*SPOILERS* Keefe has extremely verbally abusive parents, although his mom is revealed to be a main villian and puts Keefe through terrible pain and distress. If you are triggered by mommy issues or abuse, this is probably a skip.
Yes, because elves can live for thousands of years without physically aging. Two side adult characters are stated to have an at least 100 year age gap, but both were of age when they started dating. Elves do not keep track of birthdays or age because they can essentially live forever.
This happens to several children throughout the series, but most notably the Song twins, who were banished due to neglectful behavior on the parents part. They refuse to join their children, and the kids are forced to live on their own. They eventually have to face their parents again.
Sophies main mentor was killed by a villian when a building collapses in book 5. Sophie and her friends mourn him until the middle of book 6, when he is revealed to have a secret twin that he shares a life with. He does die, but this character is still in the series.
Sophie agrees to have her abilities reset at the end of Exile, and she recieves a shot in her hand, resulting in a small star-shaped scar on the back of her hand. She refers to it frequently throughout the series.
Yes, throughout the series. Elves have especially severe reactions to death as elves cannot die of old age, but are not immortal and can die by other means. Death is extremely rare and when happens is mourned for the rest of the series.
You could argue that Keefe experiences a severe meltdown at various points in the series, but especially in the Novella of book 8.5. This breakdown also occurs from his perspective.
Most of the Elvin world is made of jewels however buildings are frequently destroyed. Also, a priceless book describing all of the main villians plans in detail is destroyed by a main character.
Yes. In book 3, 6, and 7 Keefe's mother points a weapon at his head. In book 4 there is a big flashback scene of Keefe's childhood abuse. In book 5 Keefe's mother takes some of his blood. Throughout all the books, Keefe's father talks about how much of a disappointment Keefe is.
Yes, at the end of book one two main characters are drugged while being held hostage. From that point forward, Sophie refuses any sedatives or drugs, but is drugged anyway against her will at the beginning of Nightfall, by a trusted “father figure.”
Numerous times through the series, but specifically at the end of book one, two main characters are drugged and held hostage by bonds and gags before eventually being rescued.
*spoilers* in book 2, a memory in which unnamed characters are burned alive is briefly witnessed. in book 3, a character dies by burning, though it is not witnessed by the protagonist.
Not a human, but a sentient gnome realizes she must sacrifice herself to save the other gnomes from a plague. She is regularly mentioned and is honored in death