Category: Romance

Award/Honor Books, Romance, YA Fiction

The Sun Is Also A Star by Nicola Yoon

Michelle

Grades 9-12
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Natasha is a girl who doesn’t believe in fate, only facts. She’s not the type of girl who pictured herself meeting a boy in New York City and falling in love with him. A boy, whose family is about to be deported to Jamaica, no less.

Daniel is a boy whose always been a good student and lived up to his parents’ high expectations and  is on the straight and narrow.

When Natasha and Daniel cross paths, however, everything stops them in their tracks and the only thing they see is each other. The two of them wonder what is to become of them and if the universe will allow their lives to intertwine.

The Sun Is Also A Star is a 2017 Prinz Honor book.

Nicola Yoon won the 2017 Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Author Award.

 

Romance, Series, YA Fiction

The Boy Is Back by Meg Cabot

Michelle

Ages 14+

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The latest in Cabot’s Boy series, this book follows the not-so-glamorous life of pro golfer Reed Stewart. A post on the Internet has destroyed his and his family’s name, and forces him to confront his past in order to move to his future. Reed has no choice when his siblings hire his ex-girlfriend Becky, who also happens to be a lawyer, to help save their parents. Will the entire ordeal prove to be disastrous? Or can the two of them find love again?

Romance, YA Fiction

Forever, Again by Victoria Laurie

Michelle

Grades 9-12
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Lily is starting her junior year of high school as the “new kid.” She soon becomes friends with a boy named Cole who tells her about the thirty year old murder-suicide of a senior named Ben who also happened to be Cole’s uncle. The killer was Amber, Ben’s girlfriend. Lily feels a connection to Amber and has a feeling that there’s more to her story. She then embarks on a mission to investigate the truth about Cole’s death.

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

Netgalley Reviews, Romance, YA Fiction

The Infinity of You and Me by J.Q. Coyle

Michelle

Grades 9-12

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Alicia has been diagnosed with a plethora of mental illnesses and idolizes Sylvia Plath. Alicia hallucinates many worlds that are very different from her own reality. She meets a boy named Jax in on of her hallucinations, only to find out later that he is not actually a hallucination, but someone she is connected to in real life. She then starts out on a journey to find true self and save all those around her that she loves.

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

LGBTQ+, Netgalley Reviews, Romance, YA Fiction

Jess, Chunk and the Road Trip to Infinity by Kristin Elizabeth Clark

Michelle

Grades 9-12

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Jess’s life has changed dramatically since the last time she saw her father; for one she was a boy named Jeremy. Now that she’s graduated from high school, she wants to try to make amends with her father who rejected her after she came out to him as trans. She believes that his wedding is the perfect place to do that. She starts out on a journey with her best friend Chunk to show up to her father’s wedding, which, she was fully invited to. Will her father come around? Or will it be a complete disaster?

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

Netgalley Reviews, Romance, YA Fiction

The Best Possible Answer by E. Katherine Kottaras

Michelle

Grades 9-12

bookViv has always been an over-achiever and has a plan to get the perfect grades, the perfect SAT scores, and get into the perfect college. But when she meets a new group of friends at her job at the community pool, she realizes that she can be whoever she wants, because they don’t know anything about her past. She just doesn’t know who that person is yet, but she starts to understand that she is allowed to be less than perfect.

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

Romance, YA Fiction

How To Keep A Boy From Kissing You by Tara Eglington

Michelle

Grades 9-12

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This is a sassy and romantic story! Aurora Skye has a strategic plan on how to keep all the boys who try to kiss her from doing so. She’s never been kissed, and, though she’s had plenty of opportunity, she is waiting for the right guy. When she finds out that she has a secret admirer, she is certain that he is the one she’s been waiting for. Then, she is cast in the school play “Much Ado About Nothing” as the lead role opposite her former friend and current archenemy, Hayden. She’s horrified. He can’t be her first kiss! And in a play, in front of the whole school, no less. Will she be able to keep him away until she finds her secret admirer, or will it all come crashing down and end up being a complete disaster?

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

Netgalley Reviews, Romance, Short Stories

Paris For One & Other Stories by Jojo Moyes

Michelle

Ages 18+

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Twenty-six-year-old Nell is meeting her boyfriend on a romantic weekend trip to Paris. She finds herself in an interesting position,  however, when he fails to show up. Instead of sulking, Nell takes the opportunity that she’s been given and tries to make the most of it. Eight stories follow this one, and add charm and romance to the collection.

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

Netgalley Reviews, Romance, Series

Just A Kiss by Denise Hunter

Michelle

Ages 14+

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Just A Kiss, the third book in the Summer Harbor series, was heartwarming and inspiring. Riley went to bootcamp to become a marine when he couldn’t handle the fact that the love of his life was with his brother. Now, Riley’s tour in Afghanistan is up, and he returns with every intention of telling Paige how he feels. However, an IED leaves him an amputee, but Paige is all too happy to take care of him, her best friend. Will Riley be able to come clean and tell Paige that he loves her? Or will he fall apart at the seams?

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

Adult Fiction, Netgalley Reviews, Romance

Twelve Days of Christmas by Debbie Macomber

Michelle

Ages 14+

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This sweet love story didn’t start out as a love story at all. Julia starts to blog about her annoying neighbor Cain, giving him the nickname Ebenezer so as to hide his real identity. She is on a mission to “kill him with kindness” after he steals her newspaper. She expects to change his outlook on Christmas, but what she doesn’t expect is to fall in love with him. What will happen if and when he finds out that he’s her little project? And worse, what will happen if he finds out about the blog?

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