The Ones They Took by Sarah K. West
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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 of both the FMC and MMC. 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
