Temple of Swoon by Jo Segura

e-Audio, 10:30:02Narrated by: Kyla GarciaRelease Date: January 7, 2025Published by: Books on TapeRead from: December 30, 2024- January 1, 2025Stand-aloneSource: PRH (I received a copy of this e-ALC from the publisher and an e-ARC from Netgalley in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)Content Warning: Misogyny, Sexual Content,…

The Assassin’s Guide to Babysitting by Natalie C. Parker

e-Audio, 09:08:59Narrated by: Jeremy Carlisle ParkerRelease Date: January 7, 2025Published by: Books on Tape (Candlewick Press)Read from: December 26-30, 2024Stand-alone (???) Source: PRH Audio App (I received a copy of this e-ALC from the publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)Content Warning: Confinement, Cursing, Death, For Readers Interested…

Raiders of the Lost Heart by Jo Segura

e-Audio, 10:39:34Narrated by: Frankie CorzoRelease Date: December 5, 2023Published by: Books on Tape (Berkley)Read from: December 6-7, 2023Stand-aloneSource: Library’s LibbyTW: Misogyny, Cancer, Death of a Parent, Violence, Sexual HarassmentFor Readers Interested In: Realistic Fiction, Romance, Adventure, Academic Rivals, Dual POV, Adult       Rival archaeologists must team up on a secret Aztec expedition, or…

The Brothers Hawthorne by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

e-Audio, 13:00:37Narrated by: Jay Ben Markson Release Date: August 29, 2023Published by: Hachette AudioRead from: August 29-31, 2023The Inheritance Games, #4Source: AudibleTW: Death, Emotional Abuse, Infidelity, Grief, Death of a grandparent, AddictionFor Readers Interested In: Puzzles and Games, Thrillers, Mystery, Adventurous, YA      Four brothers. Two missions. One explosive read. Jennifer Lynn Barnes returns to…

Maya and the Rising Dark by Rena Barron

e-Audio, 07:37:51Narrated by: Soneela NankaniRelease Date: September 22, 2020Published by: HMH Books Read from: December 7-9, 2020Maya and the Rising Dark, #1Source: LibraryTW: ViolenceFor fans of: Mythology, Adventure, Action, Fantasy, MG, POC MC, POC on Cover       Twelve-year-old Maya’s search for her missing father puts her at the center of a battle between…

A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow by Laura Taylor Namey

e-Audio, 08:33:58Narrated by: Frankie CorzoRelease Date: November 10, 2020Published by: Simon & Schuster Audio Read from: November 24-25, 2020Stand-aloneSource: LibraryTW: Death of a grandparent (Not shown, just talked about) For fans of: Contemporary Romance, Foodie Favorites, Adventure, Sparkly Covers, Racial/Ethnic Diversity, Diverse Authors, Own Voices, POC MC, Realistic Fiction, POC on Cover, YA      …

Middle Grade Monday: Tristan Strong Destroys the World by Kwame Mbalia

E-Audio, 09:27:48Narrated by: Amir AbdullahRelease Date: October 7, 2020Published by: Rick Riordan Presents/ Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group Read from: October 12-22, 2020Tristan Strong, #2Source: Library (Overdrive)TW: N/AFor fans of: Mythology, Adventure, Fantasy, Diverse Authors, Own, Own Voices, POC, POC MC, Series, Middle Grade      Bestselling author Rick Riordan presents the second book…

Race to the Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

ARC, 256 pages            Release Date: January 14, 2020 Published by: Rick Riordan Presents Read from: January 12-17, 2020 Stand-alone Source: Neetgalley (I received a copy of this book from Netgalley and the Publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)  TW: Monster Slaying For fans of: Mythology,…

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