Tag Archives: Hostage Situation

This page lists books that contain trigger warnings for the depiction of hostage situations.

See also Kidnapping, Captivity & confinement, Gun violence, and Knife & Sword violence.

Infinity Reaper by Adam Silvera

Infinity Reaper by Adam Silvera

Emil and Brighton Rey defied the odds. They beat the Blood Casters and escaped with their lives–or so they thought. When Brighton drank the Reaper’s Blood, he believed it would make him invincible, but instead the potion is killing him. In Emil’s race to find an antidote that will not only save his brother but also rid him of his own unwanted phoenix powers, he will have to dig deep into the very past lives he’s trying to outrun. Though he needs the help of the Spell Walkers now more than ever, their ranks are fracturing, with Maribelle’s thirst for revenge sending her down a dangerous… Read more

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Anxiety & anxiety attacks
  • Depression
  • Blood & gore depiction
  • Death of a parent mentioned
  • Physical assault
  • Murder
  • Torture mentioned
  • Hostage situation
  • Animal cruelty & abuse

Indelible by Karin Slaughter

Indelible by Karin Slaughter

When medical examiner Sara Linton and police chief Jeffrey Tolliver take a trip away from the small town of Heartsdale, it should be a straightforward weekend at the beach. But they decide to take a detour via Jeffrey’s hometown and things go violently wrong when Jeffrey’s best friend Robert shoots dead an intruder who breaks into his home. Jeffrey and Sara are first on the scene and Jeffrey’s keen to clear his friend’s name, but for Sara things aren’t so simple. And when Jeffrey appears to change the crime scene, Sara no longer knows who to trust… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Homomisia
  • Rape
  • Child abuse & neglect
  • Domestic abuse
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Substance addiction
  • Alcohol consumption
  • Blood & gore depiction
  • Murder
  • Mass shooting
  • Hostage situation
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Wires and Nerve, Vol 2 by Marissa Meyer

Wires & Nerve, Vol. 2 by Marissa Meyer and illustrated by Stephen Gilpin

Iko. an audacious android and best friend to the Lunar Queen Cinder. has been tasked with hunting down Alpha Lysander Steele, the leader of a rogue band of bioengineered wolf-soldiers who threaten to undo the tenuous peace agreement between Earth and Luna. Unless Cinder can reverse the mutations that were forced on them years before, Steele and his soldiers plan to satisfy their monstrous appetites with a massacre of the innocent people of Earth. And to show he’s serious, Steele is taking hostages.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Ableism & ableist language
  • Child abuse recounted
  • Psychosis & hallucinations mentioned
  • Blood, gore & injury depiction
  • Grief & loss depiction
  • Death of a friend & sister
  • Death of a father recounted
  • Murder
  • Physical assault
  • Kidnapping & hostage situation
  • War themes

Trust by Kylie Scott

Trust by Kylie Scott

After being held hostage during a robbery at the local convenience store, seventeen-year-old Edie finds her attitude about life shattered. Unwilling to put up with the snobbery and bullying at her private school, she enrolls at the local public high school, crossing paths with John. The boy who risked his life to save hers.

While Edie’s beginning to run wild, however, John’s just starting to settle down. After years of partying and dealing drugs with his older brother, he’s going straight—getting to class on time, and thinking about the future… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Fatmisia & body shaming
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Recreational drug use
  • Hostage situation recounted
  • Bullying
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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
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Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas

Everyone Celaena Sardothien loves has been taken from her. But she’s at last returned to the empire—for vengeance, to rescue her once-glorious kingdom, and to confront the shadows of her past… She has embraced her identity as Aelin Galathynius, Queen of Terrasen. But before she can reclaim her throne, she must fight. She will fight for her cousin, a warrior prepared to die for her. She will fight for her friend, a young man trapped in an unspeakable prison. And she will fight for her people, enslaved to a brutal king and awaiting their lost queen’s triumphant return.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Child abuse mentioned
  • Sex work mentioned
  • Alcohol consumption
  • Blood & injury depiction, including mentions of corpse mutilation, dead bodies, broken bones, beheading & branding
  • Murder & attempted murder
  • Torture mentioned
  • Physical assault & fistfights mentioned
  • Poisoning mentioned
  • Hostage situation (being held at knifepoint)
  • Knife & bow and arrow violence
  • War themes & general fantasy violence (on-page)

The Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer

Artemis Fowl & the Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer

Big human haters, they are (thankfully) stuck in Limbo, a place that exists outside of time and space. But now demons are materialising on Earth at random. This won’t be pretty . . .

Artemis is determined to save the day (I know, everyone’s shocked). Can he somehow help the demons, and avert the carnage and chaos of a human-demon war?

He’s not the only one on their trail, though. Meet Minerva Paradizo – ruthless child genius, and not quite so demon-friendly.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Gun violence
  • Explosion & bombings
  • Knife violence & stabbing
  • Kidnapping & hostage situation
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Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

Twelve-year-old Artemis Fowl is a millionaire, a genius, and above all, a criminal mastermind. But even Artemis doesn’t know what he’s taken on when he kidnaps a fairy, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit. These aren’t the fairies of bedtime stories—they’re dangerous!

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Alcohol consumption
  • Recreational drug use (smoking)
  • Kidnapping
  • Hostage situation
  • Explosion
  • Electrocution
  • Explosion
  • Fire
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Undying by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner

Undying by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner

Undying by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner book cover

Sixteen-year-old Maguire knows the universe is against her. No matter how many charms she buys off the internet or good luck rituals she performs each morning, horrible things happen when she’s around. Like that time the roller coaster jumped off its tracks. Or the time the house next door caught on fire. Or the time her brother, father, and uncle were all killed in a car crash–and Maguire walked away with barely a scratch.

Despite what her therapist tells her, Maguire thinks it’s best to hide out in her room, far away from anyone she might accidentally hurt. But then she meets Jordy, an aspiring tennis star who wants to help her break her unlucky streak. Maguire knows that the best thing she can do for him is to stay away, but it turns out staying away might be harder than she thought.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Ableism and ableist language
  • Cheating recounted, secondary character
  • Panic attack/s
  • Attempted murder
  • Gun violence
  • Explosions
  • Kidnapping
  • Captivity
  • Hostage situation
  • Incarceration
  • Fire
  • War themes
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Heavy Vinyl, Vol. 1 by Carly Usdin

Heavy Vinyl, Vol. 1: Riot on the Radio by Carly Usdin

Starry-eyed Chris has just started the dream job every outcast kid in town wants: working at Vinyl Mayhem. It’s as rad as she imagined; her boss is BOSS, her co-workers spend their time arguing over music, pushing against the patriarchy, and endlessly trying to form a band. When Rosie Riot, the staff’s favorite singer, mysteriously vanishes the night before her band’s show, Chris discovers her co-workers are doing more than just sorting vinyl . . . Her local indie record store is also a front for a teen girl vigilante fight club! 

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Sexism
  • Hostage situation
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