The Authentics by Abdi Nazemian

Hardcover, 278 pages Release Date: August 8, 2017 Published by: Balzer + Bray Read from: August 19, 2017 Stand-alone Source:  Library For fans of: Coming of Age Novels, Diverse Reads, Diverse Authors, Contemporary, Sparkly Covers, Realistic Fiction, Stand-alones,       The Authentics is a fresh, funny, and insightful novel about culture, love, and family—the kind we are born into and the…

Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert

ARC, 336 pages Release Date: August 8, 2017 Published by: Little Brown Read from: August 6-8, 2017 Stand-alone Source:  TxLA 2017  For fans of: Grief, Finding Yourself, Mental Illness, LGBTQIAP+, POC MC, Diversity, Diverse Families, Realistic Fiction, YA       When Suzette comes home to Los Angeles from her boarding school in New England, she isn’t sure if she’ll ever…

The Secret History of Us by Jessi Kirby

ARC, 274 pages Release Date: August 1, 2017 Published by: HarperTeen Read from: August 2-6, 2017 Stand-alone Source:  #BooksforTrade  For fans of: Grief, Finding Yourself,       Gorgeously written and emotionally charged, The Secret History of Us explores the difficult journey of a teenage girl who must piece her life together after losing her memory in a near-fatal accident.   …

This is How it Happened by Paula Stokes

e-ARC, 384 pages Release Date: July 11, 2017 Published by: HarperTeen Read from: July 15-18, 2017 Stand-alone Source:  Edelweiss (I received a copy of this book from the Netgalley and the Publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)  For fans of: Contemporary, Romance, Sparkly Covers, DEAR, Realistic Fiction, YA       Somehow…

Ramona Blue by Julie Murphy

ARC, 3391 pages Release Date: May 9, 2017 Published by: Balzer + Bray Read from: June 1- 4, 2017 Stand-alone Source: TxLA  For fans of: Contemporary, Romance, Realistic Fiction, Coming of Age, LGBTQ- Bisexual, Own Voices, YA      Ramona was only five years old when Hurricane Katrina changed her life forever.     Since then, it’s been Ramona and her family…

Fire in You by J. Lynn

Paperback, 360 pages Release Date: November 28, 2016 Published by: Jennifer Armentrout Read from: November 28-December 8, 2016 Wait for You, #6 Source: Bought For fans of: Romance, New Adult, Contemporary, Tear-Jerkers, Sparkly Covers, Series Enders      From the # 1 New York Times and International bestselling author, Jennifer L. Armentrout writing as J.Lynn, comes a richly moving…

What You Always Wanted by Kristin Rae

Hardcover, 310 pages Release Date: March 29,2016 Published by: Bloomsbury USA Children’s If Only, #8 Source: Library For fans of: Contemporaries, Romance, Chick-lit, LOL, Realistic Fiction, Stand-alones, YA      If only…he was the boy she’s been dreaming of.     Theatre girl Maddie Brooks has always had high standards for guys. But she has yet…

Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone

Hardcover, 355 pages Release Date: June 16, 2015 Published by: Disney-Hyperion Stand-alone Source: Own (Bought) For fans of: Chick-lit, Coming of Age, Contemporary Romance, Health Issues, Literary Hot Guys, Own, Pre-Ordered, Realistic Fiction, YA      If you could read my mind, you wouldn’t be smiling.      Samantha McAllister looks just like the rest of the popular…

Scorched by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Kindle e-book, 320 pages Release Date: June 16, 2015 Published by: Spencer Hill Press Frigid, #2 Source: Own (Bought) For fans of: Contemporary Romance, Drama, Chick-lit, Realistic Fiction, Series, NA, Sparkly Covers      Sometimes life leaves a mark…     Most days, Andrea doesn’t know whether she wants to kiss Tanner or punch him in…

The Fill-In Boyfriend by Kasie West

ARC, 343 pages Release Date: May 5, 2015 Published by: HarperTeen Stand-alone Source: ATWAT For fans of: Coming of Age, Contemporary Romance, Realistic Fiction, YA      When Gia Montgomery’s boyfriend, Bradley, dumps her in the parking lot of her high school prom, she has to think fast. After all, she’d been telling her friends…

Take Me Away