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49 reviews

The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by S.A. Chakraborty

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

What We Devour by Linsey Miller

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The Do-Over by Lynn Painter

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

Never Date Your Brother's Best Friend by Jules Barnard

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

Sleeping Beauty: An Audible Original Drama by Marty Ross

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

The Case of the Missing Marquess by Serena Blasco

adventurous challenging inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

Pack Your Bags, Maggie Diaz by Nina Moreno

lighthearted slow-paced

2.0

There seems to be a trend lately with these sort of middlegrade books, presenting the lead character as rather self-centered and inconsiderate to her friends all in the name of not understanding the hormonal changes they all experience differently. And I just have to say, I’m so not a fan of this. It just makes your main character seem like a jerk. 

Outside of that, the story wasn’t terrible, though it did drag a bit. Still, I feel like I’d have liked it a lot more if Maggie had been a bit more considerate of everyone around her. 

The Poison Season by Mara Rutherford

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Genuinely torn a bit on this one. It had a painfully slow start and the end truly left me feeling like something was missing…but in general, once everything started moving, it was actually a pretty engaging and somewhat meaningful story about unlearning the lies around us. 

I also picked this up for the fox on the cover…which I have to say has basically nothing to do with the story, lol. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Drowning & poison.

Let It Snow by Michelle Stimpson

hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

One of the more adorable audible originals I’ve read recently. It’s definitely cheesy and all, but a genuine blast overall. I had a lot of fun listening to this one.