• Coarse language

  • Profanity

  • Sexually charged commentary in character interiority and dialogue, with positive intentions and undertones

  • Includes instances where anonymous online comments contain insincere but harsh directives for a main character to end his life following scrutinized performance.

• Multiple consensual sexual acts (described on-page, in detail) - specific intimacy content advisories are available below

• Depictions of media and fan harassment of a protagonist.

• Depictions of side characters with contemptible behavior, including misogynistic and homophobic sentiments expressed in their dialogue.

• Depictions of race/origin-based microaggressions against a main character of East Asian descent, not by protagonists.

  • This plot element is informed by the author being from Hong Kong.

• References to previous and ongoing parental abuse.

  • Includes references to physical abuse against children, not committed against or by protagonists.

• Depictions of heated court-based child custody determination and related testimony.

• Moderate and non-habitual alcohol use.

• Coarse language

  • Profanity

  • Sexually charged commentary in character interiority and dialogue, with positive intentions and undertones

• Multiple consensual sexual acts (described on-page, in detail) - specific intimacy content advisories are available below

• Concerns and discomfort around sexual activity, relating to upbringing and conditioning

• Moderate and non-habitual alcohol use

• Parental abuse (including homophobic abuse depicted on-page)

  • No redemption or justification of homophobic behavior

• Stalking, not between protagonists

• Limited use of homophobic language, including heavily-implied use of restricted slurs, against the protagonists

• Mention and presence of an unloaded firearm, with legal basis, licensing, and training confirmed

• Separate handling and display of a firearm believed to be loaded. No shots are fired; no injuries or fatalities are depicted

• Presence and mention of police officers and other armed law enforcement

• Coarse language

  • Profanity

  • Sexually charged commentary in character interiority and dialogue, with positive intentions and undertones

• Multiple consensual sexual acts (described on-page, in detail) - specific intimacy content advisories are available below

• One of the protagonists in this novel was written to be demisexual. The following specificities relating to his identity are provided for reаder awareness:

  • The protagonist does not adopt a label on-page, though he does name demisexuality as a possible identity.

  • The protagonist experiences arousal separately from attraction.

  • The protagonist is not intended to depict a universal demisexual/asexual-spectrum experience, or to speak for an entire identity.

  • The portrayal of demisexuality and related plot elements has been rеviewed for sensitivity and plausibility by numerous individuals with requisite lived experience.

• Limited portrayals of microaggressions against a character of East Asian descent, not by protagonists.

• Self-deprecating and internally doubtful commentary regarding a demisexual protagonist’s sexuality, attraction patterns, and related self-esteem, exclusively by the protagonist himself, and not by others on-page.

  • Includes internal thoughts where the protagonist believes himself to be unusual or “broken” due to needing to experience a connection before experiencing physical attraction toward another individual.

  • Exclusively in flashbacks and recounting dialogue, the demisexual protagonist is revealed to previously have been pressured into engaging in sexual acts, including by a former partner, without his full consent. This protagonist’s internal thoughts may at times appear to dismiss or trivialize his reaction to these events as a result of perceived inexperience. Reаders may wish to consider these events as recounted dubious/non-consent.

• Moderate and non-habitual alcohol use

• Coarse language

• Multiple consensual sexual acts (described on-page, in detail) - specific intimacy content advisories are available below

• Moderate and non-habitual alcohol use

• Physical injuries incurred during baseball

• References to homophobic treatment by parents (off-page), without conclusive redemption

• Situational depression

• General mental health concerns.

• Coarse language

• Multiple consensual sexual acts (described on-page, in detail) - specific intimacy content advisories are available below

• Moderate and non-habitual alcohol use.

• Detailed sexual situations are depicted in 12 out of 48 chapters.

  • Includes depictions of informed, consensual, and unprotected penetrative sex, aligned with commonly accepted safer-sex practices.

Detailed sexual situations are depicted in 9 out of 32 chapters

• Includes multiple consensual instances of restraint and exchange of control

Detailed sexual situations are depicted in 8 out of 32 chapters

• Includes portrayals of penetrative sex, both with and without protection. Depictions of unprotected penetrative sex are informed, consensual, and aligned with commonly accepted safer-sex practices.

Detailed sexual situations are depicted in 9 out of 32 chapters

• Includes portrayals of penetrative sex

• Consensual restraint is depicted once.

Detailed sexual situations are depicted in 9 out of 30 chapters

• Includes consensual sexual situations and acts conducted through virtual means (video calling and exchange of intimate images, video recordings, and audio)

• Includes one instance where a protagonist is woken up with sexual stimulus, based on an informed discussion the previous day. Consent is received before continuation

• Includes depictions of informed, consensual, and unprotected penetrative sex, aligned with commonly accepted safer-sex practices