Stay Sweet by Siobhan Vivian

ARC, 356 pages Release Date: April 24, 2018 Published by: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Read from: April 13-18, 2018 Stand-alone Source: TxLA For fans of:  Contemporary, Romance, Summer Lovin, Feminism, Stand-alones, YA      A summer read about first love, feminism, and ice cream.     Summer in Sand Lake isn’t complete without a trip…

Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi

Hardcover, 391 pages Release Date: April 10, 2018 Published by: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books Read from: March 27, 2018 Stand-alone Source: TxLA For fans of:  Contemporary, Romance, Sparkly Covers, Diverse Authors, Diverse MC, Realistic Fiction, Texas setting, Multiple POV, Debut Authors      For Penny Lee high school was a total nonevent. Her friends were okay, her grades were…

Love, Life, and the List by Kasie West

e-ARC, 384 pages Release Date: December 26, 2017 Published by: HarperTeen  Read from: December 3-9, 2017 Companion, 1 of 3 Source: Edelweiss For fans of: Contemporary, Romance, YA       Seventeen-year-old Abby Turner’s summer isn’t going the way she’d planned. She has a not-so-secret but definitely unrequited crush on her best friend, Cooper. She hasn’t been able to manage…

Alex, Approximately by Jenn Bennett

e-ARC, 321 pages Release Date: April 4, 2017 Published by: Simon Pulse Read from: April 11-April 20, 2017  Stand-alone Source: Edelweiss  For fans of: Contemporary,Romance, Chick-lit, DEAR< Diversity, Hot Literary Guys, Realistic Fiction, Stand-alones, YA      The one guy Bailey Rydell can’t stand is actually the boy of her dreams—she just doesn’t know it yet.     Classic movie fan…

#famous by Jilly Gagnon

e-ARC, 384 pages Release Date: February 14, 2017 Published by: Katherine Tegen Books Read from: January 9- February 11, 2017  Stand-alone Source: Edelweiss (I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)  For fans of: Romance, Chick-lit, Contemporary,  Realistic Fiction, Social media, YA   …

By Your Side by Kasie West

ARC, 342 pages Release Date: Jannuary 31, 2017 Published by: HarperTeen Read from: January 30- February 6, 2017  Stand-alone Source: Publisher (I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)  For fans of: Romance, Adventure, Chick-lit, Contemporary,  Realistic Fiction, YA       In this…

Everyone We’ve Been by Sarah Everett

ARC,  391 pages Release Date: October 4, 2016 Published by: Knopf Books for Young Readers Read from: October 11, 2016-October 21, 2016 Stand-alone Source: BEA For fans of: Mysteries, Contemps, Romance, YA, Chick-lit, Debut Authors, Diverse Reads      Addison Sullivan has been in an accident. In its aftermath, she has memory lapses and starts talking to a boy that…

The Replacement Crush by Lisa Brown Roberts

Nook e-Book,  300 pages Release Date: September 6, 2016 Published by: Entangled Teen Read from: September 20-September 27, 2016 Stand-alone Source: Bought For fans of: Contemporary, Romance, Chick-lit, Realistic Fiction, Stand-alones,  YA      True love can’t be strategized.     After book blogger Vivian Galdi’s longtime crush pretends their secret summer kissing sessions never happened, Vivian creates a list of…

Diplomatic Immunity by Brodi Ashton

ARC,  352 pages Release Date: September 6, 2016 Published by: Balzer + Bray Read from: August 31- September 2, 2016 Stand-alone Source: TxLA For fans of: Contemporary Romance, Realistic Fiction, YA      Aspiring reporter Piper Baird decides to write a scathing exposé on the overprivileged students at an elite Washington, DC, school, only for her life to change when…

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