Moonlight upon the Sea - Information & Trigger Warnings
- Mariah Stevens
- 1 day ago
- 3 min read
Ash and Tayshia are in pain.
They’ve suffered together through something so unexplainable and so horrific that the only solace is in dreams.
Ash can’t look at her without feeling like she’s going to shatter. Tayshia can’t look at him without remembering what she tried so hard to forget.
When they discover that they truly can meet each other in their dreams, the search for answers is not as easy as they hope. As the search unfolds, Tayshia’s strange mannerisms begin to fall into place like the pieces of a terrible puzzle.
What is she hiding?
Novel content, cover design, and editing by Mariah L. Stevens
Character art and illustrations by Amelia Carter
This is a work of semi-autobiographical fiction. It was taken from multiple separate experiences in the author’s life and compiled into one narrative.
Some characters, places, and incidents are from real pieces of the author’s personal life. All names are fictitious. Some characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Some resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is inevitable yet coincidental. Any musical band names mentioned do not belong to the author.
Novel Copyright © 2021 by Mariah Lynn Stevens
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or used in any manner without written permission of the copyright owner except for the use of quotations in a book review. For more information, e-mail: mlstevensbooks@gmail.com
Trigger Warnings
If you choose to read this trigger warning page, unfortunately it will spoil a bit! So be mindful and aware before you read the warnings.
This trigger warning is a blanket warning for the entire Apricity series.
If you are a minor reading this book, please understand that it is an 18+ book, as is the entire Apricity series. The characters are not minors.
The Apricity series contains trigger warnings for:
Sexual assault/rape (Book One – Chapter Nineteen)
Emotional and mental abuse
Eating disorder content (Bulimia, purging, starving, etc.)
Toxic relationships
Mentions of racism/discussions about race
Religious themes and absence of faith (specifically Christianity)
Adult content warnings:
Marijuana and drug use
Sexual content
Foul language
Things the author ensures:
Author’s personal experience with all content
Tasteful descriptions of content
The end goal of recovery (no matter how toxic the relationship gets, the end goal is recovery. The point of the Apricity series is to show the dark side of eating disorders, and why the only solution is recovery and medical help.)
This novel as well as the Apricity Series is written by a Black author to provide representation and healing for other survivors of both sexual assault and eating disorders. While it does have an overarching plot, this series is meant to encourage taking the first step to recovery to save your life. And while the main character is also a Black woman, it is not a novel meant to exploit Black trauma.
The Apricity Series takes a pro-recovery stance.
If you complete reading of this novel and feel that a trigger warning is missing from the page, e-mail the author at mlstevensbooks@gmail.com to notify her, and she will add it to subsequent novels in the series.
This book uses AAVE
African-American Vernacular English is a cultural dialect spoken by African-American people—including the author—and has significant importance to our community.
When you see phrases and words like, “no cap,” “finna,” “ain’t,” “bruh,” “gone” in place of “go on,” “it’s” in place of “there’s,” “bet,” or any similar terminology used in the context that they are in my novels, it is through the usage of AAVE. It is not teenage slang, nor is it new.
Calling it a product of anyone or anything other than the Black community is incorrect and harmful.
AAVE is Black culture that deserves respect, grace, and a space at the table with all other dialects.
Thank you for your understanding.
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