Devil

Heads up, fam — this one comes with a hefty content note list straight from the author. Expect pervasive dub-con, consensual somnophilia, a consensual free-use arrangement, and demeaning/degrading language from MMC to FMC during sex (which the FMC enjoys). The MMC stalks the FMC and non-consensually records her. There's a brief moment of domestic violence between two sisters (Ch 9), and a past assault on the FMC by her sister's ex-boyfriend that resulted in broken fingers (referenced only, three years before the story). Mental health is a big thread: the FMC has generalized anxiety, and there are scattered moments of passive and non-specific suicidal ideation, plus three moments of inaction that could read as suicidal (Ch 9, 10, 42). The MMC's sister died by suicide twenty years before the story (aftermath detailed in Ch 26 and 38), and his mother died by drowning eighteen years earlier (discussed but not depicted; considered a suicide by the MMC even though officially ruled an accident). There are references to clerical sexual abuse experienced by the MMC's sister (twenty years prior, off-page) and non-specific references to systemic Church abuse. A secondary character has implied (not described) intimate partner violence and sexual assault tied to sex work, plus past drug and alcohol dependencies. There's also an early teen pregnancy loss (off-page, twenty years before the book, referenced only). Depiction of inpatient mental healthcare is positive (Ch 42). Coercion/power imbalance is baked into the whole "year of your body for your mother's care" bargain, with heavy obsessive/toxic relationship energy throughout.