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We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

My name is Mary Katherine Blackwood. I am eighteen years old, and I live with my sister Constance. I have often thought that with any luck at all I could have been born a werewolf, because the two middle fingers on both my hands are the same length, but I have had to be content with what I had. I dislike washing myself, and dogs, and noise, I like my sister Constance, and Richard Plantagenet, and Amanita phalloides, the death-cap mushroom. Everyone else in my family is dead…

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Domestic abuse
Agoraphobia
Poisoning
Fire
Death of a parent

Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell

Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell

The story is supposed to be over. Simon Snow did everything he was supposed to do. He beat the villain. He won the war. He even fell in love. Now comes the good part, right? Now comes the happily ever after…

What he needs, according to his best friend, is a change of scenery. He just needs to see himself in a new light…

That’s how Simon and Penny and Baz end up in a vintage convertible, tearing across the American West. They find trouble, of course. (Dragons, vampires, skunk-headed things with shotguns.) And they get lost. They get so lost, they start to wonder whether they ever knew where they were headed in the first place…

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Cheating mentioned
Depression
Alcohol consumption
Blood depiction
Murder
Gun violence
Kidnapping
Fire
Animal death

10 Things I Can See from Here by Carrie Mac

10 Things I Can See from Here by Carrie Mac

Think positive. Don’t worry; be happy. Keep calm and carry on.

Maeve has heard it all before. She’s been struggling with severe anxiety for a long time, and as much as she wishes it was something she could just talk herself out of, it’s not. She constantly imagines the worst, composes obituaries in her head, and is always ready for things to fall apart. To add to her troubles, her mom—the only one who really gets what Maeve goes through—is leaving for six months, so Maeve will be sent to live with her dad in Vancouver.

Vancouver brings a slew of new worries, but Maeve finds brief moments of calm (as well as even more worries) with Salix, a local girl who doesn’t seem to worry about anything. Between her dad’s wavering sobriety, her very pregnant stepmom insisting on a home birth, and her bumbling courtship with Salix, this summer brings more catastrophes than even Maeve could have foreseen. Will she be able to navigate through all the chaos to be there for the people she loves?

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Bimisia
Lesbomisia
Sexual assault, specifically nonconsensual kiss
Anxiety and anxiety attacks
Alcoholism
Suicide
Drug abuse
Drug addiction, including relapse/s
Childbirth
Death of a friend

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

Smoke Bitten by Patricia Briggs

Smoke Bitten by Patricia Briggs

I am Mercedes Athena Thompson Hauptman. My only “superpowers” are that I turn into a thirty-five pound coyote and fix Volkswagens. But I have friends in odd places and a pack of werewolves at my back. It looks like I’m going to need them.

Centuries ago, the fae dwelt in Underhill–until she locked her doors against them. They left behind their great castles and troves of magical artifacts. They abandoned their prisoners and their pets. Without the fae to mind them, those creatures who remained behind roamed freely through Underhill wreaking havoc. Only the deadliest survived.

Now one of those prisoners has escaped. It can look like anyone, any creature it chooses. But if it bites you, it controls you. It lives for chaos and destruction. It can make you do anything–even kill the person you love the most. Now it is here, in the Tri-Cities. In my territory.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Attempted suicide
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan

Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan

Based-on-true-events story of Harry and Craig, two 17-year-olds who are about to take part in a 32-hour marathon of kissing to set a new Guinness World Record—all of which is narrated by a Greek Chorus of the generation of gay men lost to AIDS.

While the two increasingly dehydrated and sleep-deprived boys are locking lips, they become a focal point in the lives of other teen boys dealing with languishing long-term relationships, coming out, navigating gender identity, and falling deeper into the digital rabbit hole of gay hookup sites—all while the kissing former couple tries to figure out their own feelings for each other.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Transmisia
Homomisia & homomisic slurs
Coming out themes
Hate crimes
Physical parental abuse
Suicide & attempted suicide
Suicidal ideation
Self-harm mentioned
Eating disorders mentioned
AIDS
Bullying

Every Day by David Levithan

Every Day by David Levithan

Can you love someone who is destined to change each day?

Every morning, A wakes in a different person’s body. A has made peace with that, even established guidelines by which to live: never get too attached, avoid being noticed, do not interfere. And then A wakes up in the body of Justin and meets Justin’s girlfriend, Rhiannon.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Fatmisia & body shaming
Suicide
Self harm
Depression

Pretty Baby by Mary Kubica

Pretty Baby by Mary Kubica

Heidi Wood has always been a charitable woman. Still, her husband and daughter are horrified when Heidi returns home one day with a young woman named Willow and her four-month-old baby in tow. Disheveled and apparently homeless, this girl could be a criminal—or worse.

Heidi spends the next few days helping Willow get back on her feet, but as clues into Willow’s past begin to surface, Heidi is forced to decide how far she’s willing to go to help a stranger.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Rape of a child by foster parent described
PTSD
Self-harm
Abortion
Cancer
Kidnapping

The Good Girl by Mary Kubica

The Good Girl by Mary Kubica

Born to a prominent Chicago judge and his stifled socialite wife, Mia Dennett moves against the grain as a young inner-city art teacher. One night, Mia enters a bar to meet her on-again, off-again boyfriend. When he doesn’t show, she unwisely leaves with an enigmatic stranger. With his smooth moves and modest wit, at first Colin Thatcher seems like a safe one-night stand. But following Colin home will turn out to be the worst mistake of Mia’s life.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Racism
Attempted forced abortion
Stockholm Syndrome
Kidnapping & captivity

Just Listen by Sarah Dessen

Just Listen by Sarah Dessen

To find the truth, you’ve got to be willing to hear it. When she’s modeling, Annabel is the picture of perfection. But her real life is far from perfect.

Fortunately, she’s got Owen. He’s intense, music-obsessed, and dedicated to always telling the truth. And most of all, he’s determined to make Annabel happy…

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Victim blaming
Sexual assault
Eating disorder (anorexia nervosa)