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The Stolen Throne by Abigail Owen

My twin sister is the true queen of Aryd. She survives, hiding and clinging to life in the desert, while I reign as the false queen alongside the monstrous King Eidolon. There’s only one escape from this gilded prison: Reven. My Shadowraith. My heart. Only the shadows that he struggles to control are growing more sinister, more powerful. It’s just a matter of time before they turn on him…and on me. Even escape doesn’t mean true freedom, though, when we’re still on the run from Eidolon’s unstoppable armies. And when we discover there’s a traitor among us, I have no… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Blood & gore depiction
Murder
Loss of autonomy (possession)
War themes & battle scenes

The Games Gods Play by Abigail Owen

Every hundred years, the gods toy with us mere mortals. And we let them. The gods of myth are alive and well. Once every century, they select a new ruler in a cutthroat competition, pushing mortal players to the limit. But this year, Hades is done sitting on the sidelines. And he’s picking a champion no one expects—in this modern mythic romantasy, she’ll fight for her life… for the god of Death.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Murder
Fire
Bullying

The Countess Conspiracy by Courtney Milan

Sebastian Malheur is the most dangerous sort of rake: an educated one. When he’s not scandalizing ladies in the bedchamber, he’s outraging proper society with his scientific theories. He’s desired, reviled, acclaimed, and despised—and he laughs through it all. Violet Waterfield, the widowed Countess of Cambury, on the other hand, is entirely respectable, and she’d like to stay that way. But Violet has a secret that is beyond ruinous, one that ties her irrevocably to England’s most infamous scoundrel: Sebastian’s theories aren’t his. They’re hers. So when Sebastian threatens to dissolve… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Domestic abuse recounted
Martial rape recounted*
Alcohol consumption
Miscarriages recounted*
Sibling with a heart condition
Murder of a husband by being pushed down a staircase
Death of a father from suicide recounted
Imprisonment

* Context : The heroine had nineteen miscarriages in her previous marriage in attempt to sire an heir for her husband. Her husband forced and coerced her to have sex with him despite medical advice. She almost dies from the toll it places on her body.

A Kingdom of Venom and Vows by Holly Renee

I entered into a bargain—choosing my mate over my freedom. But I underestimated the crowned prince who took me. His touch like venom. His vengeance lethal. He craves a power I no longer hold, and he’ll sacrifice every part of me until he gets it. But I don’t belong to him. I belong to his brother. His brother who will come for me, consequences be damned. My fate is entangled between two princes—one who craves my power, the other who covets me—and I have more to lose than I ever imagined. War rages in a game between queens, and I have become their pawn. But I will… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Slut-shaming (on-page)
Graphic sexual assault and threats of rape including unwanted kisses and touching (on-page)
Blood and gore depiction including dead bodies and voluntary and involuntary blood-drinking (on-page)
Death of a friend in battle (off-page)
Murder of a mother (off-page)
Murder & regicide (on-page)
Torture (on-page)
Kidnapping and captivity (on-page)
Hostage situation recounted
War themes & battle scenes (on-page)

An Education in Malice by S.T. Gibson

Deep in the forgotten hills of Massachusetts stands Saint Perpetua’s College. Isolated and ancient, it is not a place for timid girls. Here, secrets are currency, ambition is lifeblood, and strange ceremonies welcome students into the fold. On her first day of class, Laura Sheridan is thrust into an intense academic rivalry with the beautiful and enigmatic Carmilla. Together, they are drawn into the confidence of their demanding poetry professor, De Lafontaine, who holds her own dark obsession with Carmilla. But as their rivalry blossoms into something far more delicious, Laura must confront her own strange hungers. Tangled in a… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Racism, misogyny & homophobia
Alcohol consumption & smoking
Blood & gore depiction including emesis, blood-drinking, dead bodies & decapitation
Death of a mother recounted
Murder
Death of a kitten mentioned (brief)

Wisteria by Adalyn Grace

Blythe Hawthorne has never let anyone tell her what to do—not society, not her overprotective father, and certainly not the man she’s bound herself to, no matter how rude and insufferable he is. In fact, she’s determined to be a thorn in his side for the rest of her days, even as he ensures that her life in his palace is anything but a fairytale. But as Blythe discovers a new side of herself linked to his past, she’ll have to decide if she’s willing to let an unexpected spark ignite…and to discover the truth about who she really is.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Alcohol consumption
Hallucinations
Emesis
Blood & gore depiction and dead bodies
Plague mentioned
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a parent
Murder & attempted murder
Poisoning
Animal death

Atlantia by Ally Condie

Can you hear Atlantia breathing? For as long as she can remember, Rio has dreamed of the sand and sky Above—of life beyond her underwater city of Atlantia. But in a single moment, all Rio’s hopes for the future are shattered when her twin sister, Bay, makes an unexpected choice, stranding Rio Below. Alone, ripped away from the last person who knew Rio’s true self—and the powerful siren voice she has long silenced—she has nothing left to lose. Guided by a dangerous and unlikely mentor, Rio formulates a plan that leads to increasingly treacherous questions about her mother’s… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Depiction of dead bodies
Murder & mass murder (off-page)
Political imprisonment mentioned

Reached by Ally Condie

After leaving Society to desperately seek The Rising, and each other, Cassia and Ky have found what they were looking for, but at the cost of losing each other yet again. Cassia is assigned undercover in Central city, Ky outside the borders, an airship pilot with Indie. Xander is a medic, with a secret. All too soon, everything shifts again.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Deaths from the plague mentioned
Execution for murder

Matched by Ally Condie

In the Society, officials decide. Who you love. Where you work. When you die. Cassia has always trusted their choices. It’s hardly any price to pay for a long life, the perfect job, the ideal mate. So when her best friend appears on the Matching screen, Cassia knows with complete certainty that he is the one…until she sees another face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black. Now Cassia is faced with impossible choices: between Xander and Ky, between the only life she’s known and a path no one else has ever dared follow—between perfection and passion.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Mentions of state-sanctioned euthanasia of Citizens on their 80th birthdays

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of thinking and living that is a world away from the humdrum existence of their contemporaries. But when they go beyond the boundaries of normal morality they slip gradually from obsession to corruption and betrayal, and at last—inexorably—into evil.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Ableism (r slur)
Slut-shaming
Homophobia & slurs
Racism & racial slur
Sexual assault & incest (implied)
Suicide & mentions of suicidal ideation
Drug abuse
Emesis
Murder
Poisoning
Animal death & cruelty