Middle Grade Monday: Broken Dolls by Ally Malinenko

Narrated by: Renee DorlanRelease Date: September 30, 2025Published by: HarperCollinsRead from: September 24-25, 2025Stand-aloneSource: Netgalley (I received a free ALC from Netgalley and the publisher. This did nothing to influence my review)Content Warning: Possession For Readers Interested In: Audio, Horror, Sparkly Cover, Middle Grade, Most Anticipated, Stand-alone, Supernatural, Thrillers, 2sLGBTQ+, Mental Health (Selective Mutism), Neurodiverse (arithmomania/…

The Silenced by Diana Rodriguez Wallach

e-ALC, 11:19:46Narrated by: Brenda Arteaga-WalshRelease Date: September 16, 2025Published by: Books on Tape (Delacorte)Read from: September 23-24, 2025Stand-aloneSource: PRH Audio App (I received a free ALC from the publisher and their app. I also received a physical ARC from the ALA conference. This did nothing to influence my review)Content Warning: Physical Abuse, Child Abuse, Bullying,…

Play Nice by Rachel Harrison

e-ALC, 10:17:42Narrated by: Alex Finke & Natasha SoudekRelease Date: September 9, 2025Published by: Books on TapeRead from: September 7-9, 2025Stand-aloneSource: PRH Audio App (I received a free ALC from the publisher’s app. I also won a giveaway that had all of Rachel’s books. This did nothing to influence my review)Content Warning: Alcoholism, Death of a…

Middle Grade Monday: Lost on Doll Island by Cassandra Ramos-Gomez

e-ALC, 04:35:53Narrated by: Lee OsorioRelease Date: August 26, 2025Published by: Simon & Schuster AudioRead from: August 26, 2025Stand-aloneSource: Libro FM (I received a free ALC from the Simon Audio and Libro FM. This did nothing to influence my review)Content Warning: Large ArachnidsFor Readers Interested In: Horror (Doll Possession), MG, Racial/Ethnic Diversity (Latinx-Mexican), Most Anticipated, Sparkly…

Grin by D.W. Gillespie

e-ALC, 07:32:23Narrated by: Jeff EbnerRelease Date: August 26, 2025Published by: Books on TapeRead from: August 25-26, 2025Stand-aloneSource: PRH Audio App (I received a free ALC from the publisher and their audio app. This did nothing to influence my review)Content Warning: For Readers Interested In: Audio, Horror, Sparkly Cover, Middle Grade, Most Anticipated     Full of…

13 Months Haunted by Jimmy Juliano

e-ALC, 11:28:12Narrated by: Valerie Rose Lohman & Nicole CashRelease Date: August 12, 2025Published by: Books on Tape (Dutton)Read from: August 15-16, 2025Stand-AloneSource: PRH Audio App (I received a free e-ALC from the publisher and their app. I also received a hardcover copy from the publisher. This did nothing to influence my review.) Content Warning: Child Death,…

Ride or Die by Delilah S. Dawson

e-ALC, 06:10:38Narrated by: Dominique SalavacionRelease Date: August 5, 2025Published by: Books on Tape (Delacorte Press) Read from: August 6-7, 2025Stand-aloneSource: PRH Audio App (I received a free e-ALC from the publisher’s app and the publisher. This did nothing to influence my review.) Content Warning: Bullying, Toxic Friendship, Body Horror, Death, Gore, Toxic RelationshipFor Readers Interested In: Audio,…

The Possession of Alba Díaz by Isabel Cañas

e-ALC, 11:35:06Narrated by: Carolina Hoyos & Anthony Rey PerezRelease Date: August 19, 2025Published by: Hachette AudioRead from: July 28-31, 2025Stand-aloneSource: Berkley (I received a free e-ALC from the publisher & their app. This did nothing to influence my review.) Content Warning: Blood, Death, Violence, Confinement, Misogyny, Sexism, Alcoholism, Drug Abuse, Death of a ParentFor Readers Interested…

A Mastery of Monsters by Liselle Sambury

e-Audio, 16:57:32Narrated by: Angel PeanRelease Date: July 29, 2025Published by: Simon & Schuster AudioRead from: July 23-25, 2025A Mastery of Monsters, #1Source: Libro FM (I received a free e-ALC from the publisher and Libro FM. This did nothing to influence my review. Thank you to the publishers for the free ALC copy.) Content Warning: Gore, Death,…

This is Where We Die by Cindy R.X. He

e-Book, 336 pagesRelease Date: July 1, 2025Published by: Sourcebooks FireRead from: July 8-25, 2025Stand-aloneSource: Netgalley (I received a free e-ARC from the publisher and Netgalley. This did nothing to influence my review.) Content Warning: Murder, Suicide, Blood, Cannibalism, Panic Attacks/Disorders, Death, Miscarriage, Vomit, Death by AnaphylaxisFor Readers Interested In: Realistic Fiction, Thrillers, Horror (Slasher wise), YA…

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