‘Til Death by Busayo Matuluko

e-Audio, 10:30:52Narrated by: Maria GbeleyiRelease Date: January 30, 2025Published by: Simon & Schuster UKRead from: February 16-18, 2025Stand-aloneSource: Library’s Libby Content Warning: Chronic Illness, Medical Content, Stalking, Injury/Injury Detail, Infidelity, VomitFor Readers Interested In: Audio, Contemporary, Sparkly Covers, Realistic Fiction, Set Outside the US, Thrillers, Mysteries, YA, Racial/Ethnic Diversity, Terminal/Chronic Conditions (Sickle Cell)      …

Wedding Dashers by Heather McBreen

e-Audio, 11:34:58Narrated by: Brittany Pressley & Heather McBreenRelease Date: January 28, 2025Published by: Books on TapeRead from: January 28-29, 2025Stand-aloneSource: PRH Audio App (I received a copy of this e-ALC from the publisher in exchange for a just and honest review.)Content Warning: Domestic Abuse, Emotional Abuse, Death of a Parent, Sexual Content, Vomit, Toxic Relationship,…

The Queen’s Spade by Sarah Raughley

e-Audio, 14:49:46Narrated by: Anniwaa BuachieRelease Date: January 14, 2025Published by: HarperCollinsRead from: January 6-8, 2025Stand-aloneSource: Netgalley (I received a copy of this e-ALC from the publisher and Netgalley in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)Content Warning: Death, DrugsFor Readers Interested In: Romance, Revenge, Set Outside the USA,…

Leap by Simina Popescu

e-ARC, 304 pagesRelease Date: November 12, 2024Published by: Roaring Brook PressRead from: December 5-11, 2024Stand-aloneSource: Netgalley (I received a copy of this e-ARC from the publisher and Netgalley in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)Content Warning: Toxic Relationship, Emotional Abuse, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Eating Disorder, Body Shaming, Alcohol….

Heist Royale by Kayvion Lewis

e-Audio, 07:49:15Narrated by: Jade WheelerRelease Date: November 12, 2024Published by: Books on- TapeRead from: November 8-10, 2024Thieves’ Gambit, #2Source: PRH Audio App (I received an ALC from Netgalley and the publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. Huge shout out to PRH as well for a HC and an ARC. This did nothing…

Only for the Holidays by Abiola Bello

e-Audio, 08:36:14Narrated by: Kenton Thomas & Nneka OkoyeRelease Date: October 15, 2024Published by: Recorded Books, Inc. Read from: October 16-7, 2024Stand-aloneSource: Audible (I also had a physical copy of the UK copy. I read them in tandem for a bit.)Content Warning: Emotional Abuse, Toxic Relationship, Car Accident, Gaslighting, Fatphobia, Misogyny, RacismFor Readers Interested In: Romance, Holidaze,…

A Bánh Mì for Two by Trinity Nguyen

e-Audio, 07:28:45Narrated by: Carolina Do and VyVy NguyenRelease Date: August 20, 2024Published by: Macmillan AudioRead from: August 14-16, 2024Stand-aloneSource: Netgalley (I received a copy of this e-audio from the publisher and Netgalley in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)Content Warning: Grief, Death of a parent, Colonisation, Injury/Injury DetailFor…

Under the Surface by Diana Urban

e-Audio, 10:37:23Narrated by: Rebecca Soler & Max MeyersRelease Date: August 13, 2024Published by: Books on TapeRead from: August 11-13, 2024Stand-aloneSource: PRH Audio App (I received a copy of this e-audio from the publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)Content Warning: Injury’/Injury Detail, Death, Murder, Blood, Gun…

The Love Dare by Abiola Bello

e-Audio, 06:37:31Narrated by: Nneka OkoyeRelease Date: July 4, 2024Published by: Simon & Schuster UKRead from: August 10-11, 2024Companion to Love in Winter WonderlandSource: Library’s LibbyContent Warning: For Readers Interested In: Romance, Racial/Ethnic Diversity (Black & British), Set Outside the US, Realistic Fiction, YA       Can a bet made at Notting Hill Carnival turn into…

The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren

e-Audio, 11:36:26Narrated by: Patti Murin & Jon RootRelease Date: May 14, 2024Published by: Gallery Books (Simon & Schuster Audio)Read from: May 17-20, 2024Stand-aloneSource: S&S Libro FM (I received a copy of this e-audio from the publisher and Libro FM in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)Content Warning:…

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