Onyx and Beyond by Amber McBride

e-Audio, 02:14:17Release Date: October 1, 2024Published by: Macmillan AudioRead from: October 28-29, 2024Stand-aloneSource: Netgalley (I received an e-ALC from Netgalley & the publisher. This did nothing to influence my review.) Content Warning: Racism, Dementia, Death of a Parent, ViolenceFor Readers Interested In: Realistic Fiction, Novel in Verse, Racial/Ethnic Diversity, Historical Fiction, MG        Onyx…

Wings in the Wild by Margarita Engle

e-Audio, 01:46:00Narrated by: Andre Bellido & Aida ReluzcoRelease Date: April 18, 2023Published by: Simon & Schuster AudioRead from: May 1, 2023Stand-aloneSource: Library’s LibbyTW: Imprisonment, OppressionFor Readers Interested In: Romance, Environmental Activism, Set in another country, YA, Novels in Verse, Realistic Fiction      This romantic contemporary novel-in-verse tells the love story of two teens fighting…

When We Make It by Elisabet Velasquez

Hardcover, 375 pagesRelease Date: September 21, 2021Published by: Dial BooksRead from: November 11-12, 2021Stand-aloneSource: LibraryTW: sexual assault, abuse, mental illness, drug usage, miscarriage, and pregnancy.For Readers Interested In: Contemporary, Verse, Representation of Mental Illness or Disabilities, Realistic Fiction, Diverse Authors, Diverse MC, Own Voices, YA   An unforgettable, torrential, and hopeful debut young adult novel-in-verse…

Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert

e-Audio, 10 hours 51 minutesNarrated by: Ione ButlerRelease Date: March 9, 2021Published by: Avon Read from: March 16-27, 2021The Brown Sisters, #3Source: Libro.fmTW: For Readers Interested In: Contemporary Romance, Adult, Neurodiversity, Audio, Companion/Series ender, Companion/series, Diverse Authors, Diverse MC, Racial/Ethnic Diversity, Own Voices, Realistic Fiction, Between the Covers         In Act Your Age,…

Once Upon a Quinceañera by Monica Gomez-Hira

e-ARC, 432 pages Release Date: March 2, 2021Published by: Balzer + Bray Read from: February 22- March 5, 2021 Stand-aloneSource: EdelweissTW: Parent Gone, Small mention of drugs, underage drinking For fans of: Contemporary, Romance, Realistic Fiction, Diverse Authors, MC is POC, POC on cover, Own Voices, Second Chance Romance, YA     Jenny Han meets “Jane the Virgin”…

Fat Chance, Charlie Vega by Crystal Maldonado

e-Audio, 11:04:32Narrated by: Carla VegaRelease Date: February 2, 2021Published by: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group Read from: February 6-10, 2021Stand-aloneSource: LibraryTW: Parental abuse (Verbal) & FatphobiaFor Readers Interested In: Contemporary, Body Positivity, Romance, Sparkly Covers, Diverse Authors, POC MC, POC on Cover, Coming of Age, YA   Coming of age as a Fat brown…

Snapped by Alexa Martin

E-Audio, 11:21:27Narrated by: Soneela Nankani & Cary HiteRelease Date: October 20, 2020Published by: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group Read from: October 27-28, 2020Playbook, #4Source: Library (Overdrive)TW: Death of a parentFor fans of: Realistic Fiction, Adult, Contemporary, Contemporary Romance, Diverse Author, Ethnic Diversity, Own Voices, Romance, Series     With the stakes this high, it’s…

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…

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