Up in Smoke by Nick Brooks

Narrated by: Aubrey Joseph & Megan SousaRelease Date: May 6, 2025Published by: Macmillan AudioRead from: May 3-5, 2025Stand-aloneSource:  Netgalley (I received a free e-ALC from Netgalley and the publisher. This did nothing to influence my review.)Content Warning: Police Brutality, Gun Violence, Death, Violence, Murder For Readers Interested In: Audio, Sparkly Covers, Most Anticipated, Own, Racial/Ethnic Diversity…

Can’t Get Enough by Kennedy Ryan

e-Audio, 15:15:21Narrated by: Wesleigh Siobhan & Jakobi DiemRelease Date: May 13, 2025Published by: Hachette AudioRead from: April 29, 2025Skyland, #3Source: Netgalley (I received a free e-ALC from Netgalley and the publisher. This did nothing to influence my review.)Content Warning: Dementia, Sexual Content, Grief, Death of a Parent, Racism, Medical Trauma, Body Shaming, Car Accident, DeathFor…

One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune

e-Audio, 11:49:35Narrated by: AJ Bridel & Carley FortuneRelease Date: May 6, 2025Published by: Books On TapeRead from: April 30- May 1, 2025Companion to Every Summer AfterSource: PRH Audio App (I received a free e-ALC from the publisher’s audio app. This did nothing to influence my review.)Content Warning: Medical Content, Death of a Parent, Grief, Car…

Love at Second Sight by F.T. Lukens

e-Audio, 11:40:59Narrated by: Kevin R. FreeRelease Date: April 29, 2025Published by: Simon & Schuster Audio (Margaret K. McElderry Books)Read from: April 28-30, 2025Stand-Alone (?)Source: Libro FM (I received a free e-ALC from Libro FM and the publisher. This did nothing to influence my review.)Content Warning: Child Abuse, Blood, Death, Violence, Gaslighting, Domestic Abuse, Vomit, Kidnapping,…

The Matchmaker by Aisha Saeed

e-Audio, 08:24:06Narrated by: Tiya SircarRelease Date: April 8, 2025Published by: Books on TapeRead from: April 26-28, 2025Stand-Alone Source: PRH Audio App (I received a free e-ALC from the publisher. This did nothing to influence my review.)Content Warning: Stalking, Car Accident, Kidnapping, Dementia, Death of a Parent, Murder, Cultural Appropriation, Toxic Relationship, DeathFor Readers Interested In: Action,…

All We Lost Was Everything by Sloan Harlow

e-Audio, 10:01:22Narrated by: Ferdelle Capistrano & Steven MolonyRelease Date: May 6, 2025Published by: Books on Tape (G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers)Read from: April 15-16, 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: Fire/Fire Injury, Death of a…

Youth Group by Jordan Morris (Bowen McCurdy -Illustrator)

e-book, 256 PagesRelease Date: July 16, 2024Published by: First SecondRead from: April 9-17, 2025Stand-aloneSource:  Library’s LibbyContent Warning: Death, Death of a Parent, Violence, Blood, Alcohol, Body Horror, Murder, Homophobia, Religious Bigotry, Mention of DrugsFor Readers Interested In: Graphic Novels, Religious Diversity, Action, Sparkly Covers, YA      When Kay reluctantly agreed to join the youth…

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,…

Murder Between Friends by Liz Lawson

e-Audio, 09:51:44Narrated by: Briggon Snow, Elena Rey, & Sophie AmossRelease Date: March 4, 2025Published by: Books on TapeRead from: April 11-12, 2025Stand-aloneSource:  PRH Audio (I received a free e-ALC from PRH Audio App and the publisher. This did nothing to influence my review.)Content Warning: Addiction, Death, Drug AbuseFor Readers Interested In: Thriller, Sparkly Covers, Realistic…

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…

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