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Heir of Fire by Sarah J Maas

Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas

Celaena has survived deadly contests and shattering heartbreak-but at an unspeakable cost. Now, she must travel to a new land to confront her darkest truth . . . a truth about her heritage that could change her life-and her future-forever. Meanwhile, brutal and monstrous forces are gathering on the horizon, intent on enslaving her world. Will Celaena find the strength to not only fight her inner demons, but to take on the evil that is about to be unleashed?

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Depression
Trauma & nightmares
Suicidal ideation
Alcohol consumption
Blood & gore depiction
Physical injury
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a friend
Death of an mother & father recounted
Murder & attempted murder
Knife violence & stabbing
Torture
Home invasion
War themes

Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

In a land without magic, where the king rules with an iron hand, an assassin is summoned to the castle. She comes not to kill the king, but to win her freedom. If she defeats twenty-three killers, thieves, and warriors in a competition, she is released from prison to serve as the king’s champion. Her name is Celaena Sardothien.

The Crown Prince will provoke her. The Captain of the Guard will protect her. But something evil dwells in the castle of glass—and it’s there to kill. When her competitors start dying one by one, Celaena’s fight for freedom becomes a fight for survival, and a desperate quest to root out the evil before it destroys her world.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Slavery
Misogyny
Classism
Slut shaming
Sexual harassment
Rape mentioned
Forced arranged marriage mentioned
Trauma & nightmares
Attempted suicide recounted
Suicidal ideation
Alcohol consumption
Substance addiction
Nonconsensual drugging
Recreational drug abuse
Blood & gore depiction
Physical injury
Emesis
Dead bodies
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a boyfriend recounted
Death of an mother & father recounted
Murder & attempted murder
Knife violence
Poisoning
Torture
Whipping recounted
Imprisonment
Death by a fall
War & colonialism themes
Animal death & hunting mentioned

Crown of Midnight by Sarah J Maas

Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas

From the throne of glass rules a king with a fist of iron and a soul as black as pitch. Assassin Celaena Sardothien won a brutal contest to become his Champion. Yet Celaena is far from loyal to the crown. She hides her secret vigilantly; she knows that the man she serves is bent on evil.

Keeping up the deadly charade becomes increasingly difficult when Celaena realizes she is not the only one seeking justice. As she tries to untangle the mysteries buried deep within the glass castle, her closest relationships suffer. It seems no one is above questioning her allegiances—not the Crown Prince Dorian; not Chaol, the Captain of the Guard; not even her best friend, Nehemia, a foreign princess with a rebel heart.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Forced servitude & slavery
Misogyny
Classism
Persecution for witchcraft
Rape mentioned
Forced sex work
Child abuse recounted
Cheating mentioned
Trauma & nightmares
Attempted suicide (on-page)
Suicidal ideation
Alcohol consumption
Graphic blood & gore depiction
Emesis
Dead bodies
Decapitation
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a boyfriend recounted
Death of an mother & father recounted
Death of a friend
Murder & attempted murder
Imprisonment

The Woman with the Blue Star by Pam Jenoff

The Woman with the Blue Star by Pam Jenoff

1942. Sadie Gault is eighteen and living with her parents amid the horrors of the Kraków Ghetto during World War II. When the Nazis liquidate the ghetto, Sadie and her pregnant mother are forced to seek refuge in the perilous sewers beneath the city. One day Sadie looks up through a grate and sees a girl about her own age buying flowers.

Ella Stepanek is an affluent Polish girl living a life of relative ease with her stepmother, who has developed close alliances with the occupying Germans. Scorned by her friends and longing for her fiancé, who has gone off to war, Ella wanders Kraków restlessly. While on an errand in the market, she catches a glimpse of something moving beneath a grate in the street. Upon closer inspection, she realizes it’s a girl hiding… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Antisemitism
Homomisia
Suicide & suicidal ideation
Pregnancy
Blood & gore depiction
Chronic illness
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a parent
Drowning

I Love You so Mochi by Sarah Kuhn

I Love You so Mochi by Sarah Kuhn

Kimi Nakamura loves a good fashion statement. She’s obsessed with transforming everyday ephemera into Kimi Originals: bold outfits that make her feel like the Ultimate versions of themselves. But her mother disapproves, and when they get into an explosive fight, Kimi’s entire future seems on the verge of falling apart. So when a surprise letter comes in the mail from Kimi’s estranged grandparents, inviting her to Kyoto for spring break, she seizes the opportunity to get away from the disaster of her life.

When she arrives in Japan, she’s met with a culture both familiar and completely foreign to her. She loses herself in the city’s outdoor markets and meets Akira, a cute aspiring med student who moonlights as a costumed mochi mascot. And what begins as a trip to escape her problems quickly becomes a way for Kimi to figure out where her own heart lies.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Racism
Estrangement discussed
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a grandmother recounted
Death of an aunt recounted
Internment camps mentioned
Bullying recounted

Witches Steeped in Gold by Ciannon Smart

Witches Steeped in Gold by Ciannon Smart

Iraya has spent her life in a cell, but every day brings her closer to freedom – and vengeance.

Jazmyne is the Queen’s daughter, but unlike her sister before her, she has no intention of dying to strengthen her mother’s power.

Sworn enemies, these two witches enter a precarious alliance to take down a mutual threat. But power is intoxicating, revenge is a bloody pursuit, and nothing is certain – except the lengths they will go to win this game.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Physical abuse
Rape mentioned
Blood & gore depiction
Emesis
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a parent
Death of a sibling
Murder
Torture
Police brutality
Imprisonment
Stalking
Loss of autonomy (mind control)
Bullying

Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare

Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare

Together with her parabatai Julian Blackthorn, Emma Carstairs must learn to trust her head and her heart as she investigates a demonic plot that stretches across Los Angeles, from the Sunset Strip to the enchanted sea that pounds the beaches of Santa Monica. If only her heart didn’t lead her in treacherous directions…

Making things even more complicated, Julian’s brother Mark—who was captured by the faeries five years ago—has been returned as a bargaining chip. The faeries are desperate to find out who is murdering their kind—and they need the Shadowhunters’ help to do it. But time works differently in faerie, so Mark has barely aged and doesn’t recognize his family. Can he ever truly return to them? Will the faeries really allow it?

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Ableism & ableist language
Racism
Fatmisia & body shaming
Rape by coercion mentioned
Psychological, emotional & physical child abuse recounted
Trauma (theme)
Nightmares
Schizophrenia
Hallucinations
Nonconsensual drugging
Blood & gore depiction
Dead bodies
Emesis
Physical injuries
Cancer mentioned
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a friend
Death of a brother
Death of a mother & father
Murder & attempted murder
Torture
Kidnapping
Home invasion
Exile
Drowning
Fire
Whipping
Cults
War themes including graphic battle scenes
Bullying

The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen

The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen

When you read this book, you will make many assumptions. You will assume you are reading about a jealous ex-wife. You will assume she is obsessed with her replacement – a beautiful, younger woman who is about to marry the man they both love. You will assume you know the anatomy of this tangled love triangle.

Assume nothing.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Teacher-student relationship
Martial rape
Domestic abuse (on-page)
Cheating
Panic attack
Nightmares
Claustrophobia
Attempted suicide (on-page)
Suicidal ideation
Alcohol consumption & abuse
Drug abuse
Abortion recounted
Miscarriage mentioned
Infertility & pregnancy discussed
Physical injuries, including vision loss
Emesis
Cancer recounted
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a mother & father recounted
Strangulation
Drowning recounted
Stalking
Car accident mentioned
Death of a pet mentioned

An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

Newlyweds, Celestial and Roy, are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive and she is artist on the brink of an exciting career. They are settling into the routine of their life together, when they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imagined. Roy is arrested and sentenced to twelve years for a crime Celestial knows he didn’t commit. Though fiercely independent, Celestial finds herself bereft and unmoored, taking comfort in Andre, her childhood friend, and best man at their wedding. As Roy’s time in prison passes, she is unable to hold on to the love that has been her center. After five years, Roy’s conviction is suddenly overturned, and he returns to Atlanta ready to resume their life together.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Homomisia
Slut-shaming
Rape & statutory rape
Abortion
Cancer mentioned
Grief & loss depiction
Incarceration

City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare

City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare

Darkness has descended on the Shadowhunter world. Chaos and destruction overwhelm the Nephilim as Clary, Jace, Simon, and their friends band together to fight the greatest evil they have ever faced: Clary’s own brother. Sebastian Morgenstern is on the move, systematically turning Shadowhunter against Shadowhunter. Bearing the Infernal Cup, he transforms Shadowhunters into creatures of nightmare, tearing apart families and lovers as the ranks of his Endarkened army swell. Nothing in this world can defeat Sebastian—but if they journey to the realm of demons, they just might have a chance…

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Ableism & ableist language
Homomisia & queermisia
Racism
Hate crimes
Attempted rape & sexual assault recounted
Incest
Child abuse & neglect
Parental abandonment
Intimate partner violence recounted
Cheating recounted
Nightmares
Suicide, self-sacrifice & attempted suicide
Suicidal ideation
Self-inflicted injuries
Alcohol consumption
Nonconsensual drugging
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a child
Death of a friend
Death of a brother & sister
Death of a mother & father
Death of a husband & wife
Murder & attempted murder
Knife violence & stabbing
Torture
Kidnapping & captivity
Blackmail
Exile
Drowning
Fire
Whipping recounted
Disappearance of a loved one
War themes including graphic battle scenes