TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR BABYDOLL:
Drug and alcohol use, smoking, misogynistic characters and views, self-doubt and anxiety, explicit sexual scenes (condoms are used in this book as it is set in 1986 at the height of the AIDS epidemic), masturbation, mentions of vomit/vomiting. dirty talk, kink and dom/sub dynamics (while these have been written with care and attention, please remember that this book is fiction, and therefore not an entirely accurate depiction of reality and those relationships), praise kink, bondage (belts and ropes), biting, impact play, choking/hand necklaces.
TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR DOLLHOUSE:
Mentions of alcoholism and PTSD, body shaming, recreational drug use (ecstasy), toxic family dynamics, dom/sub relationship, bondage, impact play, fetish/kink clubs, public sex and voyeurism, choking/hand necklaces, sex toys, spit kink, degradation kink, unprotected sex, pegging, overstimulation, orgasm denial, panic attacks, stalking and harassment.
TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR HEATHENS:
Dismemberment, primal play/chase kink, praise kink, degradation and humiliation kink, gun play, knife play, choking, spit kink, masturbation with blood, guns/gun violence, slapping, discussions of drugs, frequent alcohol and tobacco use, blood drinking/blood play, discussions of grief, discussions of child loss, mentions of physical abuse and sexual assault, torture and mentions of torture, the aftermath of a pandemic, drugging, kidnapping, unprotected sex, misogyny, dubious consent.
TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR SWIPE RIGHT:
Explorations of kink, praise kink, impact play, bondage, dom/sub dynamics, rimming/anal play, choking, public sex, voyeurism, exhibitionism, impact play, spit kink, and breeding kink.
This book also contains topics such as: Open and frank discussions of medically assisted dying, discussions of suicide, explorations of grief, the loss of a parent (off page), discussions of academic burnout, and the suicide of a spouse (off page).
Your mental health is extremely important. If you or someone you know are experiencing suicidal thoughts or ideation, help is available.
Please go to https://blog.opencounseling.com/suicide-hotlines/ to find resources for your country.
You are loved, and you are never ever alone.
TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR CRUSHING IT: the death of a parent, brain cancer, discussions of medically assisted death, paternal abandonment, spiders, discussions of drug overdoses/being the child of a parent in active addiction, anxiety, abandonment issues, grief, discussions of bullying, harassment, violence, blood/wounds, open door sex scenes, rimming, anal sex, butt plugs, spitting, hand necklaces, degradation kink, oral sex, and exhibitionism.
If you or someone you know is experiencing addiction issues, and need help, please go to https://www.smartrecoveryinternational.org/ to find resources for your country.
TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR RAVENOUS:
BE AWARE: THE PLOT OF THIS BOOK REVOLVES AROUND CANNIBALISM AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING. IF THESE THINGS TRIGGER YOU, I DO NOT SUGGEST READING THIS BOOK.
This book contains the following content/triggers: Gore and on-page murder scenes, torture, sex trafficking (committed by the main antagonist), dismemberment, toxic relationship dynamics, slapping, cannibalism, torture, corrupt police officers, domestic violence (brief flashbacks in a dream sequence as well as briefly described on page), uneven power dynamics between the FMC and MMC, sexual assault (past experiences) and attempted sexual assault (depicted on page in chapter 27), discussions of childhood sexual abuse, skinning, blood play, dissection, mentions of suicide of a parent, knife play, branding, blood drinking, accidental self-drugging, drugging drinks, primal play, stabbing, beheading, menstrual blood play/consumption, tooth removal, dubcon, CNC, primal play, choking (with hands and with a belt), branding with a straight razor, vomit, consensual somnophilia, gun violence, eyeball gouging, crucifixion, religious desecration, graphic descriptions of wounds and blood, orgasm denial, anal penetration with a gun, vaginal penetration with a gun, rough anal sex, and evisceration.
There are also contains graphic references to childhood sexual abuse and both characters experience severe PTSD as a result of their past. Discussions about trauma are woven into both characters’ ruminations on why they became serial killers. While my area of expertise in criminology was not in serial offending, there are multiple academic sources that support the idea that trauma can play a contributing factor. This book is not a textbook on serial killers, and some things have been glossed over or fudged for the sake of fiction.
Your mental health matters. If you need to talk to someone, please contact a crisis line/helpline in your area.