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Serpent and Dove by Shelby Mahurin

Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin

Two years ago, Louise le Blanc fled her coven and took shelter in the city of Cesarine, forsaking all magic and living off whatever she could steal. There, witches like Lou are hunted. They are feared. And they are burned.

Sworn to the Church as a Chasseur, Reid Diggory has lived his life by one principle: thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. His path was never meant to cross with Lou’s, but a wicked stunt forces them into an impossible union—holy matrimony.

The war between witches and Church is an ancient one, and Lou’s most dangerous enemies bring a fate worse than fire. Unable to ignore her growing feelings, yet powerless to change what she is, a choice must be made.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Misogyny
  • Rape mentioned
  • Forced marriage
  • Child abandonment mentioned
  • Domestic violence
  • Suicide mentioned
  • Self-harm
  • Nonconsensual drugging
  • Blood & gore depiction
  • Physical injuries
  • Medical experimentation
  • Murder & attempted murder
  • Torture
  • Fire & immolation
  • Kidnapping
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City of Glass by Cassandra Clare

City of Glass by Cassandra Clare

To save her mother’s life, Clary must travel to the City of Glass, the ancestral home of the Shadowhunters – never mind that entering the city without permission is against the Law, and breaking the Law could mean death. To make things worse, she learns that Jace does not want her there, and Simon has been thrown in prison by the Shadowhunters, who are deeply suspicious of a vampire who can withstand sunlight… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Homomisia
  • Hate crimes
  • Incest
  • Sexual assault
  • Child abuse recounted
  • Intimate partner violence recounted
  • Hallucinations
  • Graphic suicide & self-inflicted injuries recounted
  • Pregnancy & childbirth mentioned
  • Blood & gore depiction, including blood-drinking
  • Physical injuries
  • Dead bodies
  • Medical experimentation
  • Needles & syringes
  • Forced starvation
  • Grief & loss depiction
  • Death of a child
  • Death of a brother
  • Murder & attempted murder
  • Knife violence & stabbing
  • Torture
  • Explosion
  • Poisoning
  • Kidnapping
  • Imprisonment
  • Fire
  • Drowning
  • War themes & battle scenes
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City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare

City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare

Clary Fray just wishes that her life would go back to normal. But what’s normal when you’re a demon-slaying Shadowhunter, your mother is in a magically induced coma, and you can suddenly see Downworlders like werewolves, vampires, and faeries? If Clary left the world of the Shadowhunters behind, it would mean more time with her best friend, Simon, who’s becoming more than a friend. But the Shadowhunting world isn’t ready to let her go — especially her handsome, infuriating, newfound brother, Jace. And Clary’s only chance to help her mother is to track down rogue Shadowhunter Valentine, who is probably insane, certainly evil — and also her father… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Homomisia
  • Slut shaming
  • Hate crimes
  • Incest
  • Child abuse recounted
  • Intimate partner violence recounted
  • Suicide & suicidal ideation mentioned
  • Alcohol consumption
  • Blood & gore depiction, including blood-drinking
  • Physical injuries
  • Coma
  • Emesis
  • Hospitalisation
  • Death of a child
  • Death of a husband
  • Murder
  • Knife violence & stabbing
  • Torture
  • Kidnapping
  • Home invasion
  • Imprisonment
  • War themes
  • Bullying
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Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs

Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs

As the story opens, sixteen-year-old Jacob discovers a powerful new ability, and soon he’s diving through history to rescue his peculiar companions from a heavily guarded fortress. Accompanying Jacob on his journey are Emma Bloom, a girl with fire at her fingertips, and Addison MacHenry, a dog with a nose for sniffing out lost children.

They’ll travel from modern-day London to the labyrinthine alleys of Devil’s Acre, the most wretched slum in all of Victorian England. It’s a place where the fate of peculiar children everywhere will be decided once and for all.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Substance addiction
  • Death of a grandfather recounted
  • Gun violence
  • Bombings
  • Torture
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1984 by George Orwell

1984 by George Orwell

The year 1984 has come and gone, but George Orwell’s prophetic, nightmarish vision in 1949 of the world we were becoming is timelier than ever. 1984 is still the great modern classic of “negative utopia”—a startlingly original and haunting novel that creates an imaginary world that is completely convincing, from the first sentence to the last four words. No one can deny the novel’s hold on the imaginations of whole generations, or the power of its admonitions—a power that seems to grow, not lessen, with the passage of time.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Suicide
  • Torture
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling

Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter is preparing to leave the Dursleys and Privet Drive for the last time. But the future that awaits him is full of danger, not only for him, but for anyone close to him – and Harry has already lost so much. Only by destroying Voldemort’s remaining Horcruxes can Harry free himself and overcome the Dark Lord’s forces of evil.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Fatmisia & body shaming
  • Racism
  • Child abuse & neglect
  • Blood depiction
  • Physical injuries
  • Grief & loss depiction
  • Death of a brother
  • Death of a friend
  • Knife violence & stabbing
  • Torture
  • Motorcycle accident
  • Near-drowning incident
  • Kidnapping & captivity
  • Fire
  • Battle scenes
  • Animal death & death of a pet
  • Animal attack

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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by JK Rowling

Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling

As the Dark Lord’s sinister forces amass, a spirit of gloom and fear is sweeping the land. Harry Potter waits nervously in his bedroom at the Dursleys’ for Professor Dumbledore to arrive. One of the last times he saw the Headmaster was in a fierce duel with Voldemort at the Ministry of Magic. Why is the Professor coming to visit him now? What is it that cannot wait until Harry returns to Hogwarts? In his sixth year, Harry will discover the secret behind the Half-Blood Prince, as Professor Dumbledore prepares him to face his destiny …

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Fatmisia & body shaming
  • Child abuse & neglect
  • Slavery
  • Fire
  • Torture
  • Bullying

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling

Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling

Dark times have come to Hogwarts. After the Dementors’ attack on his cousin Dudley, Harry Potter knows that Voldemort will stop at nothing to find him. There are many who deny the Dark Lord’s return, but Harry is not alone: a secret order gathers at Grimmauld Place to fight against the Dark forces. Harry must allow Professor Snape to teach him how to protect himself from Voldemort’s savage assaults on his mind. But they are growing stronger by the day and Harry is running out of time…

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Fatmisia & body shaming
  • Racism
  • Classism
  • Slavery
  • Child abuse & neglect
  • Trauma & nightmares
  • Grief & loss depiction
  • Death of a mother & father recounted
  • Death of a sibling recounted
  • Murder & attempted murder
  • Kidnapping recounted
  • Torture
  • Bullying

If you choose to support this novel or author, please reconsider. You can read about the harmful cultural appropriation here, about how she is endangering trans people here, and donate to the queer Indigenous charity Black Rainbow here.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling

Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling

The Triwizard Tournament is to be held at Hogwarts. Only wizards who are over seventeen are allowed to enter – but that doesn’t stop Harry dreaming that he will win the competition. Then at Hallowe’en, when the Goblet of Fire makes its selection, Harry is amazed to find his name is one of those that the magical cup picks out. He will face death-defying tasks, dragons and Dark wizards, but with the help of his best friends, Ron and Hermione, he might just make it through – alive!

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Fatmisia & body shaming
  • Slavery
  • Child abuse & neglect
  • Torture
  • Fire
  • Bullying

If you choose to support this novel or author, please reconsider. You can read about the harmful cultural appropriation here, about how she is endangering trans people here, and donate to the queer Indigenous charity Black Rainbow here.

Whisper by Lynette Noni

Whisper by Lynette Noni

For two years, six months, fourteen days, eleven hours and sixteen minutes, Subject Six-Eight-Four — ‘Jane Doe’ — has been locked away and experimented on, without uttering a single word.

As Jane’s resolve begins to crack under the influence of her new — and unexpectedly kind — evaluator, she uncovers the truth about Lengard’s mysterious ‘program’, discovering that her own secret is at the heart of a sinister plot … and one wrong move, one wrong word, could change the world.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

  • Blood depiction
  • Torture
  • Imprisonment
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