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The Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchinson

The Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchinson

Near an isolated mansion lies a beautiful garden.

In this garden grow luscious flowers, shady trees…and a collection of precious “butterflies”—young women who have been kidnapped and intricately tattooed to resemble their namesakes. Overseeing it all is the Gardener, a brutal, twisted man obsessed with capturing and preserving his lovely specimens.

When the garden is discovered, a survivor is brought in for questioning. FBI agents Victor Hanoverian and Brandon Eddison are tasked with piecing together one of the most stomach-churning cases of their careers.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Paedophilia
Rape
Child abuse & neglect
Murder
Fire
Kidnapping & captivity

The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

Imprisoned by her dictator brother, Malini spends her days in isolation in the Hirana: an ancient temple that was once the source of the powerful, magical deathless waters — but is now little more than a decaying ruin.

Priya is a maidservant, one among several who make the treacherous journey to the top of the Hirana every night to clean Malini’s chambers. She is happy to be an anonymous drudge, so long as it keeps anyone from guessing the dangerous secret she hides.

But when Malini accidentally bears witness to Priya’s true nature, their destinies become irrevocably tangled. One is a vengeful princess seeking to depose her brother from his throne. The other is a priestess seeking to find her family. Together, they will change the fate of an empire.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Homomisia & internalised homomisia
Self-immolation & self-mutilation
Suicidal ideation
Forced drug use
Addiction & withdrawl
Blood & gore depiction
Body horror
Death of a child
Murder
Execution by immolation
Torture

The Midnight Star by Marie Lu

Adelina Amouteru is done suffering. She’s turned her back on those who have betrayed her and achieved the ultimate revenge: victory. Her reign as the White Wolf has been a triumphant one, but with each conquest her cruelty only grows. The darkness within her has begun to spiral out of control, threatening to destroy all she’s gained. When a new danger appears, Adelina’s forced to revisit old wounds, putting not only herself at risk, but every Elite. In order to preserve her empire, Adelina and her Roses must join the Daggers on a perilous quest—though this uneasy alliance may prove to be the real danger.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Sex work recounted
Graphic auditory & visual hallucinations (on-page)
Nightmares
Suicide & attempted suicide (on-page)
Self-injury (on-page) with mentions of intentional self-starvation
Physical injuries including burns & scars
Death of a friend & lover recounted
Death of a sister (on-page)
Death of a father from a fever illness (off-page)
Multiple graphic scenes of murder & attempted murder (on-page)
Mass murder & regicide mentioned
Knife & sword violence
Explosions
Fire including attempted murder by being burnt at the stake
Imprisonment
War themes including battle scenes, forced conscription & naval warfare
Animal death & dead bodies

The Young Elites by Marie Lu

The Young Elites by Marie Lu

Adelina Amouteru is a survivor of the blood fever. Most of the infected perished, while many of the children who survived were left with strange markings. Adelina’s black hair turned silver, her lashes went pale, and now she has only a jagged scar where her left eye once was. Her cruel father believes she is a malfetto, an abomination. But some of the fever’s survivors are rumored to possess more than just scars—they are believed to have mysterious and powerful gifts, and though their identities remain secret, they have come to be called the Young Elites.

Teren Santoro works for the king. As Leader of the Inquisition Axis, it is his job to seek out the Young Elites, to destroy them before they destroy the nation… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Plague recounted
Physical injuries, including eyeball trauma & loss of vision
Sex work
Self-harm
Alcohol consumption
Death of a father
Murder
Torture
Fire

The Assassin’s Blade by Sarah J. Maas

The Assassin’s Blade by Sarah J. Maas

Celaena Sardothien is Adarlan’s most feared assassin. As part of the Assassin’s Guild, her allegiance is to her master, Arobynn Hamel, yet Celaena listens to no one and trusts only her fellow killer-for-hire, Sam. In these action-packed novellas – together in one edition for the first time – Celaena embarks on five daring missions. They take her from remote islands to hostile deserts, where she fights to liberate slaves and seeks to avenge the tyrannous. But she is acting against Arobynn’s orders and could suffer an unimaginable punishment for such treachery. Will Celaena ever be truly free? Explore the dark underworld of this kick-ass heroine to find out.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

The Assassin and the Pirate Lord	• Alcohol consumption • Blood & gore depiction • Physical injuries • Murder • Knifer violence • Physical assault • Imprisonment • Blackmail • Building collapse
The Assassin and the Healer	• Victim blaming • Rape mentioned • Sexual harassment • Alcohol consumption • Blood depiction • Physical injury • Emesis • Death of a mother • Murder • Knife violence & stabbing • Physical assault • Hostage situation
The Assassin and the Desert	• Adult-minor relationship • Alcohol consumption • Nonconsensual drugging • Murder • Torture • Hostage situation • Fire
The Assassin and the Underworld	• Misogyny • Slavery • Slut-shaming • Forced sex work • Suicide • Murder & attempted murder • Torture • Poisoning • Fire • Drowning
The Assassin and the Empire	• Threats of rape • Emesis • Murder • Torture

Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi

Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi

Jack Holloway works alone, for reasons he doesn’t care to talk about. Hundreds of miles from ZaraCorp’s headquarters on planet, 178 light-years from the corporation’s headquarters on Earth, Jack is content as an independent contractor, prospecting and surveying at his own pace. As for his past, that’s not up for discussion.

Then, in the wake of an accidental cliff collapse, Jack discovers a seam of unimaginably valuable jewels, to which he manages to lay legal claim just as ZaraCorp is cancelling their contract with him for his part in causing the collapse. Briefly in the catbird seat, legally speaking, Jack pressures ZaraCorp into recognizing his claim, and cuts them in as partners to help extract the wealth… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Murder & attempted murder
Fire
Animal death
Animal cruelty

Son of the Storm by Suyi Davis Okungbowa

Son of the Storm by Suyi Davis Okungbowa

In the ancient city of Bassa, Danso is a clever scholar on the cusp of achieving greatness—only he doesn’t want it. Instead, he prefers to chase forbidden stories about what lies outside the city walls. The Bassai elite claim there is nothing of interest. The city’s immigrants are sworn to secrecy.

But when Danso stumbles across a warrior wielding magic that shouldn’t exist, he’s put on a collision course with Bassa’s darkest secrets. Drawn into the city’s hidden history, he sets out on a journey beyond its borders. And the chaos left in the wake of his discovery threatens to destroy the empire.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Blood & gore depiction
Immolation

The Lesser Blessed by Richard Van Camp

The Lesser Blessed by Richard Van Camp

Larry is a Dogrib Indian growing up in the small northern town of Fort Simmer. His tongue, his hallucinations and his fantasies are hotter than the sun. At sixteen, he loves Iron Maiden, the North and Juliet Hope, the high school “tramp.” When Johnny Beck, a Metis from Hay River, moves to town, Larry is ready for almost anything.

In this powerful and often very funny first novel, Richard Van Camp gives us one of the most original teenage characters in fiction. Skinny as spaghetti, nervy and self-deprecating, Larry is an appealing mixture of bravado and vulnerability. His past holds many terrors: an abusive father, blackouts from sniffing gasoline, an accident that killed several of his cousins. But through his friendship with Johnny, he’s ready now to face his memories—and his future.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Misogyny and sexism
Paedophilia
Child sexual assault
Abusive relationships
Domestic violence
Incest
Alcoholism
Drug abuse
Depersonalization
Alcohol consumption
Child pregnancy
Fire
Animal death

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

My name is Mary Katherine Blackwood. I am eighteen years old, and I live with my sister Constance. I have often thought that with any luck at all I could have been born a werewolf, because the two middle fingers on both my hands are the same length, but I have had to be content with what I had. I dislike washing myself, and dogs, and noise, I like my sister Constance, and Richard Plantagenet, and Amanita phalloides, the death-cap mushroom. Everyone else in my family is dead…

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Domestic abuse
Agoraphobia
Poisoning
Fire
Death of a parent

Runaways, Vol. 1: Find Your Way Home by Rainbow Rowell

Runaways, Vol. 1: Find Your Way Home by Rainbow Rowell and illustrated by Kris Anka

The “IT” book of the early 2000s with the original cast is back–Nico! Karolina! Molly! Chase! Old Lace! And, could it be…GERT?!

The heart of the Runaways died years ago, but you won’t believe how she returns! Did Chase and Gert’s love survive their time apart? Have Karolina and Nico’s feelings made their friendship impossible? What emotional landmines lie in wait to DESTROY the Runaways?!

Collects Runaways 1-6.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Death of a friend recounted
Death of a parent recounted
Fire