Alrighty! I haven’t done content/trigger warnings in the past, but think this is something I would like to start doing now. If you want to avoid spoilers completely, you probably shouldn’t read this post, but I know there are some people for whom the warnings are more important than spoilers. I’ll try to put things as cut-and-dry as possible to avoid making these warnings too spoilery, and hopefully it will work out and be helpful!

WRITING, GENERAL: This book, as with all the rest of them, has some typos and errors. I’ve done my best with them, but they are there. Please be patient with me ❤ It was also written over just about three months, while I was in an incredibly bad headspace and just needed something to keep me going. So, I finally started the vampire series that has been cooking in my head for years. It’s kind of a mess of a book, but I hope you will enjoy it.

VIOLENCE RELATED CW/TW:
-abduction / human trafficking
-being held captive
-torture: implied, stated, but not shown
-being physically restrained through various means
-near drowning/a form of waterboarding: remembered, not shown in detail
-helpless in enemy’s hands
-blood as a general and frequent story element
-narcissistic white man with power
-powerful male enemy wishing to inflict harm
-use of firearms in a violent uprising
-use of firearms: character feels forced to fire a pistol in self-defense
-the implied threat of being shot by guards at a hostile border crossing
-general abuse of people less powerful than oneself
-bullying: a character seems to attempt to taunt another one into putting himself in harm’s way, solely because he does not like/trust him
-violent, non-sexual assault resulting in severe physical trauma
-near death of a main character
-violent insurrection involving firearms, a bomb, one-on-one combat, and significant loss of life, although little of this is shown on-page
-an unnamed trans character is killed off-page as part of the insurrection (not a hate crime)
-a significant, named character is shot in the head; this is shown on-page

MEDICAL/MENTAL HEALTH RELATED CW/TW:
-vampire compulsion makes characters forget own identities, desires, etc
-dehumanizing language (such as “pet”) used towards a person
-loss of autonomy, loss of memories
-panic attacks with physical paralysis & character judging themselves while in the throes of the attack, for being unable to “free” themself from it, because they are unable to realize in that moment that it is not their fault
-forced compliance
-a character is subjected to prolonged, significant mental duress that inhibits his ability to think clearly and make rational decisions
-the word “whore” used as self-deprecation
-self-deprecation: a character shames themself for perceived weaknesses [tied to toxic masculinity and trauma]
-self-mutilation: a character is shown to have a habit of inserting pieces of metal under and through his skin and does not appear to be receiving mental health care for this
-self-harm: a character engages in several instances of self-harming behavior as an unhealthy coping mechanism. His methods of self-harm include burning himself and striking himself with a whip. Unfortunately, the character does not receive any help or intervention for this behavior (in this book, but he will eventually!)
-A character who may be either a Seer, neurodivergent, or both, is dismissed as “crazy” in the POV character’s narrative
-A character is unintentionally coerced into trusting someone enough to put himself into a painful situation. Although there are no ill intentions and the goal is to help him, this could still be uncomfortable
-a character submits to a painful telepathic examination; this obviously isn’t something that happens in real life, but the way it is written, it might be upsetting for readers who have medical procedure trauma
-feeling compelled to be friendly(ish) to one’s abuser while in forced proximity to them
-restricted access to means of communicating, data, etc
-hopelessness and grief: a character believes that no help will come to them as they are too broken to save themself and have no means of reaching out
-broken bones, damaged organs, description of pain
-a character feels themself actively dying
-a character is conscious while they feel their lungs cease working
-brief mention of terminal illness and emotional distress/coping with grief

GENERAL CW/TW:
-Blood providers, although considered to not be slaves, are frequently discussed and shown in a position of slavery
-public display of [noncon & dubcon] near nudity
-being gifted to a stranger
-unreliable point-of-view character
-instalove; it remains unclear how the love started, if it was genuine
-refusal to communicate during a breakup
-several characters are law enforcement personnel
-ownership of slaves: not race related, but still sus
-blindfolded in public
-repeated references to Christianity/Catholic lore; several vampires are in possession of crosses, although they are badly burned by them, and one character is shown praying to the Christian god
-the main character is allosexual; his frequent thoughts of and desires for sexual intimacy may be uncomfortable for readers on the repulsed end of the ace spectrum
-use of firearms in a law enforcement training setting

SEXUAL ASSAULT CW/TW:
-a noncon encounter: a female servant unintentionally forces an unwanted sexual encounter on a male. This triggers a panic attack and the reliving of a time he was sexually assaulted by another male. The attack is not described, but the character vividly remembers the things that were said to him during his attack. This scene is written to be disturbing and so may be upsetting for some readers. While triggered, the character struggles to regain control of his own body, thoughts, and emotions. He does not tell anyone what has happened, and it takes him longer than he realizes to pull out of this episode–he self-harms when his stress becomes too much. The self-harm is not graphic, but the first instance (burning himself) is shown on-page; the second instance is not shown, but another character is aware of it. This entire sequence may be disturbing for readers with triggers relating to any of this.

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If you read the book and come across something you think should be added to the list, please shoot me an e-mail. I may or may not add it, but will probably err on the side of adding as much as possible.

There’s a lot of discourse out there about whether content warnings are better or worse for people, but I believe in allowing readers to make informed decisions about what they’re going to read… and how are they going to do that without knowing what kind of content to expect?