Loving the Legend contains themes and scenes that may be distressing for some readers.

These include:

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• Depictions of grief related to the tragic deaths of parents and a childhood friend (described in two flashback sequences)

• References to depression, drug overdose, suicidal ideation, and self-medicating with prescription sleeping pills

• Mild dubious consent

• Parental abuse (in a flashback involving a side character)

• Cardiac arrest and surgery involving a loved one

• A single use of a homophobic slur (“fa—”)

• A brief glimpse of a MF sex scene through a main character’s perspective

• Instances of homophobia

• Multiple explicit sex scenes