Up in Smoke by Nick Brooks

Narrated by: Aubrey Joseph & Megan SousaRelease Date: May 6, 2025Published by: Macmillan AudioRead from: May 3-5, 2025Stand-aloneSource:  Netgalley (I received a free e-ALC from Netgalley and the publisher. This did nothing to influence my review.)Content Warning: Police Brutality, Gun Violence, Death, Violence, Murder For Readers Interested In: Audio, Sparkly Covers, Most Anticipated, Own, Racial/Ethnic Diversity…

Love at Second Sight by F.T. Lukens

e-Audio, 11:40:59Narrated by: Kevin R. FreeRelease Date: April 29, 2025Published by: Simon & Schuster Audio (Margaret K. McElderry Books)Read from: April 28-30, 2025Stand-Alone (?)Source: Libro FM (I received a free e-ALC from Libro FM and the publisher. This did nothing to influence my review.)Content Warning: Child Abuse, Blood, Death, Violence, Gaslighting, Domestic Abuse, Vomit, Kidnapping,…

Death in the Cards by Mia P. Manansala

Narrated by: Dominique SalvacionRelease Date: May 13, 2025Published by: Books on Tape (Delacorte Press)Read from: April 13-15, 2025Stand-alone (?)Source:  PRH Audio App (I received a free e-ALC from PRH Audio App and the publisher. This did nothing to influence my review.)Content Warning: ViolenceFor Readers Interested In: 2sLGBTQ+ (Queer), Audio, Cozy Mystery, Sparkly Cover, Most Anticipated,…

The Pay-Back Girls by Alex Travis

e-Audio, 10:00:46Narrated by: Tamika Katon-DonegalRelease Date: April 6, 2025Published by: Recorded Books, Inc. (Sourcebooks Fire)Read from: March 25-April 6, 2025Stand-alone Source: Libro FM (I received a free e-ALC from the publisher and their app. This did nothing to influence my review. I also read the e-book in tandem that I received from the publisher. They also…

Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry

e-Audio, 12:02:42Narrated by: Julia WhelanRelease Date: April 22, 2025Published by: BerkleyRead from: March 25-30, 2025Stand-alone (Companion to People We Meet on Vacation)Source: PRH Audio (I received a free e-ALC from the publisher and their app. This did nothing to influence my review.)Content Warning: Grief, Death, Car Accident, Death of a parent, Sexual Content, Eating Disorder,…

Vera Wong’s Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man) by Jesse Q. Sutanto

e-Audio, 10:35:04Narrated by: Eunice WongRelease Date: April 1, 2025Published by: Books on TapeRead from: March 24-25, 2025Vera Wong, #2Source:  PRH Audio (I received a free e-ALC from PRH Audio App and the publisher.  This did nothing to influence my review.)Content Warning: Emotional Abuse, Trafficking. Child Abuse, Suicide, Violence, Physical Abuse, Bullying, AlcoholFor Readers Interested In:…

We Were Warned by Chelsea Ichaso

e-Audio, 09:40:16Narrated by: Jennifer Jill ArayaRelease Date: March 4, 2025Published by: Tantor Media Inc (Sourcebooks Fire)Read from: March 8-9, 2025Stand-aloneSource: Netgalley (I received a free e-ALC from Netgalley and the publisher. This did nothing to influence my review.)Content Warning: Death, Violence, Stalking, Murder, Suicide, Blood, Forced InstitutionalizationFor Readers Interested In: Bombshell/Cliff-hanger/Open Endings, Thrillers, Realistic Fiction,…

Glory Be by Danielle Arceneaux

e-Audio, 08:47:01Narrated by: Bahni TurpinRelease Date: October 3, 2023Published by: Spotify AudiobooksRead from: February 24-26, 2025Glory Broussard Mystery, #1Source: Library’s LibbyContent Warning: Murder, Suicide, Death, Animal Cruelty, Violence, Infidelity, Classism, Addiction, Racism, CancerFor Readers Interested In: Audio, Contemporary, Cozy, Fat Leads, Sparkly Covers, Mystery, Racial/Ethnic Diversity (Black), Realistic Fiction, Recommended       The first…

The Assassin’s Guide to Babysitting by Natalie C. Parker

e-Audio, 09:08:59Narrated by: Jeremy Carlisle ParkerRelease Date: January 7, 2025Published by: Books on Tape (Candlewick Press)Read from: December 26-30, 2024Stand-alone (???) Source: PRH Audio App (I received a copy of this e-ALC from the publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)Content Warning: Confinement, Cursing, Death, For Readers Interested…

Perfect Girl by Tracy Banghart

e-Audio, 07:33:59Narrated by: Angie KaneRelease Date: November 19, 2024Published by: Feiwel & FriendsRead from: November 25-26, 2024Stand-aloneSource: Netgalley (I received a copy of this e-ALC from Netgalley and the publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)Content Warning: Kidnapping, Drug Use, Stalking, Domestic abuse, Gun Violence, Violence,…

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