My Policy on Content Warnings
I have attempted to cover significant and common triggers, such as sexual assault. I do not add “trope” tags, nor do I add plot tags to my work. I do not add labels for things like food, clothes, consensual sex, or swearing. I also do not include minor mentions of things (e.g. if a character in passing mentions a family member died by suicide vs a book about coping with suicidal ideation). I also assume you can apply reasonable common sense; if a series is military fantasy, you should not be shocked that it involves war, battle, death, and gruesome medical scenes.
I have received reader requests asking (demanding) personal details of my life regarding the below experiences and themes because they only read “own voices” books. My personal experiences, labels, and identifiers are for me and me alone. If you need an author to out herself as “own voices” before you will read her books, I am not the author for you.
Tranquility
This is a dark military fantasy series, filled with sexism and gender essentialism, battlefield scenes, violent injuries, horse casualties, and death. There is persistent and detailed violence, including self-harm, murder, war, torture, and “bar fight” style violence. There are discussions related to the mental impacts of war, mental health, and PTSD-like symptoms. There are on page discussions of past sexual violence.
- Rape: off page, but referenced throughout the series
- Abortion
- The slaughter of children, the act is off page but aftermath on page and described
- Torture, various types all on page
- Battlefield medicine
- Slavery, off page but discussed as a major plot point
- Ritualistic self-harm, on page and detailed
- Recollections of death of beloved horse
- References to the slaughter of innocents, including animals
- Recovery from rape; on page discussion and thoughts
- Detailed battlefield violence, on page and persistent
- Battlefield medicine
- References to battlefield rape, off-page, but mentioned
- Rape threats, not acted upon, and verified on page
- Torture
- Detailed battlefield violence, on page and persistent
- References to battlefield rape, off-page, but mentioned
- Endangered beloved pets, but no harm comes to them
- Battlefield medicine
- Torture through starvation
Spirit Caller
This is a rural-setting contemporary fantasy, with ghosts, nosy neighbours, and geographical isolation. Themes of adoption, religious conflict, and teenage depression and struggles are present throughout the series.
- Troubled teen issues – on page, and includes drinking, partying, witchcraft, and parental conflict
- Religious conflict – on page and openly discussed
- Teen suicide, references and on-page attempt; also reliving one’s previous suicide attempt
- Adoption aftermath, on page meeting biological parent
- Beating-style violence, on page and medical aftermath
- Gun violence, on page and graphically described
- PTSD-like symptoms and mental health discussions
- Medical trauma recovery, on page and a major plot point
- Rape, off-page and in the past, but a major plot point
- Domestic abuse, off-page but aftermath on-page
- PTSD-like symptoms and mental health discussions
- End-of-life discussions
- Adoption aftermath, on page meeting biological parent
- Gun violence, on page and described
- On page discussions of previous violent events
- On page discussions of previous violent events
- Suicide, off-page and small references to it being in the past
- Senior death and discussions of death due to old-age, discussed but not shown on page
- Covid pandemic setting
Ladies Occult Society
This historical fantasy series is set in England in 1810. It deals with real world issues of the time, including sexism, gender roles, fertility issues, and poverty.
- Grief, on page significant plot
- Recollection of the death of a beloved farm animal
- Pregnancy-related illness, on page
- Miscarriage, on page
- Epidemic, off page, but major theme
- Illness-caused dementia, on page and major theme
- Stillbirth, off page
- Death of a parent, on page
- Grief and mental illness, on page
- Discussions of family deaths, on page and major theme
The Dark Abyss of Our Sins
Entire series: This is an epic fantasy mystery about mage rights. Oppression, bigotry, slavery, mental health, intolerance, war, and violence are major themes.
- Refugees, on page and major theme
- Torture, on page but brief descriptions
- Recollections of abortion
- PTSD-like symptoms, on page, and major theme
- PTSD-like symptoms, on page, and major theme
- Detailed battle injuries and recovery
Collaborator
Entire series: The Collaborator series is a dark space opera after the invasion of Earth. On page and graphic descriptions of PTSD, panic attacks, suicidal ideation, indentured servitude, along with forced medical treatment and body modification are themes throughout the series.
- Torture, mostly off page but referenced frequently
- Sexual harassment (“sex pest”), frequent and on page
- Rape threats, on page, but not attempted
- Terrorist acts, on page, including suicide, assassinations, and bombings
- Trauma nightmares, on page and persistent
- Claustrophobia, on page
- Death of children, off-page but discussed
- Body trauma and organ smuggling, on page and major theme
- PTSD-related panic attack, on page and in graphic detail
- Suicidal ideation, on page and in graphic detail
- Rape threats, discussion about past events
- Enslavement, on page and major theme
- Mental breakdown
- Forced medical sterilization, off-page and in the past, but discussed and major theme
- Kidnapping and forced indentured servitude, on page and to multiple people
- Drug overdose, off-page but aftermath is on page
- Trauma about the death of adult children, on page and major theme
- Addiction; on-page references, but short
As Chris Lewis
- Cat abduction: the cat was found unharmed and returned to owner
As Dinah Lewis
- Outing of a gay man; on page
- Depictions of homelessness and addictions, on page and major theme
- Death of a named character
- Rape; off-page and in the past, but major plot point
- Stalking and online harassment, on page and major theme
- Anxiety and panic attacks, on page and major theme
- Addiction; discussions about the difficulty to quit smoking
- Death of parent by cancer; off-page and in the past, but a major theme