While We Were Dating by Jasmine Guillory

e-Audio, 10:21:38Narrated by: Janina EdwardsRelease Date: July 13, 2021Published by: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing GroupRead from: August 17-18, 2021The Wedding Date, #6Source: Overdrive AudioTW: Anxiety, Anxiety Attacks, (Non-Serious) Hospitalized ParentFor Readers Interested In: Contemporary Romance, Realistic Fiction, Fake Dating, Adult   Two people realize that it’s no longer an act when they veer off-script in…

Indivisible by Daniel Aleman

e-Audio, 08:35:38Narrated by: Adan Rocha Release Date: May 4, 2021Published by: HarperTeenRead from: July 28-29, 2021Stand-aloneSource: Overdrive AudioTW: deportation, anxiety, panic attacksFor Readers Interested In: Contemporary, Realistic Fiction, Romance, YA      A timely, moving debut novel about a teen’s efforts to keep his family together as his parents face deportation.      Mateo Garcia and…

XOXO by Axie Oh

e-Audio, 09:13:10Narrated by: Greta JungRelease Date: July 13, 2021Published by: HarperTeenRead from: August 6-9, 2021Stand-aloneSource: Overdrive AudioTW: For Readers Interested In: Contemporary Romance, Books Set Outside the US, Music, K-pop, Realistic Fiction, YA   Cello prodigy Jenny has one goal: to get into a prestigious music conservatory. When she meets mysterious, handsome Jaewoo in her uncle’s…

The Box in the Woods by Maureen Johnson

e-Audio, 09:12:51Narrated by: Kate RuddRelease Date: June 15, 2021Published by: Katherine Tegen BooksRead from: July 23-26, 2021Truly Devious, #4Source: Overdrive AudioTW: Death, ViolenceFor Readers Interested In: Mystery, Contemporary, YA    The Truly Devious series continues as Stevie Bell investigates her first mystery outside of Ellingham Academy in this spine-chilling and hilarious stand-alone mystery.     Amateur sleuth…

That Weekend by Kara Thomas

e-Audio, 10:28:49Narrated by: Phoebe Strole & Kristen SiehRelease Date: June 29, 2021Published by: Books on TapeRead from: July 16-19, 2021Stand-aloneSource: Overdrive AudioTW: For Readers Interested In: Contemporary, Thrillers, Realistic Fiction, Family Diversity, Mysteries, YA    THREE BEST FRIENDS, A LAKE HOUSE, A SECRET TRIP — WHAT COULD GO WRONG?     It was supposed to be the…

We Are Inevitable by Gayle Foreman

e-Audio, 07:54:50Narrated by: Sunil Malhotra Release Date: June 1, 2021Published by: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing GroupRead from: July 14-16, 2021Stand-aloneSource: Overdrive AudioTW: Substance Abuse (Not on paper. Only Recovery is shown), GriefFor Readers Interested In: Contemporary, Realistic Fiction, Romance, YA    ‘I got this whole-body feeling… it was like a message from future me to…

Don’t Hate the Player by Alexis Nedd

e-Audio, 09:30:17Narrated by: Aaron Landon & Stacy GonazalezRelease Date: June 8, 2021Published by: Bloomsbury Publishing (US)Read from: July 11-13, 2021Stand-aloneSource: Overdrive AudioTW: For Readers Interested In: Contemporary, Realistic Fiction, Romance, Gaming, YA    By day, Emilia is a field hockey star with a popular boyfriend and a mother obsessed with her academic future. But by night,…

We Can’t Keep Meeting Like This by Rachel Lynn Solomon

e-Audio, 09:26:07Narrated by: Carly Robins Release Date: June 8, 2021Published by: Simon & Schuster AudioRead from: July 8-9, 2021Stand-aloneSource: Overdrive AudioTW: Generalized Anxiety Disorder, OCD, Clinical DepressionFor Readers Interested In: Contemporary, Realistic Fiction, Romance, Mental Health, Weddings, Fictional Foodie, YA    A wedding harpist disillusioned with love and a hopeless romantic cater-waiter flirt and fight their…

Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

e-Audio, 13:49:19Narrated by: Jeanette Illidge & Tapiwa Mugweni Release Date: June 1, 2021Published by: Macmillan AudioRead from: July 6-8, 2021Stand-aloneSource: Netgalley (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: RacismFor Readers Interested In: Contemporary, Thriller, Dark Academia,…

Blackout by Dhonielle Clayton

Hardcover, 243 pages Release Date: June 22, 2021Published by: Quill Tree Books Read from: June 26 – July 2, 2021Stand-alone Source: BoughtTW:  For fans of: Contemporary, Romance, Coming of Age, YA   Six critically acclaimed, bestselling, and award-winning authors bring the glowing warmth and electricity of Black teen love to this interlinked novel of charming, hilarious,…

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