I've got some audiobook credits before I cancel my account (just not worth it when the #library is there 🥰). Could someone recommend some good audiobooks?
What I am looking for:
✔️Cozy mysteries or cozy horror
✔️If romance, nothing 🌶️ because I can't listen to sex scenes being narrated to me without giggling like a middle schooler.
✔️Female main character = bonus
✔️POC protagonist = bonus
✔️YA or New Adult recs okay
@himantra@bookstodon@horror For Cosy mystery I'd like to second Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Muderers (no spice, WOC). Glory Be by Danielle Arceneaux was really good (WOC).
@himantra@bookstodon@horror I highly recommend "The Golem and the Jinni" by Helene Wecker. It's cozy romantic fantasy/mystery with touches of horror. Is it about a golem and a jinni (genie)? Yes! But they're in NYC circa 1900. The sequel is also delightful.
A year or so later, I got it as an Audiobook and am amazed at the level of depth and understanding of the characters, the setting of 1900 New York City, and the writer's ability to get inside the minds of a Jinni, a creature of Fire born in the desert, and the Golem, a creature of clay built to serve her master, able to read minds and desires of those around her with the strength of 10 men.
I'm excited to learn there's a sequel. Thanks for that.
@mvilain@SallyStrange@himantra@bookstodon@horror Yes! Both The Golem and the Jinni, and its sequel are wonderful "Must Own The Print Copy" books for me. The stories deal with some tough subjects at times, but with so much compassion that they are a pleasure to read.