Goldie Vance, Volume Two by Hope Larson

Goldie Vance Vol. 2 by Hope Larson and illustrated by Brittney Williams

Sixteen-year-old Marigold “Goldie” Vance lives at a Florida resort with her dad, who manages the place. Her mom, who divorced her dad years ago, works as a live mermaid at a club downtown. Goldie has an insatiable curiosity, which explains her dream to one day become the hotel’s in-house detective. When Charles, the current detective, encounters a case he can’t crack, he agrees to mentor Goldie in exchange for her help solving the mystery.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Amnesia
  • Blood depiction
  • Hospital
  • Disappearance
  • Physical assault

The Make-Up Test by Jenny Howe

The Make-Up Test by Jenny L. Howe

Allison Avery loves to win. After acing every academic challenge she’s come up against, she’s finally been accepted into her dream Ph.D. program at Claymore University, studying medieval literature under a professor she’s admired for years. Sure, grad school isn’t easy—the classes are intense, her best friend is drifting away, and her students would rather pull all-nighters than discuss The Knight’s Tale—but she’s got this. Until she discovers her ex-boyfriend has also been accepted. Colin Benjamin might be the only person who loves winning more than Allison does, and when they’re both assigned to TA for the same profess… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Fatmisia & body shaming
  • Anxiety
  • Death of a parent

Hard to Find by Chace Verity

Hard to Find by Chace Verity

Hard to Find by Chace Verity. Unexpected Friendship: Kelsey makes a new friend when she is dragged into a haunted house one night. Pearls: Once friends, now enemies, two princesses start a tense correspondence. One Last Game: The night before high school graduation, Court wants to get their friends back together to recreate a part of their childhood hide’n’seek games, even if that means seeing their ex-BFF again. A Place To Rest: The afterlife isn’t quite what Sam expected, but at least it has great people.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Amnesia
  • Recreational drug use
  • Death of a parent mentioned

Dark Horses by Susan Mihalic

Dark Horses by Susan Mihalic

Fifteen-year-old equestrian prodigy Roan Montgomery has only ever known two worlds: inside the riding arena, and outside of it. Both, for as long as she can remember, have been ruled by her father, who demands strict obedience in all areas of her life. The warped power dynamic of coach and rider extends far beyond the stables, and Roan’s relationship with her father has long been inappropriate. She has been able to compartmentalize that dark aspect of her life, ruthlessly focusing on her ambitions as a rider heading for the Olympics, just as her father had… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Incest
  • Rape
  • Paedophilia
  • Child abuse
  • Adult-minor relationship
  • Panic attack
  • Emesis (purging)
  • Car accident

Beard in Mind by Penny Reid

Beard in Mind by Penny Reid

Beau Winston is the nicest, most accommodating guy in the world. Usually. Handsome as the devil and twice as charismatic, Beau lives a charmed life as everyone’s favourite Winston Brother. But since his twin decided to leave town, and his other brother hired a stunning human-porcupine hybrid as a replacement mechanic for their auto shop, Beau Winston’s charmed life has gone to hell in a handbasket. Shelly Sullivan is not nice and is never accommodating. Ever. She mumbles to herself, but won’t respond when asked a question. She glares at everyone, especially babies. She… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Domestic violence recounted
  • Depression
  • Self-harm (cutting)
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No Place Like Here by Christina June

No Place Like Here by Christina June

Ashlyn Zanotti has big plans for the summer. She’s just spent a year at boarding school and can’t wait to get home. But when Ashlyn’s father is arrested for tax evasion and her mother enters a rehab facility for “exhaustion,” a.k.a. depression, her life is turned upside down. The cherry on top? Ashlyn’s father sends her to work with a cousin she doesn’t even know at a rustic team-building retreat centre in the middle of nowhere. A self-proclaimed “indoor girl,” not even Ash’s habit of leaving breadcrumb quotes—inspirational sayings she scribbles everywhere—can help her cope… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Incarcerated parent
  • Depression
  • Anaphylaxis
  • Near-drowning
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Dream by Garrett Leigh

Dream by Garrett Leigh

When unrequited love leaves Dylan Hart sleepless and nursing his wounds, instinct draws him to the one place he’s found mindless respite in the past—Lovato’s. It’s a place for every fantasy — for crazy-hot encounters — where a night of insane NSA sex brings relief to Dylan’s fragile feelings. It should be a perfect escape, and for one magical night it seems that way, but then worlds collide, and reality bites when his hookup desperately needs a friend. Surely Dylan can’t trust his instincts when friendship has bruised his heart so badly before? The deck is stacked against former ballet… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Racism
  • Parental abandonment
  • Anxiety
  • Chronic fatigue
  • Pneumonia
  • Death of a father
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The Resolutions by Mia Garcia

The Resolutions by Mia Garcia

New Years are for fresh starts, but Jess just wants everything to go back to the way it was. From hiking trips, to four-person birthday parties, to never-ending group texts, Jess, Lee, Ryan, and Nora have always been inseparable—and unstoppable. But now, with senior year on the horizon, they’ve been splintering off and growing apart. And so, as always, Jess makes a plan. Reinstating their usual tradition of making resolutions together on New Year’s Eve, Jess adds a new twist: instead of making their own resolutions, the four friends assign them for each other—dares like kiss someone you know is wrong for you, show… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Panic attack
  • Hospital
  • Death of a parent recounted
  • Car accident
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Paris Daillencourt Is About to Crumble by Alexis Hall

Paris Daillencourt Is About to Crumble by Alexis Hall

Paris Daillencourt is a recipe for disaster. Despite his passion for baking, his cat, and his classics degree, constant self-doubt and second-guessing have left him a curdled, directionless mess. So when his roommate enters him in Bake Expectations, the nation’s favourite baking show, Paris is sure he’ll be the first one sent home. But not only does he win week one’s challenge—he meets fellow contestant Tariq Hassan. Sure, he’s the competition, but he’s also cute and kind, with more confidence than Paris could ever hope to have. Still, neither his growing romance with… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Racism
  • Queermisia
  • Anxiety & panic attack
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Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa

Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa

Sentaro has failed. He has a criminal record, drinks too much, and his dream of becoming a writer is just a distant memory. With only the blossoming of the cherry trees to mark the passing of time, he spends his days in a tiny confectionery shop selling dorayaki, a type of pancake filled with sweet bean paste. But everything is about to change. Into his life comes Tokue, an elderly woman with disfigured hands and a troubled past. Tokue makes the best sweet bean paste Sentaro has ever tasted. She begins to teach him her craft, but as their friendship flourishes, social pressures become impossible to escape and Tokue’s dark secret is revealed, with devastating consequences.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Depression
  • Suicide mentioned
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