ya romance

Tag

Fame, Fate, and the First Kiss — Kasie West

TITLE: Fame, Fate, and the First Kiss AUTHOR: Kasie West RELEASED: February 5th, 2019; HarperTeen GENRE: Contemporary AGE RANGE: YA All Lacey has ever wanted is to become a successful actress, and she’s done everything she can to get there—working hard, neglecting her social life, and even swearing off love altogether. It seems like her work has paid off when she lands a leading role in a horror film alongside a superstar, until her father’s over-abundance of concern forces her to work with a tutor,...

Anna and the French Kiss — Stephanie Perkins

TITLE: Anna and the French Kiss AUTHOR: Stephanie Perkins RELEASED: December 2nd, 2010; Speak GENRE: Contemporary AGE RANGE: YA Anna never wanted to spend her senior year in Paris. Maybe it would’ve been a dream for most American girls, but for Anna, she wanted to spend her last year of high school in Atlanta, with her best friend and new romantic interest. How’s she supposed to spend an entire year in a French boarding school surrounded by people she’s never met—and a cute boy...

Keeper of the Bees — Meg Kassel

TITLE: Keeper of the Bees AUTHOR: Meg Kassel RELEASES: September 4th, 2018; Entangled Teen GENRE: Paranormal Fantasy AGE RANGE: YA ACQUIRED: finished copy for early review SYNOPSIS: Dresden is cursed. His chest houses a hive of bees that he can’t stop from stinging people with psychosis-inducing venom. His face is a shifting montage of all the people who have died because of those stings. And he has been this way for centuries—since he was eighteen and magic flowed through his homeland, corrupting its people. He follows...

Haven – Mary Lindsey

We’ve all heard the Beauty and the Beast story in some format or another, but in Haven, Beauty is the beast. When Rain’s mother passes away, he’s taken in by his aunt in Haven, a small town with a big past and even bigger secrets. He thinks his life’s finally going to get peaceful and quiet for once, until he falls for Freddie, a girl who’s a lot scarier than she seems. “I believe we all hide a beast inside. The only difference is what...

The Sun is Also a Star — Nicola Yoon

Natasha doesn't have time for love. Not when she's on her way to a deportation tonight, thanks to her father's mistakes. Not when she's facing leaving the only home she's ever known.

Daniel doesn't have time for love. Not when he's on his way to a Yale interview, desperate to appease his demanding father. Not when he's determined to step out of his older brother's shadow, once and for all.

Too bad fate has other plans.

Our Chemical Hearts — Krystal Sutherland

Henry doesn't need love. It isn't that he's bitter, or stuck in the past - love just isn't something that has ever concerned him. He's got everything he needs, until Grace Town walks into his life. The unkempt girl with the limp, clad in men's clothing, shouldn't catch his eye, but she does, and before he knows it, Henry is sucked into a whirlwind of grief, love, and learning that sometimes, beauty lies in the brokenness.