I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys

e-Audio,  07:10:32Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini & Ruta SepetysRelease Date: February 1, 2022Published by: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing GroupRead from: February 12-22, 2022Stand-aloneSource: Library’s LibbyTW: Death, Violence, War, Mention of Gun Violence and being a Shooting VictimFor Readers Interested In: Historical Fiction, YA, Sparkly Covers   Romania, 1989. Communist regimes are crumbling across Europe. Seventeen-year-old Cristian…

You Truly Assumed by Laila Sabreen

e-Audio,  09:50:00Narrated by: Channie Waites, Lynette R. Freeman, & Tamika Katon-DonegalRelease Date: February 8, 2022Published by: Recorded Books, Inc. / Inkyard PressRead from: February 12-15, 2022Stand-aloneSource: Library’s LibbyTW: Islamophobia, Racism, Online Harassment, Bombing ViolenceFor Readers Interested In: Social Justice, Contemporary, Teen Activists, Full Cast Audiobook, Sparkly Covers, Realistic Fiction, YA      In this compelling…

The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas

e-Audio,  14:33:01Narrated by: Scarlette Hayes Release Date: December 2, 2021Published by: Simon & Schuster AudioRead from: January 29- February 1, 2022Companion to The American Roommate ExperienceSource: Library’s Libby AppTW: Sexism in the Workplace, Verbal HarassmentFor Readers Interested In: Contemporary, Romance, Realistic Fiction, Racial/Ethnic Diversity, Adult, Enemies to Lovers, Workplace Romance, Fake Dating   A wedding. A…

Salaam, With Love by Sara Sharaf Beg

e-Audio,  07:26:55Narrated by: Mayuri BhandariRelease Date: January 4, 2022Published by: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing GroupRead from: January 24-26, 2022Stand-aloneSource: Library’s Libby AppTW: For Readers Interested In: Contemporary, Romance, Realistic Fiction, YA, Racial/Ethnic Diversity    This heartfelt and humorous YA contemporary follows Dua, who spends the month of Ramadan making unexpected discoveries about family, faith, and…

Ramón and Julieta by Alana Quintana Albertson

e-ARC, 304 pagesRelease Date: February 1, 2022Published by: Berkley BooksRead from: January 13-26, 2022Stand-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: Gentrification, Mention of a dead parentFor Readers Interested In: Contemporary Romance, Realistic Fiction,…

Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz

e-Audio, 09:35:09Narrated by: Mhairi Morrison & Tim CampbellRelease Date: January 18, 2022Published by: Macmillan AudioRead from: January 19-21, 2022Stand-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: Corpse Mutilation, Dug up Graves, Medical Procedures, BloodFor…

When You Get the Chance by Emma Lord

e-Audio, 10:18:06Narrated by: Jesse Vilinsky Release Date: January 4, 2022Published by: Macmillan AudioRead from: January 12-15, 2022Stand-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: Child AbandonmentFor Readers Interested In: Romance, Enemies to Lovers, Realistic Fiction,…

One True Loves by Elise Bryant

e-ARC, 320 pagesRelease Date: January 4, 2021Published by: Balzer + BrayRead from: January 5-12, 2022Happily Ever Afters, #2Source:  Edelweiss (I received a copy of this book from Edelweiss and the Publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)TW: For Readers Interested In: Contemporary, Romance, Realistic Fiction, World Travel,…

Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon

e-ARC, 352 pagesRelease Date: January 11, 2021Published by: Berkley Read from: December 23, 2021-January 5, 2022Stand-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: Main character  talks about having depression and how she felt when she…

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