On Again, Awkward Again by Erin Entrada Kelly & Kwame Mbalia

e-Audio, 06:48:09Narrated by: Jennifer Aquino & James FouheyRelease Date: April 25, 2025Published by: Recorded Books, Inc. Read from: May 23-24, 2025Stand-alone (?)Source: Libby (I also received a free ARC from the publisher. This did nothing to influence my review.)Content Warning: For Readers Interested In: Coming of Age, Contemporary Romance, Contemporary, Sparkly Covers, Most Anticipated, Racial/Ethnic Diversity, Realistic…

Let Them Stare by Jonathan Van Ness and Julie Murphy

e-Audio, 10:05:23Narrated by: Jonathan Van Ness & Jeremy ArthurRelease Date: May 20, 2025Published by: HarperCollinsRead from: May 22-23, 2025Stand-aloneSource: Netgalley (I received a free e-ALC from the publisher and Netgalley. This did nothing to influence my review.)Content Warning: Homophobia, Transphobia, Forced Institutionalization, Biphobia, BullyingFor Readers Interested In: 2sLGBTQ+, Audio, Sparkly Covers, LOL, Most Anticipated, Paranormal…

I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I’m Trapped in a Rom-Com by Kimberly Lemmings

e-Audio, 09:23:25Narrated by: Hazel AddisonRelease Date: February 18, 2025Published by: Books on Tape (Berkley) Read from: January 22-23,2025Cosmic Chaos, #1Source: PRH Audio App (I received a copy of this e-ALC from the PRH Audio App in exchange for a just and honest review.)Content Warning: Sexual Content, Violence, Death, Torture, Animal Death, Confinement, Vomit, Gun Violence, SexismFor…

The Jewel of the Isle by Kerry Rea

e-Audio, 08:53:40Narrated by: Andrew Eiden & Emily LawrenceRelease Date: November 26, 2024Published by: Books on Tape (Berkley)Read from: November 26-27, 2024Stand-aloneSource: PRH Audio (I also received a copy of this e-ARC from Netgalley and the publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)Content Warning: Grief, Death, Gun…

Mini Review Monday: Merriment and Mayhem by Alexandria Bellefleur

e-Audio, 1 hr 30 minNarrated by: Amelie GriffinRelease Date: November 12, 2024Published by: Amazon Original StoriesRead from: November 8, 2024Stand-aloneSource: Netgalley (I received an ALC from Netgalley and the publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)Content Warning: Sexual Content, Death, Medical Content, Fire/Fire Injury, Injury/Injury Detail,…

Middle Grade Monday: Let it Glow by Marissa Meyer & Joanne Levy

e-Audio, 08:04:17Release Date: October 29, 2024Published by: Macmillan AudioRead from: October 26-28, 2024Stand-aloneSource: LibroFM (I received an e-ALC from the publisher. This did nothing to influence my review.) Content Warning: Religious Bigotry, Injury/Injury Detail, Racism, Anti-SemitismFor Readers Interested In: Holidaze, MG, The Parent Trap, Light hearted, LOL        When Aviva Davis and Holly Martin…

It’s Elementary by Elise Bryant

e-Audio, 11:27:24Narrated by: Aure NashRelease Date: July 9, 2024Published by: Books on Tape (Berkley)Read from: June 24-25, 2024Stand-aloneSource: PRH Audio App (I received a copy of this e-audio from the publisher’s audio app in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)Content Warning: Bullying, Infidelity, RacismFor Readers Interested In: Cozy…

The Fake Mate by Lana Ferguson

e-Audio, 11:00:22Narrated by: Samantha Summers & Joe Arden Release Date: December 5, 2023Published by: Books on Tape (Berkley Publishing Group)Read from: January 9-12, 2024Stand-alone Source: PRH AppTW: Abandonment, Medical Content, Death of a ParentFor Readers Interested In: Paranormal Romance, Adult, Omegaverse, Shifters, LOL      Two wolf shifters agree to be fake mates but unexpectedly find something…

Business or Pleasure by Rachel Lynn Solomon

e-Audio, 10:03:50Narrated by: Hathaway LeeRelease Date: July 4, 2023Published by: Books on TapeRead from: June 30 – July 8, 2023Stand-aloneSource: PRH AppTW: Abortion Mentioned, Panic Attack from Mental Illness, Emotional AbuseFor Readers Interested In: Romance, Contemporary, LOL, Adult, Religious Diversity (Jewish), Realistic Fiction     Chandler Cohen has never felt more like the ghost in…

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