The Sunbearer Trials
Book • 2022 • Fantasy
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Does a woman get slapped?
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There are moments where bullying is mentioned, but no one gets beaten up.
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Is someone possessed?
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Kind of. Characters start acting unlike themselves and they get black eyes. It is never explained why this happens, but it's implied that someone is controlling them.
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Aurelio is a demigod of fire, but unlike his siblings, he is not impervious to fire. His mother Lumbre intentionally burned parts of his skin to try to toughen him up.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Aurelio's mother is verbally and physically abusive to him
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Some alebrije are put in danger, but they're all fine at the end.
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Debatable. There is a trial where participants have to separate alebrije babies from their mother. The separation is temporary, but the mother is very upset and defends her babies.
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Is there a dead animal?
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Meat
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Is an animal sad?
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The alebrije mother while trying to protect her cubs in the second trial.
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Is someone restrained?
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Multiple times throughout
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Is someone burned alive?
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amwhite91
Aurelio is a demigod of fire, but unlike his siblings, he is not impervious to fire. His mother Lumbre intentionally burned parts of his skin to try to toughen him up.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Several close calls, though
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Is someone stabbed?
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Pre book, yes. There has been a ritual sacrifice that's been going on for centuries that involves stabbing someone else.
SPOILERS
In the story itself, no, no one is stabbed.
SPOILERS
In the story itself, no, no one is stabbed.
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Children
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Does a kid die?
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amwhite91
Teo's half sister Paloma was sacrificed in the Sunbearer Trials before the events of the book.
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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MarinaGe
The whole story is about the sunbearer trials, wich are used to choose which participant will be sacrificed to save the world.
There are also several instances of characters being willing to sacrifice themselves in order to save their friends.
But (spoiler ahead) no one is actually sacrificed in the book, besides Paloma, who died prior to the events of the book.
There are also several instances of characters being willing to sacrifice themselves in order to save their friends.
But (spoiler ahead) no one is actually sacrificed in the book, besides Paloma, who died prior to the events of the book.
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Does someone die?
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Pre-story, yes.
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Does a parent die?
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Before book takes place.
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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amwhite91
Teo specifically rescues a child's toy and returns it to the child
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Is someone kidnapped?
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MarinaGe
At the end several main characters are kidnapped by the new main villains. It starts the plot for the second book.
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Fear
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Law Enforcement
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LGBTQ+
Are there transphobic slurs?
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The main character is trans and several other characters are, and not a single person misgenders any of them or thinks it's abnormal, even bullies who are actively making fun of the main character. The world is extremely trans and queer accepting. He doesn't get forcibly outed, and his being trans is just a part of who he is and he's very comfortable with it.
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There are several trans characters and not a single time any of them is depicted predatorily. The book is incredibly accepting towards the LGBTQ+ community.
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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There are many trans characters - we never learn their dead names and everyone refers to them by their chosen names and pronouns.
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It is not destroyed, but it looses its power. This starts the plot for the second book.
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A character is zapped by lightning, but survives
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Are needles/syringes used?
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To administer testosterone. Just one scene, towards the beginning
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A character slices his palm towards the end of the book
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[Spoiler ahead]
Towards the end, Teo is put in a situation je doesn't want to be in at all. During the scene it is described how he feels like he is watching himself and isn't part of his own body.
Towards the end, Teo is put in a situation je doesn't want to be in at all. During the scene it is described how he feels like he is watching himself and isn't part of his own body.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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Towards the end, I'd say. For most of the book, the internal reality is pretty stable, though obviously fantastical.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Is there body dysphoria?
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Material4922
Teo's wings have feminine bird plumage for the first 1/4ish of the book, which makes him feel dysphoric and he keeps them bound.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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amwhite91
The third trial takes place in a network of underground tunnels
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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There are times when characters over eat or don't eat because they are too stressed, but it's never framed as an eating disorder, just circumstantial.
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Sort of? Pre start of the book, it's never heavily described, and it's in a very "magical self sacrificey for the sake of the world" kind of way.
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Is there screaming?
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Yes, a lot of characters let out startled yells or shrieks but it's a book and the audio book has no actual people screaming, just descriptions of it.
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A fair amount of cursing throughout
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Unchallenged + specifically anti-npd ableism.
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This is a very gender-affirming book for gender expansive people
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Is there hate speech?
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The book's setting has a hierarchy between demigods who are golds and those who are jades. The hate speech is usually that jades are not worthy, weaker, etc.
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Religious
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The book is about demigods of a fictional religion
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Are there demons or Hell?
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The Obsidians could arguably be considered demons. They're scary boogeymen living in a different realm who want bad things for the world.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there BDSM?
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There is a very brief mention of it - "It was like BDSM, which is hot, but without consent, which is not!" in reference to someone being trapped in vines by another character.
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Does it have a sad ending?
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It has a very chaotic and dramatic ending, and it's open. It is the first book of two, so there is a lot of drama to start the plot of the second book.
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Is there blood/gore?
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Blood is fairly mild generally. Folks get small cuts on their hands pretty frequently and other minor cuts. The main character repeatedly pushes his body past its limits so there's often descriptions of pain, and he often lands wrong on his wings but there is no bone breaking. Everyone has healing powers, so they heal fairly quickly.
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