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The Deathless Girls by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

The Deathless Girls by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

They say the thirst of blood is like a madness – they must sate it. Even with their own kin. On the eve of her divining, the day she’ll discover her fate, seventeen-year-old Lil and her twin sister Kizzy are captured and enslaved by the cruel Boyar Valcar, taken far away from their beloved traveller community. Forced to work in the harsh and unwelcoming castle kitchens, Lil is comforted when she meets Mira, a fellow slave who she feels drawn to in a way she doesn’t understand. But she also learns about the Dragon, a mysterious and terrifying figure of myth and legend who takes girls… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Slavery
Antiziganism
Attempted sexual assault
Blood depiction
Murder
Kidnapping

Never Kiss Your Roommate by Philline Harms

Never Kiss Your Roommate by Philline Harms

Welcome to Seven Hills, the world’s most exclusive boarding school where only the best and brightest roam the hallowed halls. Being committed to your studies, service, and community doesn’t mean that you can’t break the rules now and again, right? But watch your back because lurking on the anonymous Chitter Chatter Blog is The Watcher—who can’t wait to reveal all the latest hookups, hot lists, and secrets around campus. The latest objects of The Watcher’s affection? Straight-off-the-train (but not exactly straight) insta-besties Evelyn and Seth.. It doesn’t take… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Queermisia, off-page
Outing
Sexual assault
Claustrophobia
Panic attacks
Alcohol consumption
Emesis
Kidnapping
Bullying & cyberbullying

Not Your Backup by CB Lee

Not Your Backup by C.B. Lee

Emma Robledo has a few more responsibilities than the usual high school senior, but then again, she and her friends have left school to lead a fractured Resistance movement against a corrupt Heroes League of Heroes. Emma is the only member of a supercharged team without powers, and she isn’t always taken seriously. A natural leader, Emma is determined to win this battle, and when that’s done, get back to school. As the Resistance moves to challenge the League, Emma realizes where her place is in this fight: at the front..

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Internalised amisia & aromisia
Coming out themes
Nightmares
Nonconsensual drugging recounted
Scars mentioned
Medical experimentation mentioned
Explosion
Kidnapping
Imprisonment
Disappearance of a loved one
Car accident
Fire

Troy by Stephen Fry

Troy by Stephen Fry

The story of Troy speaks to all of us – the kidnapping of Helen, a queen celebrated for her beauty, sees the Greeks launch a thousand ships against the city of Troy, to which they will lay siege for ten whole years. It is a terrible war with casualties on all sides as well as strained relations between allies, whose consequences become tragedies. In Troy you will find heroism and hatred, love and loss, revenge and regret, desire and despair. It is these human passions, written bloodily in the sands of a distant shore, that still speak to us today.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape
Blood depiction
Death of a child
Murder
Kidnapping
War themes

I Am Princess X by Cherie Priest

I Am Princess X by Cherie Priest

Once upon a time, two best friends created a princess together. Libby drew the pictures, May wrote the tales, and their heroine, Princess X, slayed all the dragons and scaled all the mountains their imaginations could conjure. Once upon a few years later, Libby was in the car with her mom, driving across the Ballard Bridge on a rainy night. When the car went over the side, Libby passed away, and Princess X died with her. Once upon a now: May is sixteen and lonely, wandering the streets of Seattle, when she sees a sticker slapped in a corner window. Princess X? … Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Murder of parents
Kidnapping

Spellbound by Allie Therin

Spellbound by Allie Therin

Arthur Kenzie’s life’s work is protecting the world from the supernatural relics that could destroy it. When an amulet with the power to control the tides is shipped to New York, he must intercept it before it can be used to devastating effects. This time, in order to succeed, he needs a powerful psychometric…and the only one available has sworn off his abilities altogether. Rory Brodigan’s gift comes with great risk. To protect himself, he’s become a recluse, redirecting his magic to find counterfeit antiques. But with the city’s fate hanging in the balance, he can’t force himself to say… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Familial abandonment
Alcohol consumption
Psychiatric hospitalisation
Blood & injury depiction
Emesis, off-age
Murder
Kidnapping
Threat of drowning

The Match by Harlan Coben

The Match by Harlan Coben

Wilde has grown up knowing nothing of his family and even less about his own identity. All he knows is that, as a young child, he was found living a feral existence in the Ramapo mountains of New Jersey. He became known simply as Wilde, the boy from the woods. Now Wilde has had a hit on the DNA website he has been researching. A 100% match. His father. They meet up, and Wilde soon realises that his father doesn’t even know he had a son and is as mystified as Wilde is by his existence. Undaunted, Wilde continues his research for his family on DNA websites where he… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape mentioned
Domestic violence mentioned
Drugging
Torture
Gun violence
Kidnapping
Bullying mentioned

The Boy from the Woods by Harlan Coben

The Boy from the Woods by Harlan Coben

Thirty years ago, Wilde was found as a boy living feral in the woods, with no memory of his past. Now an adult, he still doesn’t know where he comes from, and another child has gone missing. No one seems to take Naomi Pine’s disappearance seriously, not even her father-with one exception. Hester Crimstein, a television criminal attorney, knows through her grandson that Naomi was relentlessly bullied at school. Hester asks Wilde-with whom she shares a tragic connection-to use his unique skills to help find Naomi… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape recounted
Sexual assault
Workplace sexual harassment of a minor
Parental abandonment mentioned
Physical child abuse recounted
Postpartum depression mention
Involuntary amputation of a finger
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a father, son, & husband in a car accident recounted
Threats of gun violence
Kidnapping
Disappearance of a child (theme)
Wrongful imprisonment mentioned
Military service recounted
Bullying

Obsession by Gemma Weir

Obsession by Gemma Weir

As soon as I realized she existed, I lost the ability to look away. She was always destined to be mine. I’m Sebastian Lockwood; a king among men. And kings get to take what they want. My little bird disagreed. She fought me, and disobeyed me even though we both know she belongs to me. So I broke her, bent her to my will. I pushed too hard, loved too much and she ran from me. But letting her go was impossible. So I chased; hiding in the shadows, silently pulling the strings that would bind her to me. Two years have passed, I’ve waited long enough. It’s time to reclaim my queen; to take what’s mine. The trap is set, a gilded… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Sexual assault
Dubious consent scenarios
Panic attacks
Kidnapping
Stalking