3/5 stars Sweater Weather by Shannon O'Connor is an entertaining and spicy autumnal sapphic romance book!

What I liked: ~ Plus size FMC! ~ Many queer characters! ~ Palpable chemistry between main characters! ~ Cozy autumn vibes! ~ Great audio book narration!

Overall rating: ★★★☆☆ 3/5 💙 Romance: ★★★★☆ 3.5/5  📘 Plot / Writing: ★★★☆☆ 3/5  🦋 Diversity: ★★★☆☆ 3/5  🎧 Narration: ★★★★☆ 4/5

Thank you Tantor Media for providing me with a ARC of this audio book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

4.5/5 stars Sparks will Fly by Laurel Holl is a delightful adult romance book with great characters, captivating romance, and wonderful disability representation!The story as a whole is very engaging and has great pacing. The ensemble of characters are well-developed, lovable, and very diverse as a whole. The main characters have amazing chemistry and I loved getting to know their history while seeing their relationship develop in the present. My favorite part of this story was the fantastic disability representation. Mari’s relationship with her body and disability is incredibly relatable and well-written. Overall this story is entertaining, romantic, and one I will definitely be recommending to my friends!

What I Liked Most: ~ Disabled & fat FMC (hEDS)! ~ Many queer characters! ~ Great character chemistry! ~ Well-developed & lovable characters!

overall rating: ★★★★★ 4.5/5 ♿️ disability rep: ★★★★★ 5/5 💙 romance: ★★★★☆ 4/5 🦋 diversity: ★★★★★ 5/5 📘 plot / writing: ★★★★☆ 3.5/5

Thank you to the author for providing me with an advance reader copy of this e-book at no charge. This is my honest, voluntary review.

4.5/5 Meet Me at The Picket Line is a wonderful queer young adult story with neurodivergent main characters! The main character, Eli, is an AuDHD bi trans teen boy and the love interest, Efraín, is an ADHD bi teen boy. The ensemble of characters as a whole is very diverse and the main characters are flawed, but very lovable. Eli and Efraín as characters are very well written; their emotional growth as individuals and as a couple throughout the story felt very fulfilling as a reader. The romance between the two boys is very sweet with the two having great chemistry and matching each other's energy well. The plot of this story centering around collective action and unionizing was very engaging, incredibly poignant, and overall very well done. The audio book is beautifully narrated by Avi Roque who brings a lot of emotion and personality to their performance as Eli and the other characters.

What I liked most: ~ Great disability representation (autistic and ADHD MCs)! ~ Trans representation (trans MMC)! ~ Diverse ensemble of cast! ~ Poignant pro-union plot! ~ Wonderful narration!

Break down of my rating: overall rating: ★★★★★ 4.5/5 ♿️ disability rep: ★★★★★ 5/5 💙 romance: ★★★★☆ 4/5 📘plot / writing: ★★★★★ 5/5

Thank you HarperAudio Children’s for providing me with a ARC of this audio book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

4/5 stars Stops Along the Way is another delightful YA romance from Anna Sortino with wonderful disability representation.! The main character Iris is a hearing aid user due to being hard of hearing and her sister has a genetic juvenile macular degeneration condition called Stargart's Disease. The ensemble of characters as a whole were very entertain with the main four being Iris, her sister Amelia, Declan, and his brother Grady. The chemistry between Iris and Declan is clear from the beginning of the story with the two being somewhat amiable board game rivals. The highlight of this story for me was getting to understand Iris’ relationships with her disability and the uncertainty of potentially developing the same condition as her sister. The main thing that fell short for me in this book was the ending. I wish we got to read a bit more about how our characters had changed and developed by the end of the story. While I appreciated many things about the time jump, it made the ending feel a bit rushed for me. Overall Stops Along the Way by Anna Sortino is a delightful young adult romance book about board game lovers, a road trip, and the importance of chemistry versus timing!

What I liked:

• Great disability representation (hard of hearing FMC with hearing aids and FMCs with macular degeneration / stargart's disease)!
• Great character chemistry!
• Main characters who love board games!
• Entertaining ensemble of characters!

What I didn’t like:

• The pacing felt a bit off to me!
• Wish we got to read more of the characters’ development at the end of the story rather than hearing about what happened off page!

Thank you Penguin Teen for providing me with a ARC of this ebook through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.