Portrait of a Shadow by Meriam Metoui

e-Audio, 06:49:56Narrated by: Ramiz MonsefRelease Date: July 16, 2024 Published by: Recorded Books, Inc. Read from: August 26, 2024Stand-aloneSource: Library’s LibbyContent Warning: Death, Toxic Relationship, Cursing, Racism, Classism, Terminal Illness, ClassismFor Readers Interested In: Gothic, Romance, Thriller, YA     A missing sister. A mysterious boy. And a painting that holds the truth beneath its peeling edge……

Such Lovely Skin by Tatiana Schlote-Bonne

ARC, 304 pagesRelease Date: September 17, 2024Published by: Page Street YARead from: August 2-16, 2024Stand-aloneSource: The Publisher (I received a copy of the ARC from the publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. I also interviewed the author for my library system. This did nothing to influence my review.)Content Warning: Child Death, Suicide…

So Witches We Became by Jill Baguchinsky

e-Audio, 11:00:44Narrated by: Jeremy Carlisle Parker & Kristin JamesRelease Date: July 23, 2024Published by: Hachette Audio (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)Read from: August 5-6, 2024Stand-aloneSource: Library’s LibbyContent Warning: Death, Toxic Relationship, Alcohol, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual Assault, BloodFor Readers Interested In: 2slgbtq+, Audio, Horror, Most Anticipated, Witches, Feminist, YA   If boys will be boys,…

The Eyes are the Best Part by Monika Kim

e-Audio, 09:16:22 Narrated by: Jaine YeRelease Date: July 9, 2024Published by: Recorded Books, IncRead from: July 21-22, 2024Stand-Alone Source: Library’s LibbyContent Warning: Cannibalism, Body horror, Gore, Racism, Stalking, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial Slurs, VomitFor Readers Interested In: Horror (Body Horror), Thriller, Racial/Ethnic Diversity (Asian, Korean), Adult, Good Cross Over Potential (depending on the reader)        Crying…

It Came From the Trees by Ally Russell

e-Audio, 06:02:25Narrated by: Shayna SmallRelease Date: July 30, 2024Published by: Books on TapeRead from: July 16-18, 2024Stand-Alone Source: PRH Audio App (I received a copy of this e-audio from the publisher and their influencer app in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)Content Warning: Racism, Kidnapping, GaslightingFor Readers Interested…

The Blonde Dies First by Joelle Wellington

e-Audio, 10:41:31Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-PrattRelease Date: July 30, 2024Published by: Simon & Schuster AudioRead from: July 10-12, 2024Stand-Alone Source: S&S Audio Influencer Program (I received a copy of this e-audio from Libro FM and their influencer program in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)Content Warning: Racism, Violence, StalkingFor…

The White Guy Dies First: 13 Scary Stories of Fear and Power edited by Terry J. Benton-Walker

ARC, 320 pagesRelease Date: July 16, 2024Published by: Tor TeenRead from: July 1-10, 2024Anthology Source: From the Publisher (I received a copy of this ARC from the publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)Content Warning: Death, Gore, Murder, Cannibalism, Bullying, Racism, Sexual assault, Deadnaming, StalkingFor Readers Interested…

I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones

e-Audio, 10:52:59Narrated by: Michael Crouch & Stephen Graham JonesRelease Date: July 16, 2024Published by: Hachette AudioRead from: July 3-8, 2024Stand-alone (Companion???) Source: S&S Audio Influencer Program (I received a copy of this e-audio from #SagaPress and their influencer program in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)Content Warning: Gore,…

Lockjaw by Matteo L. Cerilli

e-Audio, 09:32:14Narrated by: Breton Lalama, Mich Anger, & Arlen Aguayo StewartRelease Date: June 4, 2024Published by: TundraRead from: June 22-30, 2024Stand-aloneSource: Library’s LibbyContent Warning: Gore, Animal death, Body horror, Dysphoria, Violence, Death, Bullying, Blood, Hate crime, Child death, Abandonment, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Transphobia, Addiction, Child abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Grief, Sexism, Xenophobia,…

It Waits in the Forest by Sarah Dass

e-Audio, 13:17:50Narrated by: Khelia AluRelease Date: May 14, 2024Published by: Disney HyperionRead from: May 20-21, 2024Stand-aloneSource: Library’s LibbyContent Warning: Medical ContentFor Readers Interested In: Ghosts, Paranormal, Romance, Set Outside the USA, YA       Unlike the other residents of the small Caribbean Island of St. Virgil, Selina DaSilva does not believe in magic. With…

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