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Bruja Born by Zoraida Córdova

Bruja Born by Zoraida Córdova

Lula Mortiz may be a bruja with healing powers, but after her family’s battle in Los Lagos, she feels broken in a way she can’t seem to fix. Then tragedy strikes when a bus crash leaves her friends and her boyfriend, Maks, dead. Desperate to reclaim normalcy, Lula invokes a dark spell to bring Maks back. It isn’t until she hears that all of the bodies from the crash have gone missing that she realizes something is wrong. Lula has unwittingly raised an army of casi muertos–creatures between the living and dead–and they’re hungry for freedom…which they can only achieve if Lula dies.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Self harm for blood magic
Blood & gore depiction
Dead bodies
Grief & loss depiction
Car accident

The Archived by Victoria Schwab

The Archived by Victoria Schwab

Each body has a story to tell, a life seen in pictures only Librarians can read. The dead are called Histories, and the vast realm in which they rest is the Archive. Da first brought Mackenzie Bishop here four years ago, when she was twelve years old, frightened but determined to prove herself. Now Da is dead, and Mac has grown into what he once was: a ruthless Keeper, tasked with stopping often violent Histories from waking up and getting out. Because of her job, she lies to the people she loves, and she knows fear for what it is: a useful tool for staying alive… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Physical injury
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a brother recounted
Murder
Car accident mentioned

Barbarian Alien by Ruby Dixon

Barbarian Alien by Ruby Dixon

Liz Cramer swears she’ll find a way off of this alien planet she’s stuck on–then she meets Raahosh, the surliest and stubbornest alien, who won’t leave her alone, and she just might be okay with that… Twelve humans are left stranded on a wintry alien planet. I’m one of them. Yay, me. In order to survive, we have to take on a symbiont that wants to rewire our bodies to live in this brutal place. I like to call it a “cootie.” And my cootie’s a jerk, because it also thinks I’m the mate to the biggest, grumpiest alien of the group… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape mentioned
Dubious consent scenario
Blood depiction
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a parent
Kidnapping
Animal death

A Face Like Glass by Frances Hardinge

A Face Like Glass by Frances Hardinge

In the underground city of Caverna the world’s most skilled craftsmen toil in the darkness to create delicacies beyond compare — wines that can remove memories, cheeses that can make you hallucinate and perfumes that convince you to trust the wearer, even as they slit your throat. The people of Caverna are more ordinary, but for one thing: their faces are as blank as untouched snow. Expressions must be learned, and only the famous Facesmiths can teach a person to show (or fake) joy, despair or fear — at a price… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Grief & loss depiction
Death of a parent
Murder
Kidnapping & confinement

This Adventure Ends by Emma Mills

This Adventure Ends by Emma Mills

Sloane isn’t expecting to fall in with a group of friends when she moves from New York to Florida—especially not a group of friends so intense, so in love, so all-consuming. Yet that’s exactly what happens. Sloane becomes closest to Vera, a social-media star who lights up any room, and Gabe, Vera’s twin brother and the most serious person Sloane’s ever met. When a beloved painting by the twins’ late mother goes missing, Sloane takes on the responsibility of tracking it down, a journey that takes her across state lines—and ever deeper into the twins’ lives.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Anxiety & panic attacks
Depression
Alcohol consumption
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a parent
Bullying

How to Blow It with a Billionaire by Alexis Hall

How to Blow It with a Billionaire by Alexis Hall

Once upon a time there was a totally ordinary boy who fell for a cold, beautiful prince. Only it’s not a fairy tale, it’s my life. The prince is a billionaire called Caspian Hart. And we’re trying super hard to live happily ever after. He’s everything I want, need, and can’t resist: a man who looks like a god and bangs like the devil. Except he’s still got his rules and he’s still got his secrets. But if there’s one thing Caspian’s taught me it’s that you should never settle for less than you’re worth. And I’m worth his trust. I have to show him that I see him. That I’m not afraid of his passion… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Slut shaming
Transmsiia recounted
Panic attack
Attempted suicide by overdose mentioned
Recreational drug use, on-page
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a father recounted
Car accident

The Coldest Touch by Isabel Sterling

The Coldest Touch by Isabel Sterling

Elise Beaumont is cursed. With every touch, she experiences exactly how her loved ones will die. And after her brother’s death—a death she predicted but was unable to prevent—Elise is desperate to get rid of her terrible gift, no matter the cost. Claire Montgomery also has a unique relationship with death, mostly because she’s already dead. Technically, anyway. Claire is a vampire, and she’s been assigned by the Veil to help Elise master her rare Death Oracle powers. At first, Elise is reluctant to work with a vampire, but when she predicts a teacher’s imminent murder…. Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Abandonment
Alcohol consumption
Blood depiction
Emesis
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a brother
Murder
Loss of autonomy (mind control)

This Coven Won’t Break by Isabel Sterling

This Coven Won’t Break by Isabel Sterling

Hannah Walsh just wants a normal life. It’s her senior year, so she should be focusing on classes, hanging out with her best friend, and flirting with her new girlfriend, Morgan. But it turns out surviving a murderous Witch Hunter doesn’t exactly qualify as a summer vacation, and now the rest of the Hunters seem more intent on destroying her magic than ever. When Hannah learns the Hunters have gone nationwide, armed with a serum capable of taking out entire covens at once, she’s desperate to help. Now, with witches across the country losing the most important thing they have… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Abusive relationship recounted
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Panic attacks
Chronic leg injury
Scars mentioned
Self-injury for blood magic
Needles
Top surgery discussed
Nonconsensual body modifications*
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a father recounted
Murder & attempted murder
Gun violence
Attempted immolation recounted
Kidnapping & captivity
Car accident recounted
Near drowning recounted
Loss of property due to fire discussed

* Note : A major element of the plot involves witch hunters taking away witches’ ability to wield magic.

My Jasper June by Laurel Snyder

My Jasper June by Laurel Snyder

The school year is over, and it is summer in Atlanta. The sky is blue, the sun is blazing, and the days brim with possibility. But Leah feels. . . lost. She has been this way since one terrible afternoon a year ago when everything changed. Since that day, her parents have become distant, her friends have fallen away, and Leah’s been adrift and alone. Then she meets Jasper, a girl, unlike anyone she has ever known. There’s something mysterious about Jasper, almost magical. And Jasper, Leah discovers, is also lost…. Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Grief & loss depiction
Death of a brother from drowning

Ash by Malinda Lo

Ash by Malinda Lo

In the wake of her father’s death, Ash is left at the mercy of her cruel stepmother. Consumed with grief, her only joy comes by the light of the dying hearth fire, rereading the fairy tales her mother once told her. In her dreams, someday the fairies will steal her away, as they are said to do. When she meets the dark and dangerous fairy Sidhean, she believes that her wish may be granted. The day that Ash meets Kaisa, the King’s Huntress, her heart begins to change. Instead of chasing fairies, Ash learns to hunt with Kaisa. Though their friendship is as delicate as a new… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Indentured servitude of a child
Physical child abuse
Alcohol consumption
Blood depiction
Death from fever
Seizures
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a mother & wife, off-page
Death of a father
Knife violence
Graphic animal death & dead bodies
Hunting