Representation: Bisexual supporting character, Lesbian side character, Sapphic side relationship
Overall: 3.25-stars
Safety Rating: Safe with ExceptionsRepresentation: Bisexual supporting character, Lesbian side character, Sapphic side relationship
Overall: 3.25-stars
Safety Rating: Safe with Exceptions (view spoiler)[ • No cheating • Does have OW drama - Hero is on his way to a "sex appointment" with his annual fling. Heroine accidentally sees their sexts and a nude photo sent by the OW on the Hero's phone. - Note: the Hero breaks off his "appointment" with the OW before the MCs get together. • Does have OM drama - Heroine meets a very attractive guy in one of the small-towns they stop at. He needs her help with a town event and flirts with her before learning of the Hero. The Hero encourages the Heroine to have a ONS with the OM cuz he's resisting his developing feelings for the Heroine BUT is says he's jealous. Nothing ends up happening with the OM. - Heroine's ex also causes drama cuz what he DMs the Hero causes the Hero to doubt the Heroine's feelings. • Does have the Hero pushing the Heroine away • Does have a brief separation (both celibate) - SPOILER FOR 3RD ACT BREAK UP: (view spoiler)[Heroine finds out that the Hero was gonna do exactly what her ex-bf did: profit off the Heroine's fame (but even worse, capitalize off the story of the Heroine's dead friend which would've meant outing two queer women) by writing a nonfiction book about their adventure. There was a proper separation, and the guy did grovel, but I was still icked out that the Hero even believed he was entitled to their story. *barf* (hide spoiler)] (hide spoiler)]
Possible Triggers: Yes (view spoiler)[ • Death of Heroine's friend • Grief • Sexism • Sexual harassment • Complicated parental relationships - Hero is estranged from his father. In his early 20s, the Hero was in love and about to propose to his gf. Only to find out that she was his father's ex, and only dated him to get revenge for being dumped. • Infidelity (between Hero's parents) • Animal death • Car accident • Lesbophobia discussed • Body shaming (hide spoiler)]
Possible Triggers: Yes (view spoiler)[ • Death of a parent from arson (flashback) • Domestic violence • Child abuse • Gun violence • Racism • White supremacy (challenged) • Dementia • Death of a parent from c@ncer • Animal cruelty • Medical trauma • Addiction • Pedophilia (molestation of love interest when he was a child recounted) • Murder • Gore • Knife violence • Rape • Dismembering of a dead body (hide spoiler)]
Note: No MM in theRepresentation: Polyamorous Heroine, Polyamorous bisexual supporting character, Polyamorous bisexual side characters
Overall: 5-stars
Note: No MM in the series.
Safety Rating: Safe(view spoiler)[ • No cheating • No OW drama • Does have OM drama - After being hurt by the Heroes (she finds out about their sex bet), she purposefully flits with an OM to hurt them. It works, but they quickly nip it in the bud. • Does have the Heroine pushing the Heroes away (+ • No separation (hide spoiler)]
Possible Triggers: Yes (view spoiler)[ • Murder • Attempted murder • Sexual harassment • Child abuse • Gore • Classism • Body horror • Bullying • Stalking • Gaslighting • Murder of parents • Intrusive thoughts (held by Silas) • Mental illness • Everett is a virgin • Confinement • R@pe of Crypt's birth mom recounted (his birth father has a proclivity towards necrophilia) • Torture • Mutilation (hide spoiler)]
Note: No MM in Representation: Polyamorous Heroine, Polyamorous bisexual supporting character, Polyamorous bisexual side characters
Overall: 4.25-stars
Note: No MM in the series.
Safety Rating: Safe with Exceptions (view spoiler)[ • No cheating • Does have OW drama - OW (who has slept with both Baelfire and Silas - on separate occasions) hits on Baelfire and tries to get with him again. Baelfire immediately and rudely (lmao, it's awesome) shuts her down. • No OM drama • Does have the Heroine pushing the Heroes away • No separation (hide spoiler)]
Possible Triggers: Yes (view spoiler)[ • Murder • Sexual harassment • Child abuse • Gore • Classism • Body horror • Bullying • Stalking • Gaslighting • Murder of parents • Intrusive thoughts (held by Silas) • Mental illness (hide spoiler)]
Possible Triggers: Yes (view spoiler)[ • Panic attacks • Lesbophobia, including a flashback to Iona being physically assaulted for being lesbian back in her 30s • Psychological and emotional abuse (between Emmie and her fiancé) • Bullying • C@ncer • Suicidal ideation • Infidelity • Vomit • Side character with Alzheimer's (hide spoiler)]
Safety Rating: Safe with Exceptions/Not Safe* (view spoiler)[ • No cheating* *The asterisks are why some readers might consider this book not safe. Huge spoiler for plot twist/cause for the 3rd act break-up: (view spoiler)[Protagonist discovers on an Instagram Live that the guy she's falling in love with (also present on the Live) is married. This is discovered by having the love interest's wife show up and crash the event they were at. Eventually, the Heroine is told that everyone else on the team already knew he was married, and he told them they got married drunk in Vegas and were in the process of getting a divorce.
But, for the (ex?)-wife to show up and declare herself his wife to someone he's obviously dating shows a miscommunication. Also, I didn't appreciate how everyone - including the love interest - said it was No Big Deal; this only would've been the case if he had told her before they got romantically involved. In the end, the Heroine had to grovel (for pushing him away), and the Heroine had to make the grand gesture to win this mediocre guy back. I don't care how many times "he tried" to tell her - he obviously didn't try hard enough, which led to her being absolutely humiliated in front of millions. (hide spoiler)] • Does have OW drama (see spoiler above) • Does have mild OM drama - Initially, the love interest thinks the protagonist and the billionaire-CEO who is funding this trip/experience might become a thing but eventually realizes that's not the case. There's really no drama caused by this misunderstanding, just some angst. • Does have the Heroine and love interest pushing each other away • Does have a few months of separation (hide spoiler)]
Possible Triggers: Yes (view spoiler)[ • Protagonist's sister is diagnosed with c@ncer (on-page, detailed) • Protagonist witnesses her sister's slow decline and eventual death from c@ncer (on-page, detailed) • Grief • Medical trauma from terminal illness • Chronic stress resulting from the protagonist's family (parents and grandmother) going into debt to pay for her sister's treatment (hide spoiler)]
Representation: Hero uses a cane, Lesbian side characters, sapphic side relationship
Overall: 3-stars
Safety Rating: Safe (view spoiler)[ • No cheating • Representation: Hero uses a cane, Lesbian side characters, sapphic side relationship
Overall: 3-stars
Safety Rating: Safe (view spoiler)[ • No cheating • No OW/OM drama • Does have the MCs pushing each other away • No separation (hide spoiler)]
Possible Triggers: Yes (view spoiler)[ • Toxic familial relationships • Infidelity (between Hero's brother and his childhood sweetheart) • PTSD from Hero's childhood illness (he has asthma, but his mother was convinced it was consumption; see below) • Medical abuse (suggested that Hero's mother had Munchausen syndrome and made the Hero sick when he was getting better to keep him under her thumb) • Parental abandonment • Trauma of imprisonment alluded to (e.g., forced labour, abuse) • Hero's nephew has consumption (hide spoiler)]
Possible Triggers: Yes (view spoiler)[ • Supporting character's father is in permanent care as a result of an injury • Financial stress (supporting character helps pay his family's bills) • Medical trauma • Panic attack (on-page) (hide spoiler)]
No strong representation of diverse characters or minority identities.
Overall: 2.75-stars
The Crush confirmed second chance romances are not for me.
SafNo strong representation of diverse characters or minority identities.
Overall: 2.75-stars
The Crush confirmed second chance romances are not for me.
Safety Rating: Safe with Exceptions (view spoiler)[ • No cheating • No OW/OM drama • Does have the MCs pushing each other away • Does have a 5-year separation since first meeting (Hero had flings and Heroine is just out of a 4-year relationship), 4-6 month separation after ONS (both celibate) and six-week separation after getting together as a couple (hide spoiler)]
Possible Triggers: Yes (view spoiler)[ • Sexual abuse (Hero's team owner slept with a 17-year-old girl) • Heroine's father's c@ncer returns and is given 1 year to live (hide spoiler)]
No strong representation of diverse characters or minority identities.
Overall: 4.25-stars
Safety Rating: Safe (view spoiler)[ • No cheating • No OW/OM drNo strong representation of diverse characters or minority identities.
Overall: 4.25-stars
Safety Rating: Safe (view spoiler)[ • No cheating • No OW/OM drama • Does have the Hero pushing the Heroine away in the beginning • No separation (hide spoiler)]
Possible Triggers: Yes (view spoiler)[ • Hero's father was diagnosed with c@ncer and told the Hero to keep it a secret from his mom and sister • Fraught custody battle between Heroine and her baby's paternal grandparents (hide spoiler)]
Safety Rating: Safe (view spoiler)[ • No cheating • No OM drama – Caspian and Lawson met when Caspian is 16 years old and Lawson is just under 100 (remember they're long-lived). Both are celibate since Caspian was 18-years old. • Does have Lawson pushing Caspian away – They don't have a sexual or romantic relationship until Caspian is in his early 20s • No separation (hide spoiler)]
Possible Triggers: Yes (view spoiler)[ • Physical assault (Lawson has the Paladin sickness and hits Caspian in anger) • Verbal assault (Lawson's symptoms result in him lashing out, including calling Caspian a wh*re) • Discussion of homophobia (hide spoiler)]
Possible Triggers: Yes (view spoiler)[ • MC’s father is dying (he’s in hospice) • Discussion of parent dying from c@ncer • Mentions of miscarriage • Mention of abortion • Parental abandonment (hide spoiler)]
No strong representation of diverse characters or minority identities.
Overall: 4.25-stars
Mature Themes: None
Possible Triggers: Yes (view spoiler)[ • DeNo strong representation of diverse characters or minority identities.
Overall: 4.25-stars
Mature Themes: None
Possible Triggers: Yes (view spoiler)[ • Death of child • Death of husband from typhoid fever • Child abuse • Misogyny • Poverty • Brief mention of anti-semitism (hide spoiler)]
Ending: (view spoiler)[HFN: Ruth is reunited with her daughter Katy; Ruth and her daughters live happily together, suggesting Ruth's writing career is just taking off. (hide spoiler)]...more
Possible Triggers: Yes (view spoiler)[ • Pandemic themes (people dying from incurable fever) • Allusion to torture • Allusion to execution • Public hanging • Bombs • Description of mutilated corpses • Imprisonment of Heroine (in prison but also in chains) • Capital punishment • Murder of the Heroine's parents by police recounted • Assassination of Hero's parents recounted • Murder (hide spoiler)]
Representation: Heroine has anxiety and agoraphobia
Overall: 4-stars
Safety Rating: Safe (view spoiler)[ • No cheating • No OW/OM drama – The Hero's been cRepresentation: Heroine has anxiety and agoraphobia
Overall: 4-stars
Safety Rating: Safe (view spoiler)[ • No cheating • No OW/OM drama – The Hero's been celibate for ~8 months – The Heroine's been celibate for ~3 years. – However, the Heroine's best friend is unrequitedly in love with her. • No pushing away • No separation (hide spoiler)]
Possible Triggers: Yes (view spoiler)[ • Robbery resulting in physical assault • Abduction • Threat of r@pe • Threat of torture • Gun violence • Murder (hide spoiler)]
Representation: Iranian-American Supporting Character
Overall: 5-stars
The perfect duet if you’re in the mood to have your heart broken and put back togRepresentation: Iranian-American Supporting Character
Overall: 5-stars
The perfect duet if you’re in the mood to have your heart broken and put back together again.
Safety Rating: Safe with Exceptions (view spoiler)[ • No cheating • No OW/OM drama • Does have the Hero pushing the Heroine away (view spoiler)[because he’s dying (hide spoiler)] • Does have a ~2 week separation before officially getting together (both are celibate) (hide spoiler)]
Representation: Hindu Indian-English Main Character, Hindu Indian-English Supporting Characters, Supporting Character with undiagnosed mental illness,Representation: Hindu Indian-English Main Character, Hindu Indian-English Supporting Characters, Supporting Character with undiagnosed mental illness, Indian-English Author
Possible Triggers: Yes (view spoiler)[ • Depression • Caregiver stress (Aleisha is a 17-year-old girl who is partially responsible for the care of her mother) • Suicide • Mukesh's wife died from c@ncer • Parental neglect and abandonment (hide spoiler)]
Possible Triggers: Yes (view spoiler)[ • Microaggressions • Racism • Depression • Suicidal ideation (refusing c@ncer treatment when she her c@ncer is still at the treatable stage) • Protagonist has been diagnosed with c@ncer (hide spoiler)]
Ending: (view spoiler)[Some reviewers have said there's a glimmer of hope... but from what I read, the protagonist is pretty committed to forgoing c@ncer treatment. However, it's a bit open-ended. (hide spoiler)]...more
Safety Rating: Safe (view spoiler)[ • No cheating • No OW/OM drama • Does have the Heroine pushinRepresentation: Mexican-American Heroine
Overall: 5-stars
Safety Rating: Safe (view spoiler)[ • No cheating • No OW/OM drama • Does have the Heroine pushing the Hero away • No separation (although the Heroine experiences a side-effect from her khui that makes her averse to the Hero's touch) (hide spoiler)]
Possible Triggers: Yes (view spoiler)[ • Hero is attacked by animals which results in descriptive gore (hide spoiler)]
Representation: Fat Cuban-American Heroine, the Heroin also experiences depression on-page
Overall: 4-stars
Safety Rating: Safe with Exceptions (view spRepresentation: Fat Cuban-American Heroine, the Heroin also experiences depression on-page
Overall: 4-stars
Safety Rating: Safe with Exceptions (view spoiler)[ • No cheating • No OW/OM drama • Does have the Hero massively pushing the Hero away • No separation (hide spoiler)]
Possible Triggers: Yes (view spoiler)[ • the Hero drugs and abducts the Heroine • the Heroine is depressed (hide spoiler)]
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