We Are Okay by Nina LaCour

Hardcover, 234 pages Release Date: February 14, 2017 Published by: Dutton Books for Young Readers Read from: March 27-30, 2017  Stand-alone Source: Library For fans of: Marginalized Voices, Contemporary, LGBTQIA+, Mental Illness, YA      You go through life thinking there’s so much you need…     Until you leave with only your phone, your wallet, and a picture of your…

Ronit & Jamil by Pamela L. Laskin

Hardcover, 192 pages Release Date: February 21, 2017 Published by: Katherine Tegen Books Read from: March 2-4, 2017  Stand-alone Source: Library For fans of: Realistic Fiction, Contemporary, Marginalized Voices, Books in Verse, YA      Pamela L. Laskin’s beautiful and lyrical novel in verse delivers a fresh and captivating retelling of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet that transports the star-crossed lovers…

Goodbye Days by Jeff Zentner

e-ARC, 416 pages Release Date: March 7, 2017 Published by: Crown Books for Young Readers Read from: February 22- 26, 2017  Stand-alone Source: Netgalley (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: Realistic Fiction, Contemporary, DEAR, Marginazlized Voices, Sparkly Covers, Tear-Jerkers,…

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

e-ARC, 464 pages Release Date: February 28, 2017 Published by: Balzer + Bray Read from: February 12- 16, 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: Realistic Fiction,  Contemporary, DEAR, Debut Author, Own Voices, 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…

You Don’t Know my Name by Kristen Orlando

e-ARC, 320 pages Release Date: January 10, 2017 Published by: Swoon Reeads Read from: January 7-11, 2017  The Black Angel Chronicles, #1 Source: Netgalley (I recieved this book for free from the publisher. This in no way shaped my review of the book.) For fans of: Spies, Contemporary, Romance, Action, Realistic Fiction, YA      Fighter, Faker, Student, Spy. Seventeen-year-old…

My Sister Rosa by Justine Larbalestier

Hardcover, 309 pages Release Date: November 15, 2016 Published by: Soho Teen Read from: December 16-20, 2016  Stand-alone Source: Edelweiss/ Library For fans of: Contemporary, Dark & Stabby, Thriller, Diversity, Realistic Fiction, Romance, YA      What if the most terrifying person you know is your ten-year-old sister?     Seventeen-year-old Aussie Che Taylor loves his younger sister, Rosa. But he’s…

Last Seen Leaving by Caleb Roehrig

ARC,  324 pages Release Date: October 4, 2016 Published by: Feiwel & Friends Read from: October 22, 2016- Stand-alone Source: BEA For fans of: Thrillers, Romance, Own Voices, Humor, Stand-alones, Bombshell Endings      Flynn’s girlfriend has disappeared. How can he uncover her secrets without revealing his own?     Flynn’s girlfriend, January, is missing. The cops are asking questions he…

Take Me Away