The Ones They Took by Sarah K. West

The Ones They Took

Author(s)	Sarah K. West
Published	September 29, 2023
Publisher	Tiny Fox Press, Inc
Genre(s)	Fantasy, Romance
Age group	Adult

Trigger Warnings

The Ones They Took is an action-packed urban fantasy romance set in a harsh, dystopian Los Angeles where witches are openly hunted and imprisoned by the government. Intense violence (magic, physical, and gun violence), kidnapping, torture, graphic language, and sexually explicit scenes are shown on the page. If you're sensitive to the theme of addiction recovery, read more about how it's represented below.

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• Ableism
  One character insults another character who is on crutches.
• Anxiety
  The FMC suffers from occasional panic attacks.
• Assault
  On-screen physical assault involving both the FMC and MMC (they participate in various fights/battles). It is also briefly implied that another character (not the MMC or FMC) experienced sexual assault in the past.
• Addiction, Drugs, Alcohol
  The FMC is in recovery from her drug addiction. She struggles occasionally with thoughts of relapsing. While she does not consider herself an alcoholic, she also abstains from alcohol as part of her recovery. At one point in the book, she does give in to the urge to drink. That's the only time she abuses any substances on-screen.
• Blood
• Branding
• Car accident
• Childbirth
  The FMC is a nurse and assists another character who is in labor.
• Gun violence
  The MMC is in law enforcement. Both he and his partner use firearms regularly. There are also multiple deaths as a result of gun violence, some on-screen and some off-screen.
• Kidnapping
• Murder
• Profanity
  Most characters use profanity very freely.
• Prostitution
  Two characters visit a brothel, but there are no explicit scenes there.
• PTSD, torture
  The FMC is tortured on-screen and later suffers PTSD as a result of her torture.
• Sexually explicit scenes
  There is one open-door romance scene

Representation

An asterisk (*) indicates that the author openly identifies with that identity.

• Queer side characters
• Pansexual side character
• Latinx side characters
• Black side characters

Tropes

• Dystopia
• Forbidden romance
• Found family
• Government conspiracy
• Hate-to-love
• Multiple POV
• Only one bed
• Oppressed and oppressor
• Paranormal romance
• Second chance romance