An Assassin's Guide to Love and Treason

Central plot element is an assassination plan, so details about that are frequent topics. How to kill someone by severing the carotid artery is explained but not gory. A few fights with knives, swords, punches, kicks, and choking with some mention of blood but no detailed descriptions. Killing a chicken is briefly described. Mention of hearing bones crunching, smelling blood while walking through neighborhood where people fight one another for money. Hints at Inquisition-type torture like screws and the rack used for interrogation.

Some kissing between Toby and Kit, both when Toby thinks Kit is a boy and when he knows she's a girl. A brief description of caressing skin under clothing. Brief talk about "liking" both boys and girls. A pun about "coming" and breathing hard. Occasional reference to women who sell their bodies. Backstage nudity and slapping behinds mentioned. Sex as a Christmas gift implied. A kiss as the stakes in a dice game.

"F--k," "f---ing," "s--t," "arse," "pisser," "whoremaster," the Cornish word "cac" translated as "s--t."

Several scenes take place in taverns and mention drinking ale. An antiquated word for wine, "sack," is used several times at a party. Kit has some hot mulled wine on a cold night. Occasional mention of alcohol in passing, like someone who looks like they enjoy brandy, seeing amber liquid in bottles in the library, etc. The "mellow" smell of tobacco mentioned once, several other times it's mentioned as an unpleasant smell. Toby tries a cigar and nearly passes out. Gamblers play dice games in taverns, and the rules of one game are explained.