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Meat Market by Juno Dawson

Meat Market by Juno Dawson

Jana Novak’s history sounds like a classic model cliché: tall and gangly, she’s uncomfortable with her androgynous looks until she’s unexpectedly scouted and catapulted to superstardom. But the fashion industry is as grimy as it is glamorous. And there are unexpected predators at every turn. Jana is an ordinary girl from a south London estate, lifted to unimaginable heights. But the further you rise, the more devastating your fall …

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Body shaming
Transmisia
Victim blaming
Rape
Sexual assault
Sexual harassment
Eating disorder
Drug use
Alcohol consumption
Emesis

Sam’s Secret by Ruby Dixon

Sam’s Secret by Ruby Dixon

Life has taught me that I can’t trust anyone. Not friends, not family. In the worst, darkest moments, no one can be counted on to have your back. Even a billion miles away from Earth, on a remote icy planet, I still feel alone. The only consolation? I haven’t resonated. It’s not that I don’t want love or children. I just can’t trust anyone, even myself. But then one day, my khui resonates, and it’s to the last guy I ever expected. In fact, I resonate so hard that my chest is singing its mating song before his does. That never… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Victim blaming
Threats of sexual violence
Domestic violence recounted
Stalking

How to Bang a Billionaire by Alexis Hall

How to Bang a Billionaire by Alexis Hall

If England had yearbooks, I’d probably be “Arden St. Ives: Man Least Likely to Set the World on Fire.” So far, I haven’t. I’ve no idea what I’m doing at Oxford, no idea what I’m going to do next and, until a week ago, I had no idea who Caspian Hart was. Turns out, he’s brilliant, beautiful . . . oh yeah, and a billionaire. It’s impossible not to be captivated by someone like that. But Caspian Hart makes his own rules. And he has a lot of them. About when I can be with him. What I can do with him. And when he’ll be through with me… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Victim blaming
Domestic violence mentioned
Suicidal ideation
Attempted suicide recounted
Self harm
Alcohol consumption
Drug use, on-page
Death of a parent

The Lying Kind by Alison James

The Lying Kind by Alison James

Six-year-old Lola Jade Harper is taken from her bedroom. Her mother is distraught. She is convinced her estranged husband, Gavin Harper, has abducted their daughter.

Detective Rachel Prince is leading the investigation but is soon out of her depth as she searches for the most high-profile missing child in the country. To uncover the truth about Lola’s disappearance, Rachel must untangle the Harper family’s complicated web of secrets… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Sexism
Victim blaming
Child sexual abuse, implied
Cheating
Childbirth
Murder of a baby
Stalking
Kidnapping of a child
Car accident

Pretending by Holly Bourne

Pretending by Holly Bourne

April is kind, pretty and relatively normal—yet she can’t seem to get past date five. Every time she thinks she’s found someone to trust, they reveal themselves to be awful, leaving her heartbroken. And angry. Until she realizes that what men are really looking for is Gretel.

Gretel is perfect—beautiful but low maintenance, sweet but never clingy, sexy but not a slut. She’s your regular, everyday Manic-Pixie-Dream-Girl-Next-Door with no problems… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Slut shaming
Victim blaming
Rape
Sexual assault
Catfishing

A Girl Like That by Tanaz Bhathena

A Girl Like That by Tanaz Bhathena

Sixteen-year-old Zarin Wadia is many things: a bright and vivacious student, an orphan, a risk-taker. She’s also the kind of girl that parents warn their kids to stay away from a troublemaker whose many romances are the subject of endless gossip at school. You don’t want to get involved with a girl like that, they say. So how is it that eighteen-year-old Porus Dumasia has only ever had eyes for her? And how did Zarin and Porus end up dead in a car together, crashed on the side of a highway in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia? When the religious police arrive on the scene, everything everyone thought they knew about Zarin is questioned.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Misogyny
Slut shaming
Victim blaming
Rape
Sexual assault
Sexual harassment
Physical & psychological child abuse
Domestic violence
Depression
Nonconsensual drugging
Death of a parent
Graphic car accident
Death of a pet

What Kind of Girl by Alyssa B. Sheinmel

What Kind of Girl by Alyssa B. Sheinmel

It all started when Mike Parker’s girlfriend showed up with a bruise on her face. Or, more specifically, when she walked into the principal’s office and said Mike hit her. But her classmates have questions. Why did she go to the principal and not the police? Why did she stay with Mike if he was hurting her? Obviously, if it’s true, Mike should face the consequences. But is it true?

Some girls want to rally for Mike’s expulsion—and some want to rally around Mike. As rumors about what really happened spread, the students at North Bay Academy will question what it means to be guilty or innocent, right or wrong.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Slut-shaming
Victim blaming
Relationship abuse
Domestic violence
Cheating
Bulimia
Panic attacks
Self-harm
Recreational drug use
Drug abuse

One of Us Is Next by Karen McManus

One of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus

A ton of copycat gossip apps have popped up since Simon died, but in the year since the Bayview four were cleared of his shocking death, no one’s been able to fill the gossip void quite like he could. The problem is no one has the facts. Until now. This time it’s not an app, though—it’s a game.

Phoebe’s the first target. If you choose not to play, it’s a truth. And hers is dark. Then comes Maeve and she should know better—always choose the dare. But by the time Knox is about to be tagged, things have gotten dangerous. The dares have become deadly, and if Maeve learned anything from Bronwyn last year, it’s that they can’t count on the police for help. Or protection.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Public outing recounted
Slut-shaming
Victim-blaming
Sexual assault, on-page & detailed
Suicide recounted
Alcoholism
Alcohol consumption & abuse
Cancer remission & relapsing discussed
Mild blood depiction
Emesis
Hospital
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a father recounted
Death of a classmate & ex-boyfriend, off-page
Death of a child, off-page
Death by a fall
Murder & attempted murder
Explosion & attempted bombing
Death threats
Blackmail
Stalking
Bullying

The Last Confession of Autumn Casterly by Meredith Tate

The Last Confession of Autumn Casterly by Meredith Tate

When band-geek Ivy and her friends get together, things start with a rousing board game and end with arguments about Star Wars. Her older sister Autumn is a different story. Enigmatic, aloof, and tough as nails, Autumn hasn’t had real friends–or trusted anyone–in years. Even Ivy.

But Autumn might not be tough enough. After a drug deal gone wrong, Autumn is beaten, bound, and held hostage. Now, trapped between life and death, she leaves her body, seeking help. No one can sense her presence–except her sister.

When Autumn doesn’t come home, Ivy just knows she’s in trouble. Unable to escape the chilling feeling that something isn’t right, Ivy follows a string of clues that bring her closer to rescuing her sister… and closer to danger.. Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Slut-shaming
Victim-blaming
Rape, on-page
Drug abuse

The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse

The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse

Half-hidden by forest and overshadowed by threatening peaks, Le Sommet has always been a sinister place. Long plagued by troubling rumors, the former abandoned sanatorium has since been renovated into a five-star minimalist hotel.

An imposing, isolated getaway spot high up in the Swiss Alps is the last place Elin Warner wants to be. But Elin’s taken time off from her job as a detective, so when her estranged brother, Isaac, and his fiancée, Laure, invite her to celebrate their engagement at the hotel, Elin really has no reason not to accept.

Arriving in the midst of a threatening storm, Elin immediately feels on edge… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Sexism
Victim blaming discussed
Rape recounted
Parental abandonment mentioned
Depression & psychotic depression
Panic attacks, on-page
Abortion recounted
Infertility mentioned
Needles
Graphic dead bodies, on-page
Emesis mentioned
Amputation of fingers, off-page
Medical experimentation & inhumane procedures discussed
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a mother from cancer recounted
Death of a mother in a hit-and-run accident mentioned
Death of a brother by drowning recounted
Death of a colleague by drowning
Murder & attempted murder, on-page
Drowning & attempted drowning
Knife violence & stabbing, on-page
Kidnapping, on-page
Physical assault
Disappearance of a wife
Avalanche, on-page