A dark fairy-tale retelling of a traumatized mother raising her daughters in a magical haven until real-world brutality breaks through.
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A dark fairy-tale retelling of a traumatized mother raising her daughters in a magical haven until real-world brutality breaks through.
Tender Morsels is a dark and vivid story, set in two worlds and worrying at the border between them. Liga lives modestly in her own personal heaven, a world given to her in exchange for her earthly life. Her two daughters grow up in this soft place, protected from the violence that once harmed their mother. But the real world cannot be denied forever--magicked men and wild bears break down the borders of Liga's refuge. Now, having known Heaven, how will these three women survive in a world where...
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Graphic on-page incest and rape of a young woman; sexual violence is central early on
Brutal assaults, predatory attacks, and bear violence; dark fairy-tale cruelty
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No religious themes present
Natural magic creates a personal heaven; world-borders and magicked men are central
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Background village prejudice against the protagonist
On-page suicide attempt following severe trauma
Graphic child abuse, incest, and rape; sustained cruelty defines the story
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