Sleep Like Death by Kalynn Bayron

e-ARC, 352 pagesRelease Date: June 25, 2024Published by: Bloomsbury YA Read from: June 15-24, 2024Companion to Cinderella is Dead Source: Netgalley (I received a copy of this e-book from the publisher and Netgalley in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)Content Warning: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Child death, Torture, Death,…

Clairboyance by Kristiana Kahakauwila

e-Audio, 06:28:04Narrated by: Jolene KimRelease Date: May 14, 2024Published by: HarpercollinsRead from: May 15-23, 2024Stand-aloneSource: Library’s LibbyContent Warning: N/AFor Readers Interested In: Indigenous Hawaiians, Fantasy, Middle Grade, Racial/Ethnic Diversity       After accidentally wishing on a family heirloom to hear what boys are thinking, Clara wakes up the next day able to do just…

The Last Bloodcarver by Vanessa Le

e-Audio, 10:34:03Narrated by: VyVy Nguyen Release Date: March 19, 2024Published by: Macmillan Audio (Roaring Brook Press)Read from: May 14-15, 2024Stand-aloneSource: Library’s LibbyContent Warning: Medical Content, Blood, Gun Violence, Death of a Parent, Colonisation, Murder, Animal Death, Child Death, CannibalismFor Readers Interested In: Fantasy, Romance, Series Starter, YA, Racial/Ethnic Diversity       The tantalizing romance…

The Poisons We Drink by Bethany Baptiste

e-Audio, 16:06:11Narrated by: Lynnette R. FreemanRelease Date: April 30, 2024Published by: Recorded Books (Sourcebooks)Read from: May 1-5, 2024Stand-aloneSource: ARC from Sourcebooks (This was given from the publisher in exchange for a just and honest review.) The audiobook was done via the Library’s Libby. Content Warning:  Complicated parent/child relationships, police brutality, fantasy violence, fantastical racism, magical coercion,…

Dragonfruit by Makia Luicer

e-Audio, 08:12:04Narrated by: Mapuana Makia Release Date: April 9, 2024Published by: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)Read from: April 12-22, 2024Stand-aloneSource: AudibleTW: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Death, Death of parent, Violence, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Trafficking, RacismFor Readers Interested In: Fantasy, Romance, (Sea) Dragons, YA     From acclaimed author Makiia Lucier, a dazzling, romantic fantasy inspired by…

Blood Justice by Terry J. Benton-Walker

e-Audio,19:12:19Narrated by: Bahni Turpin; Joniece Abbott-Pratt; Terry J. Benton-Walker; Torian Brackett; Zeno RobinsonRelease Date: April 23, 2024Published by: Tor Teen (Macmillan Young Listeners)Read from: March 30- April 4, 2024Stand-aloneSource: Netgalley (I received a copy of this e-audiobook from the publisher & Netgalley in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence…

A Drop of Venom by Sajni Patel

e-Audio, 14:05:14Narrated by: Soneela NankaniRelease Date: February 27, 2024Published by: Disney HyperionRead from: January 23-26, 2024Stand-alone (?)Source: Netgalley AppTW: Sexual assault, Misogyny, Rape, Violence, Cannibalism, Bullying, Sexual violence, Abortion, War, Mention of arachnids (on page but not descripted on page)For Readers Interested In: Fantasy, Romance, Mythology, Racial/Ethnic Diversity, YA         Circe goes YA…

Okay, Cupid by Mason Deaver

e-Audio, 08:55:20Narrated by: Max Meyers Release Date: January 5, 2024Published by: Scholastic Inc.Read from: January 23-24, 2024Stand-aloneSource: Library’s LibbyTW: Homophobia, Panic Attacks/Disorders, injury/injury Detail, Abandonment, DysphoriaFor Readers Interested In: Romance, Mythology Fantasy, 2sLGBTQ+ (Non-Binary and the love interest is Trans), Magical Realism, YA         From the bestselling author of I WISH YOU ALL…

So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole

e-Audio, 11:24:40Narrated by: Keylor Leigh & Kamali MinterRelease Date: 1/16/24Published by: Little, Brown Young ReadersRead from: January 18-23, 2024Divine Traitors, #1Source: AudibleTW: Violence, War, Colonisation, Death, Blood, Racism, Slavery, Panic Attacks/Disorders, Racial SlursFor Readers Interested In: Fantasy, Dragons, 2SLGBTQ+, Racial/Ethnic Diversity (Jamaican)         Whip-smart and immersive, this Jamaican-inspired fantasy follows a gods-blessed…

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