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Extasia by Claire Legrand

Extasia by Claire Legrand

Her name is unimportant. All you must know is that today she will become one of the four saints of Haven. The elders will mark her and place the red hood on her head. With her sisters, she will stand against the evil power that lives beneath the black mountain–an evil which has already killed nine of her village’s men. She will tell no one of the white-eyed beasts that follow her. Or the faceless gray women tall as houses. Or the girls she saw kissing in the elm grove… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Sexism
Sexual harassment
Suicide
Cannibalism
Blood & gore depiction
Branding
Torture
Gun violence mentioned
Knife violence
Fire
Cults
Animal death (dog)

Stealing Snow by Danielle Paige

Stealing Snow by Danielle Paige

Seventeen-year-old Snow has spent her life locked in Whittaker Psychiatric—but she isn’t crazy. And that’s not the worst of it. Her very first kiss proves anything but innocent…when Bale, her only love, turns violent. Despite Snow knowing that Bale would never truly hurt her, he is taken away—dashing her last hope for any sort of future in the mental ward she calls home. With nowhere else to turn, Snow finds herself drawn to a strange new orderly who whispers secrets… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Ableism
Blood depiction
Psychiatric hospitalisation
Knife & sword violence

The Wicked Will Rise by Danielle Paige

The Wicked Will Rise by Danielle Paige

To make Oz a free land again, Amy Gumm was given a mission: remove the Tin Woodman’s heart, steal the Scarecrow’s brain, take the Lion’s courage, and then Dorothy must die… But Dorothy still lives. Now the Revolutionary Order of the Wicked has vanished, and mysterious Princess Ozma might be Amy’s only ally. As Amy learns the truth about her mission, she realizes that she’s only just scratched the surface of Oz’s past—and that Kansas, the home she couldn’t wait to leave behind, may also be in danger. In a place where the line between good and evil shifts with just a strong gust of wind, who can Amy trust—and who is really Wicked?

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Blood & gore depiction
Knife & sword violence
Physical assault
Imprisonment

Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige

Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige

I didn’t ask for any of this. I didn’t ask to be some kind of hero. But when your whole life gets swept up by a tornado—taking you with it—you have no choice but to go along, you know? Sure, I’ve read the books. I’ve seen the movies. I know the song about the rainbow and the happy little bluebirds. But I never expected Oz to look like this. To be a place where Good Witches can’t be trusted, Wicked Witches may just be the good guys, and winged monkeys can be executed for acts of rebellion. There’s still a yellow brick road—but even that’s crumbling… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Parent with alcoholism
Alcohol consumption
Medical experimentation
Knife violence
Physical assault
Tornado
Animal death
Poverty

The Toll by Neal Shusterman

The Toll by Neal Shusterman

It’s been three years since Rowan and Citra disappeared; since Scythe Goddard came into power; since the Thunderhead closed itself off to everyone but Grayson Tolliver.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Suicide
Self-harm
Blood depiction
Murder & mass murder
Gun violence
Stabbing
Poisoning
Fire

Riggs by Sawyer Bennett

Riggs by Sawyer Bennett

As a professional hockey player, people think I live a charmed life. On the surface, I do. But they don’t know the horrors of my childhood or the real reason that I have custody of my seventeen-year-old sister, Janelle. And that’s exactly the way I like it. They may think I’m a prick because I don’t like to share, but that’s fine. They don’t know me, and they don’t need to. In an effort to help Janelle get settled in Phoenix and stay out of trouble at school, I set her up with a job at Clarke’s Corner, the local bookstore owned by the… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Attempted sexual assault of a minor recounted
Physical assault, on-page
Stabbing recounted
Attempted kidnapping

Rebel Belle by Rachel Hawkins

Rebel Belle by Rachel Hawkins

Harper Price, peerless Southern belle, was born ready for a Homecoming tiara. But after a strange run-in at the dance imbues her with incredible abilities, Harper’s destiny takes a turn for the seriously weird. She becomes a Paladin, one of an ancient line of guardians with agility, super strength and lethal fighting instincts.

Just when life can’t get any more disastrously crazy, Harper finds out who she’s charged to prote… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Death of a sister in a car accident
Murder by stabbing

School Spirits by Rachel Hawkins

School Spirits by Rachel Hawkins

Fifteen-year-old Izzy Brannick was trained to fight monsters. For centuries, her family has hunted magical creatures. But when Izzy’s older sister vanishes without a trace while on a job, Izzy’s mom decides they need to take a break.

Izzy and her mom move to a new town, but they soon discover it’s not as normal as it appears. A series of hauntings has been plaguing the local high school, and Izzy is determined to prove her worth and… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Loss of autonomy (possession)
Attempted murder by stabbing
Explosion
Car accident
Immolation mentioned

In the Serpent’s Wake by Rachel Hartman

In the Serpent’s Wake by Rachel Hartman

At the bottom of the world lies a Serpent, the last of its kind. Finding the Serpent will change lives.

Tess is a girl on a mission to save a friend.
Spira is a dragon seeking a new identity.
Marga is a woman staking her claim on a man’s world.
Jacomo is a priest searching for his soul… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism
Rape of a child recounted
Sword violence
Naval warfare

Demonglass by Rachel Hawkins

Demonglass by Rachel Hawkins

Sophie Mercer thought she was a witch. That was the whole reason she was sent to Hex Hall, a reform school for delinquent Prodigium (a.k.a. witches, shape-shifters, and faeries). But then she discovered the family secret, and the fact that her hot crush, Archer Cross, is an agent for The Eye, a group bent on wiping Prodigium off the face of the earth.

Turns out, Sophie’s a demon, one of only two in the world-the other being her father. What’s worse, she… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Alcohol consumption
Smoking mentioned
Knife violence & stabbing