Susanne Valenti, Caroline Peckham
The Reckoning trigger warnings
Grouped in the open, because this is the warning page. On the book page the same flags stay behind a tap.
The Reckoning spice level
Spice 4/5 · Explicit. On-page sex, clearly written. The explicit shelf.
Darkness
Darkness 3/5 · Dark. Harm is part of the romance, not a footnote.
Book-specific flags taken from reader-submitted content warnings on The StoryGraph (top flag reported by 140 readers), grouped by us. Also on that list: sexual content, toxic relationship, alcohol, fire/fire injury, cursing, injury/injury detail. See the reader-submitted list.
Shelf-level flags for this lane, not yet verified for this specific book. Check the author's own note.
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- Bullying Cruelty as a social sport: humiliation, rumours, or a pack that picks a target.
- Violence Fights, assaults, or bloodshed that is part of the plot, not a metaphor.
- Blood Blood is visual and repeated, often in vampire or violence plots.
- Abuse Emotional, physical, or sexual abuse, sometimes in a character's past, sometimes on the page.
- Psychological abuse Control, gaslighting, or punishment aimed at a character's mind.
- Death Named characters die, or death is a constant of the world.
Moderate
None flagged in this band.
Minor
None flagged in this band.
You opened the warning page, so the flags are visible. On the book page they stay collapsed until you tap them. What each warning means: trigger warnings A to Z.
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Questions readers actually ask
Does The Reckoning have trigger warnings?
Yes. This page lists them in the open: Bullying, Violence, Blood, Abuse, Psychological abuse, Death. Book-specific flags taken from reader-submitted content warnings on The StoryGraph (top flag reported by 140 readers), grouped by us. Also on that list: sexual content, toxic relationship, alcohol, fire/fire injury, cursing, injury/injury detail.
What is the The Reckoning spice level?
The Reckoning spice level is Explicit (spice 4 of 5). Darkness is separate: Dark (3 of 5).