Tag Archives: Knife, Sword & Axe Violence

Daughter of No Worlds by Carissa Broadbent

A former slave fighting for justice. A reclusive warrior who no longer believes it exists. And a dark magic that will entangle their fates. Ripped from a forgotten homeland as a child, Tisaanah learned how to survive with nothing but a sharp wit and a touch of magic. But the night she tries to buy her freedom, she barely escapes with her life. Desperate to save the best friend she left behind, Tisaanah journeys to the Orders, the most powerful organizations of magic Wielders in the world. But to join their ranks, she must complete an apprenticeship with Maxantarius Farlione, a handsome and reclusive fire wielder who despises…. Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Slavery & sex slavery
  • Rape & sexual assault mentioned
  • Trauma & nightmares
  • Self-harm
  • Suicidal ideation
  • Kidnapping
  • Blood, gore & injury depiction
  • Emesis
  • Murder
  • Torture
  • Knife & sword violence
  • Whipping
  • Loss of autonomy (possession)
  • War themes & battle scenes including genocide

Sweep of the Heart by Ilona Andrews

Life is busier than ever for Innkeeper, Dina DeMille and Sean Evans. But it’s about to get even more chaotic when Sean’s werewolf mentor is kidnapped. To find him, they must host an intergalactic spouse-search for one of the most powerful rulers in the Galaxy. Dina is never one to back down from a challenge. That is, if she can manage her temperamental Red Cleaver chef; the consequences of her favorite Galactic ex-tyrant’s dark history; the tangled politics of an interstellar nation, and oh, yes, keep the wedding candidates from a dozen alien species from killing each other. Not to mention the Costco lady.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Rape
  • Forced medical experimentation
  • Murder & attempted murder
  • Torture
  • Gun & knife violence
  • Kidnapping
  • Animal death

Deacon by Kit Rocha

Ana has trained most of her life to achieve one goal: to prove that anything men can do, she can do better. Now she’s Sector One’s first female Rider, and being the best is the only way to ensure she won’t be its last. Distractions aren’t allowed–especially not her painful attraction to the reserved but demanding leader whose stern, grumpy demeanor has already gotten into her head. Deacon has spent the last twenty years trying to atone for his past, but the blood he spilled as a mercenary and assassin will never wash away entirely. If his riders knew the extent of his sins, he’d lose their trust and respect. It’s easier to keep them all at arm’s length, especially Ana. But his newest… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Alcohol consumption
  • Pregnancy mentioned (secondary character)
  • Death of a parent from a heart attack recounted
  • Murder & attempted murder
  • Torture (secondary character)
  • Knife & gun violence
  • Physical assault
  • Explosion (bomb)
  • Imprisonment

The Sacrifice by Shantel Tessier

A Lord is to marry after he graduates from Barrington University, an elite college for the rich. A Lady’s job is to help him fit into a world unaware of his secret society. The Lord does not get to choose who he spends the rest of his life with. But there is always an exception to the rule. And I just so happen to be his. I was to wed a Lord of my parents’ choosing. Wealth can’t buy you everything, or I would have had freedom years ago. Instead, my strict parents made sure I lived a dull life in a mansion resembling a prison. But on my wedding day, I was handed over to another man-an even more ruthless Lord that my family hatred. Tyson… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Human trafficking
  • Fatphobia & body-shaming
  • Slut-shaming
  • Adult-minor relationship mentioned
  • Forced marriage
  • Parental infidelity
  • Rape & attempted rape
  • Intimate partner violence
  • Emotional & physical child abuse
  • Parent with alcoholism
  • Alcohol consumption
  • Drugging
  • Unplanned pregnancy due to reproductive assault and medical abuse
  • Involuntary psychiatric hospitalisation
  • Body modifications including branding and involuntary implantation of a tracker
  • Needles
  • Emesis
  • Dieting & weight loss recounted
  • Faked death of a pregnant sister and girlfriend recounted
  • Murder & attempted murder
  • Torture
  • Knife violence & stabbing
  • Physical assault
  • Kidnapping
  • Arson & immolation

*Context : The female protagonist (FMC) is raped while sedated and involuntarily instituitionalised by a secondary character. The FMC’s fiancé intended to drug and rape her. The FMC’s doctor administers a hormone injection to aid with ovulation under the disguise of birth control; she becomes pregnant as a result. The FMC’s mother was married to a 23-year-old man when she was only 17-years-old. The MMC threatens to kill the FMC’s brother if she doesn’t marry him. The FMC’s father installed cameras without the FMC or MMC’s consent and watched them have sex.

Butcher and Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

Every serial killer needs a friend. Every game must have a winner. When a chance encounter sparks an unlikely bond between rival murderers Sloane and Rowan, the two find something elusive—the friendship of a like-minded, pitch-black soul. From small town West Virginia to upscale California, from downtown Boston to rural Texas, the two hunters collide in an annual game of blood and suffering, one that pits them against the most dangerous monsters in the country. But as their friendship develops into something more, the restless ghosts left in their wake are only a few steps behind, ready to claim more than just their new… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Sexual assault of a child mentioned
  • Child abuse & neglect mentioned
  • Death of a parent in childbirth
  • Murder of a parent
  • Medical procedures
  • Cannibalism
  • Murder
  • Knife, axe, and chainsaw violence

The Crimson Fortress by Akshaya Raman

The search for the Ivory Key has brought royal siblings Vira, Ronak, Kaleb, and Riya closer than they have been in years as they try to restore magic and stability to Ashoka. But despite finally getting their hands on the long-lost key, uncovering its cipher has proved more complicated and dangerous than they ever expected. Their missions force them to split up and disperse them across Ashoka and beyond. When a rash decision by the council strips Vira of her power, her journey to reclaim her throne takes on new meaning. Kaleb travels to the neighbouring country of Lyria to uncover its emperor’s motives and meets a prince seeking answers of his own. Ronak’s efforts to escape his arranged… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Alcohol consumption
  • Physical injury
  • Human experimentation mentioned
  • Death of a mother mentioned
  • Sword, knife & arrow violence
  • Murder
  • Kidnapping

You’re Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron

Charity Curtis has the summer job of her dreams, playing the “final girl” at Camp Mirror Lake. Guests pay to be scared in this full-contact terror game, as Charity and her summer crew recreate scenes from a classic slasher film, Curse of Camp Mirror Lake. The more realistic the fear, the better for business. But the last weekend of the season, Charity’s co-workers begin disappearing. And when one ends up dead, Charity’s role as the final girl suddenly becomes all too real. If Charity and her girlfriend Bezi hope to survive the night, they’ll need figure out what this killer is after. Is there is more to the story of Mirror Lake and its dangerous past than Charity ever suspected?

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Blood, gore & injury depiction
  • Body horror
  • Murder
  • Torture
  • Gun & knife violence
  • Drowning
  • Animal death & cruelty

Last Violent Call by Chloe Gong

In A Foul Thing, Roma and Juliette have established themselves as the heads of an underground weapons ring in Zhouzhuang, making a living the way they do best while remaining anonymous in their peaceful, quiet life. But when they hear about several Russian girls showing up dead in nearby towns, they decide to investigate—and ultimately discover that this mystery is much closer to home than they ever imagined. In This Foul Murder, Benedikt and Marshall have been summoned by Roma to find the elusive scientist, Lourens, and bring him to Zhouzhuang… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Blood & gore depiction including dead bodies
  • Human medical experimentation
  • Needles
  • Murder
  • Gun & knife violence

The Empress of Time by Kylie Lee Baker

Half British Reaper, half Japanese Shinigami Ren Scarborough is no longer the girl who was chased out of England—she is the Goddess of Death ruling Japan’s underworld. But her problems have never been greater. Her Shinigami see her as a foreigner on the throne. Her brother, Neven, is gone, lost in the deep darkness. And her fiancé, Hiro, has been killed by her own hand. Then Ren receives the most troubling news yet—Reapers have been spotted in Japan, and it’s only a matter of time before Ivy, now Britain’s Death Goddess, comes to claim her revenge. Ren’s last hope is to appeal to the god of storms and seas, who can turn the tides to… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Racism
  • Cannibalism
  • Blood & gore depiction
  • Death of a mother mentioned
  • Death of a fiancé by stabbing mentioned
  • Death of a brother
  • Murder
  • Torture

Thin Air by Kellie M. Parker

Eight hours. Twelve contestants. A flight none of them might survive. A flight to Paris full of teenagers seeking opportunity turns deadly in this suspenseful, locked-door YA thriller. Perfect for fans of Diana Urban, Karen McManus, and Jessica Goodman.

Seventeen-year-old boarding school student Emily Walters is selected for an opportunity of a lifetime—she’ll compete abroad for a cash prize that will cover not only tuition to the college of her choice, but will lift her mother and her out of poverty… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Cheating
  • Alcohol consumption
  • Drugging & drug abuse
  • Abortion mentioned
  • Blood, gore and injury depiction including dead bodies
  • Hospitalisation
  • Cancer mentioned
  • Needles
  • Death of a friend
  • Murder & attempted murder
  • Knife violence
  • Fire
  • Disappearance of a loved one