A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston

e-Audio, 10:56:57Narrated by: Dorothy Dillingham Blue & Ashley PostonRelease Date: June 25, 2024Published by:  Books on Tape (Berkley)Read from: June 20-21, 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: Grief, Death,…

With a Little Luck by Marissa Meyer

e-Audio, 12:05:21Narrated by:  Stacy CarolanRelease Date: February 13, 2024Published by: Feiwel & FriendsRead from: February 20-22, 2024Fortuna Beach, #2Source: Netgalley (I received a copy of this e-book from the Netgalley and the publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)TW: For Readers Interested In: Contemporary, Romance, Magical Realism,…

The Boyfriend Wish by Swati Teerdhala

e-ARC, 336 pagesRelease Date: February 13, 2024Published by: Katherine Tegen BooksRead from: February 5-16, 2024Stand-aloneSource: 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: For Readers Interested In: Contemporary, Romance, YA, Magical Realism, Racial/Ethnic Diversity (South Asian)  …

Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang & illustrated by Leuyen Pham

e-book, 352 pagesRelease Date: January 9, 2024Published by: First SecondRead from: January 13-14, 2024Stand-aloneSource: Library’s LibbyTW: Gaslighting, Abandonment, Grief, AlcoholismFor Readers Interested In: Romance, Enemies to Lovers, Holidays, Racial/Ethnic Diversity (Vietnamese and some Korean is also represented), Magical Realism, YA      Graphic novel superstars Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham join forces in this…

New Adult by Timothy Janovsky

e-Audio, 09:56:14Narrated by: Mark SanderlinRelease Date: August 15, 2023Published by: Dreamscape MediaRead from: August 22-23, 2023Boy Meets Boy, #3Source: Netgalley (I received an early e-Audio copy of this book from the publisher. This did nothing to influence my review.)TW: cursing, alcohol, marijuana, injury, urgent care, mental health, sex, Alzheimer’s, parental abandonment, For Readers Interested In: Romance,…

The Dark Place by Britney S. Lewis

e-Audio, 07:09:08Narrated by: Shayna SmallRelease Date: August 8, 2023Published by: Disney AudiobooksRead from: July 30-31, 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, MurderFor Readers Interested In: Romance, Time Travel, Magical Realism, Sparkly…

The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston

e-Audio, 09:43:19Narrated by: Brittany PressleyRelease Date: June 27, 2023Published by: Books on TapeRead from: June 25-27, 2023Stand-aloneSource: PRH AppTW: Grief, Suicide, Death, Mental Illness, PregnancyFor Readers Interested In: Romance, Time Travel, Adult, Magical Realism     Sometimes, the worst day of your life happens, and you have to figure out how to live after it. …

The Charmed List by Julie Abe

e-Audio, 07:32:33Narrated by: Natalie NaudusRelease Date: July 5, 2022Published by: Macmillan AudioRead from: July 18-20, 2022Stand-aloneSource: Library’s LibbyTW: Death of Parents from a car accident, Grief For Readers Interested In: Magical realism, Friends to Enemies to Lovers, Romance, Racial/Ethnic Diversity, YA      After spending most of high school as the quiet girl, Ellie Kobata is…

Flirting with Fate by J.C. Cervantes

e-Audio, 11:19:17Narrated by: Victoria VillarrealRelease Date: April 19, 2022Published by: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing GroupRead from: April 6-14 & 22-26, 2022Stand-alone (Maybe)Source: Library’s LibbyTW: Death of a GrandparentFor Readers Interested In: Contemporary, Romance, Magical Realism, Racial/Ethnic Diversity, Family Diversity (missing mother), Strong Family Relationship, YA       Ava Granados will never forgive herself…

You’ve Reached Sam by Dustin Thao

e-Audio, 09:39:37Narrated by: Soneela NankaniRelease Date: November 9, 2021Published by: Macmillan AudioRead from: November 21- December 2, 2021Stand-aloneSource: Library’s OverdriveTW: Car Accident with later result of deathFor Readers Interested In: Magical Realism, Romance, Realistic Fiction, Tear Jerkers, Own Voices, YA  Seventeen-year-old Julie has her future all planned out—move out of her small town with her…

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