their days in the remote Australian bushland. And as Falk delves into the disappearance of Alice, he begins to suspect some dangers ran far deeper than anyone knew.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Fatmisia & body shaming
Cheating, on-page
Revenge pornography of a minor discussed
Alcohol consumption, on-page
Alcoholism & substance addiction discussed
Drug use & abuse recounted
Graphic smoking, on-page
Eating disorder and disordered food & weight thoughts, on-page
Abortion & miscarriage mentioned
Blood & injury depiction, including a fractured wrist, head wounds, burn scars, and hospitalisation for an infected snakebite
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a father recounted
Murder
Animal attack (snake)
Bullying

Katzenjammer by Francesca Zappia

Katzenjammer by Francesca Zappia

Cat lives in her high school. She never leaves, and for a long time her school has provided her with everything she needs. But now things are changing. The hallways contract and expand along with the school’s breathing, and the showers in the bathroom run a bloody red. Cat’s best friend is slowly turning into cardboard, and instead of a face, Cat has a cat mask made of her own hardened flesh.

Cat doesn’t remember why she is trapped in her school or why half of them—Cat included—are slowly transforming. Escaping has always been the one impossibility in her school’s upside-down world. But to save herself from the eventual self-destruction all the students face, Cat must find the way out. And to do that, she’ll have to remember what put her there in the first place.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Eating disorders mentioned
Blood & gore depiction
Bullying

Falling into Place by Amy Zhang

Falling into Place by Amy Zhang

On the day Liz Emerson tries to die, they had reviewed Newton’s laws of motion in physics class. Then, after school, she put them into practice by running her Mercedes off the road. Why did Liz Emerson decide that the world would be better off without her? Why did she give up? The nonlinear novel pieces together the short and devastating life of Meridian High’s most popular junior girl. Mass, acceleration, momentum, force—Liz didn’t understand it in physics, and even as her Mercedes hurtles toward the tree, she doesn’t understand it now. How do we impact one another? How do our actions reverberate? What does it mean to be a friend? To love someone? To be a daughter? Or a mother? Is life truly more than cause and effect?

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Child neglect
Depression
Eating disorders mentioned
Suicide
Death of a parent
Bullying

Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay

Bad Feminist: Essays by Roxane Gay

In these funny and insightful essays, Roxane Gay takes us through the journey of her evolution as a woman (Sweet Valley High) of colour (The Help) while also taking readers on a ride through the culture of the last few years (Girls, Django in Chains) and commenting on the state of feminism today (abortion, Chris Brown). The portrait that emerges is not only one of an incredibly insightful woman continually growing to understand herself and our society, but also one of our culture.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Queermisia
Ableism & ableist slurs
Racism & racial slurs
Classism
Misogyny & sexism discussed (theme)
Hate crimes
Rape culture discussed
Abortion mentioned
Eating disorders mentioned
Murder mentioned
Terrorism mentioned
Police brutality mentioned

Dreamfall by Amy Plum

Dreamfall by Amy Plum

Cata Cordova suffers from such debilitating insomnia that she agreed to take part in an experimental new procedure. She thought things couldn’t get any worse…but she was terribly wrong.

Soon after the experiment begins, there’s a malfunction with the lab equipment, and Cata and six other teen patients are plunged into a shared dreamworld with no memory of how they got there. Even worse, they come to the chilling realization that they are trapped in a place where their worst nightmares have come to life. Hunted by creatures from their darkest imaginations and tormented by secrets they’d rather keep buried, Cata and the others will be forced to band together to face their biggest fears. And if they can’t find a way to defeat their dreams, they will never wake up.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Mental health stigmatization
Child abuse
Domestic violence
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
Depression
Narcolepsy
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Eating disorders
Psychosis
Suicidal tendencies
Self sacrifice
Sleep disorders, specifically chronic insomnia
Nightmares
Medical experimentation
Coma
Scars
Gore depiction
Genocide
War themes