Category: Romance

Middle Grade Fiction, Netgalley Reviews, Romance, Series

Junior Lifeguards: The Test by Elizabeth Doyle Carey

Michelle

Grades 3-5

the test

Jenna, Piper, Selena and Ziggy are ready for a fun-filled summer on the Cape as they embark on their journey to become junior lifeguards. They’re hoping to make the cut and that program director Bud Slater will pick them. The girls’ competition is gorgeous Samantha Frankel, and they want to keep their heads in the game long enough to beat her. However, it won’t be easy with the temptation of Hayden Jones and Luke Slater around, two uber-cute boys who also want to make the squad. Can they pull it off? Read Junior Lifeguards: The Test by Elizabeth Doyle Carey to find out!

Thanks to Netgalley.com for a review copy of this book.

Romance, Short Stories, YA Fiction

21 Proms by David Levithan

Michelle

Grades 9-12

21 proms

This collection of short stories edited by David Levithan includes prom stories written by various authors such as John Green, Libba Bray and E. Lockhart. Each story is focused on a different type of prom, whether it be a backwards prom, known as a “morp,” a prom for fat girls or skipping prom altogether to stay home and watch movies with your neighbors. Read 21 Proms to find out how each character does prom his or her way.

Adult Fiction, Romance

Cocktails for Three by Madeleine Wickham

Michelle

Ages 18+

cocktails

Sophie Kinsella, the author of the best selling Shopaholic series, writes as Madeleine Wickham in this rom-com of a novel. Roxanne, Maggie and Candice are three colleagues and friends who work for The Londoner, a popular fashion magazine. Every month, the girls meet at Manhattan Bar in London for a night of fun and chitchat. They talk about almost everything. Each girl has a secret, however, that they are unwilling to spill. Read Cocktails for Three to find out how their lives unravel and their secrets are ultimately revealed.

Romance, YA Fiction

Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover

Michelle

 

maybe.jpgGrades 9-12

Sydney has a great job and and even better boyfriend. Then she finds out that her boyfriend cheated on her with her best friend. Sydney is heartbroken, but then she meets Ridge and hopes that the friendship that forms between them will help ease the pain. The two of them begin writing songs together, and she starts to forget her ex, realizing that a little distance is just what she needed.

Romance, YA Fiction

Say What You Will by Cammie McGovern

Michelle

Grades 9-12

say-what

Amy was born with severe Cerebral Palsy, and she uses a walker to walk and a voice box to talk. She decides to hire student aides to help her navigate her senior year in high school. This is how she meets Matthew, a boy with OCD who is consumed with repeating thoughts and the need to check and double check everything he does. They find out they had more in common than they realized, and a friendship blossoms into something unexpected.

Adult Fiction, Romance, YA Fiction

Queen of Babble by Meg Cabot

Michelle

Ages 16+
queen.jpgLizzie Nichols has just booked a trip to London to visit her long time British boyfriend Andrew. She’s excited, but she knows she should have used the money to put a down payment on an apartment. She tries hard to plan for her future, but she really has no idea what she wants to do with her life. On top of that, her big mouth has gotten her in trouble again, and this time it leaves Andrew in major hot water, and her in London with no boyfriend and no place to stay. Her only saving grace is that her best friend is living in France with her boyfriend Chaz, and Lizzie is able to stay with them until she figures out her next move. But just what will that be?

LGBTQ+, Romance, Tear Jerkers, YA Fiction

Scars by Cheryl Rainfield

Michelle

Grades 9-12
scars

Fifteen-year-old Kendra has been seeing a therapist since the ugly memories of being raped at the age of two began to resurface. Try as she may, though, she is unable to remember the most important detail of the abuse: her rapist’s identity. She has the utmost trust in her therapist, but she can’t shake the feeling that someone is following her. To ease her fears, she cuts, but not one person in her life knows about it; not her therapist, her art teacher, or her friend Meghan who she hopes will soon turn into something more. Will Kendra heal before it’s too late?