Romance, YA Fiction

Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven

Grades 9-12

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Libby Strout is known for one thing: being America’s fattest teen. No one bothered or cared to get to know her for who she really is. After her mother’s death, she is done with home-schooling and now ready to attend high school after a long while of staying home all the time.

When Libby gets mixed up with Jack Masselin, a boy who goes to her school, the two of them end up in group counseling and community service. Jack knows how to give people what they want, but he has a secret: he is unable to recognize faces. Because of this, he spends his time trying to “get by,” and he constantly reminds himself not to get too close to anyone. As time goes on, Libby and Jack’s relationship starts to change. Will Jack be able to come clean to Libby about his secret?

Romance, YA Fiction

It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover

Ages 14+

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Despite her difficult past, Lily moved on from the small town she grew up in, graduated from college, and then moved to Boston to start her own business. There she meets Ryle, a neurosurgeon who she falls for, and hard. Their relationship is great, until an old flame of Lily’s shows up and threatens everything that she and Ryle have. Will she be able to truly move on from her past to secure her future?

Adult Fiction, Blogging For Books, Romance

This Too Shall Pass by Milena Busquets

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Blanca finds comfort in her friends and family after the passing of her mother, her best friend in the whole world. She returns to Cadaques after being settled in Barcelona for so long, on a journey to find herself again. This includes continuing her affair with her married lover, and traveling with her closest friends and two sons. The novel is honest, funny and impossible to put down!

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

Romance, YA Fiction

Things We Know by Heart by Jessi Kirby

Grades 9-12

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Quinn Sullivan is heartbroken when she loses her boyfriend Trent in a tragic car accident. Then she reaches out to those who received his organs as a result of it, in hopes to heal. She hears back from some of them, but the person who received his heart doesn’t respond. She finally figures out that he is a 19-year-old named Colton Thomas. Quinn meets him, and then realizes that she has feelings for him as they spend more time together. What will happen when Colton finds out he’s been tricked into meeting Quinn?