I Can’t Even Think Straight by Dean Atta

e-Audio, 04:23:54Narrated by: Dean AttaRelease Date: May 6, 2025Published by: Quill Tree BooksRead from: April 21-23, 2025Stand-Alone Source: Netgalley (I received a free e-ALC from Netgalley and the publisher. This did nothing to influence my review.)Content Warning: Sexual AssualtFor Readers Interested In: Racial/Ethnic Diversity, Action, Realistic Fiction, Most Anticipated, Novels in Verse, 2sLGBTQ+ (Gay)    …

Death in the Cards by Mia P. Manansala

Narrated by: Dominique SalvacionRelease Date: May 13, 2025Published by: Books on Tape (Delacorte Press)Read from: April 13-15, 2025Stand-alone (?)Source:  PRH Audio App (I received a free e-ALC from PRH Audio App and the publisher. This did nothing to influence my review.)Content Warning: ViolenceFor Readers Interested In: 2sLGBTQ+ (Queer), Audio, Cozy Mystery, Sparkly Cover, Most Anticipated,…

I Love You S’more by Auriane Desombre

e-Audio, 07:13:10Narrated by: Kristen DiMercurioRelease Date: April 8, 2025Published by: Books on TapeRead from: April 9-10, 2025Stand-alone Source: PRH Audio (I received a free e-ALC from the publisher and their app. This did nothing to influence my review.)Content Warning: Bullying, Cursing, Infidelity, Toxic Relationship, Grief, AbandonmentFor Readers Interested In: Audio, Romance, Enemies to Lovers, 2sLGBTQ+, Sparkly…

Flirting Lessons by Jasmine Guillory

e-Audio, 12:33:01Narrated by: Heidi FranklinRelease Date: April 8, 2025Published by: Books on Tape (Berkley)Read from: April 7-9, 2025Stand-alone Source: PRH Audio (I received a free e-ALC from the publisher and their app. This did nothing to influence my review.)Content Warning: Sexual Content, Emotional Abuse, Miscarriage, Grief, Domestic Abuse, Infertility, Toxic RelationshipFor Readers Interested In: Contemporary Romance,…

You Belong to Me by Hayley Krischer

e-Audio, 07:48:03Narrated by: Gail ShalanRelease Date: April 15, 2025Published by: Books on Tape (G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers)Read from: April 6-7, 2025Stand-aloneSource: PRH Audio (I received a free e-ALC from the publisher and their app. This did nothing to influence my review. I also received a physical ARC that I used to read…

The Pay-Back Girls by Alex Travis

e-Audio, 10:00:46Narrated by: Tamika Katon-DonegalRelease Date: April 6, 2025Published by: Recorded Books, Inc. (Sourcebooks Fire)Read from: March 25-April 6, 2025Stand-alone Source: Libro FM (I received a free e-ALC from the publisher and their app. This did nothing to influence my review. I also read the e-book in tandem that I received from the publisher. They also…

Go Luck Yourself by Sara Raasch

e-Audio, 10:32:53Narrated by: Dylan Reilly FitzpatrickRelease Date: March 11, 2025Published by: Books on Tape (Berkley)Read from: March 15-17, 2025Royals and Romance, #2Source:  LibroFM (I received a free e-ALC from LibroFM and the publisher. This did nothing to influence my review.)Content Warning: Sexual Content, Panic Attacks/Disorders, Emotional Abuse, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury Detail, Death of a Parent,…

How to Survive a Slasher by Justine Pucella Winans

e-Audio, 07:39:28Narrated by: SJ ValiquetteRelease Date: March 11, 2025Published by: Bloomsbury PublishingRead from: March 3-12, 2025Stand-aloneSource: I read this audio in tandem with a free ARC I received from the publisher. This did nothing to influence my review. Content Warning: Death, Murder Violence, Death of a Parent, Gore, Kidnapping, Vomit, Grief, OutingFor Readers Interested In: 2sLGBTQ+…

Knucklehead by Tony Keith Jr.

e-Audio, 01:27:59Narrated by: Tony Keith Jr.Release Date: February 26, 2025Published by: Quill Tree BooksRead from: March 11, 2025Stand-aloneSource: Library’s LibbyContent Warning: N/AFor Readers Interested In: YA, Poetry, 2sLGBTQ+       In Knucklehead, author, spoken word poet, and hip-hop educator Tony Keith Jr. pens a love letter to Black boys and men he affectionately calls,…

Glory Daze by Danielle Arceneaux

e-Audio, 09:47:30Narrated by: Bahni TurpinRelease Date: March 4, 2023Published by: Spotify AudiobooksRead from: March 6-8, 2025Glory Broussard Mystery, #2Source: Library’s Libby (I also received a free e-ARC from Netgalley. This did nothing to influence my review.)Content Warning: Death, ViolenceFor Readers Interested In: 2sLGBTQ+, Adult, Audio, Cozy, Dual POV, Fat Leads, Sparkly Covers, Most Anticipated, Mystery,…

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