Tender beasts by Liselle Sambury

e-Audio, 12:34:04Narrated by:  Kimberly WoodsRelease Date: February 27, 2024Published by: Simon & Schuster AudioRead from: February 8-10, 2024Companion to Delicious MonstersSource: Libro FM (I received a copy of this ALC from the publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)TW: Death of a parent/grief, Animal Death (on…

This Wretched Valley by Jenny Kiefer

e-Audio, 08:33:03Narrated by: Megan TusingRelease Date: January 16, 2024Published by: Blackstone PublishingRead from: January 27-28, 2024Stand-aloneSource: Library’s LibbyTW: Gore, Murder, Body Horror, Animal Death, Vomit, Fire/Fire InjuryFor Readers Interested In: Horror, Thriller, Mystery, Adult         Four ambitious climbers hike into the Kentucky wilderness. Seven months later, three mangled bodies are discovered. Were…

Not Dead Enough by Tyffany D. Neiheiser

e-Audio, 11:41:56Narrated by: Jesse VilinskyRelease Date: January 23, 2024Published by: Viking Books for Young Readers (Books on Tape)Read from: January 4-5, 2024Stand-aloneSource: PRH Audio App (I received a copy of this audiobook from the publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)TW: Child Abuse, Domestic Abuse, PTSD…

Where He Can’t Find You by Darcy Coates

e-Audio, 10:44:52Narrated by: Reba BuhrRelease Date: November 7, 2023Published by: Black Owl Books (Sourcebooks Fire)Read from: November 3- December 3, 2023Stand-aloneSource: Library’s LibbyTW: Body Horror, Gore, Blood, Violence, Animal Death, Child DeathFor Readers Interested In: Horror, Thriller, Mystery, YA       From USA Today bestselling horror/thriller author Darcy Coates comes the chilling legend of…

The Reformatory by Tananarive Due

e-Audio, 20:51:42Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-PrattRelease Date: October 31, 2023Published by: HarperTeenRead from: November 17-19, 2023Stand-aloneSource: Netgalley (I received a copy of this audiobook from Netgalley and the Publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)TW: Racism, Child Abuse, Racial Slurs, Rape, Child Death, Sexual Violence, Pedophilia, Confinement,…

Swarm by Jennifer D. Lyle

e-Audio, 10:01:45Narrated by: Krystal HammondRelease Date: November 7, 2023Published by: Blackstone PublishingRead from: November 7-9, 2023Stand-aloneSource: Library’s LibbyTW: Quarantine, Death, Disease, Man eating animals, Animal (turned monster) Death, Climate Change ConsequencesFor Readers Interested In: Science Fiction (Climate Change), Horror, Romance, Survival stories, Mental Health (Anxiety), Dark stories       Sixteen year-old Shur is one…

Gorgeous Gruesome Faces by Linda Cheng

e-Audio, 08:36:25Narrated by: Elaine WangRelease Date: November 7, 2023Published by: Macmillan AudioRead from: November 4-7, 2023Stand-aloneSource: Netgalley (I received a copy of this audiobook from Netgalley and the Publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)TW: Death, Murder, Body Horror, Gore, Blood, Torture, Suicide, Grief, Bullying, CursingFor…

The Haunting by Natasha Preston

e-Audio, 08:39:24Narrated by: Bailey Carr Release Date: September 26, 2023Published by: Books on TapeRead from: October 24-25, 2023Stand-aloneSource: Library’s LibbyTW: Murder, Violence, Toxic RelationshipFor Readers Interested In: Slasher Horror, Romance, Bombshell/Cliff-hanger Ending, YA       #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Natasha Preston is back with another pulse-pounding, twisty read!      Haunted by the past…

The Forest Demands its Due by Kosoko Jackson

e-Audio, 11:26:03Narrated by: Desean Terry Release Date: October 3, 2023Published by: Quill Tree BooksRead from: September 27- October 6, 2023Stand-aloneSource: Library’s LibbyTW: Murder, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Violence, Gore, Murder, Bullying, Self Harm, Self Harm Thoughts, Fire/Fire InjuryFor Readers Interested In: Horror, Monsters, LGBTQIA+ (Gay), Thriller, Atmospheric Books, Racial/Ethnic Diversity, YA       A Lesson in Vengeance meets The…

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