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…

Coming Up for Air by Miranda Kenneally

ARC, 279 pages Release Date: July 4, 2017 Published by: Sourcebooks Fire Read from: June 27-July 1, 2017 Hundred Oaks, #8 Source: Netgalley (I recieved this book from the publisher in exchange for a just and honest review.) For fans of:  Companions, Sparkly Covers, Hot Literary Guys, Series Enders, Summer Lovin, Contemporary, Romance, YA      Swim. Eat….

Bad Romance by Heather Demetrios

ARC, 354 pages Release Date: June 13, 2017 Published by: Henry Holt & Co. Read from: June 11-17, 2017 Stand-alone Source: TxLA 2017 For fans of: Romance, Realistic Fiction, Contemporary, Dark, New Adult, Sparkly Covers, DEAR      Grace wants out. Out of her house, where her stepfather wields fear like a weapon and her mother makes her scrub imaginary dirt…

When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon

ARC, 374 pages Release Date: May 30, 2017  Published by: Simon Pulse Read from: May 21-May 26, 2017 Dimple & Rishi, #1 Source: TxLA  For fans of: Contemporary,Romance, DEAR, Realistic Fiction, Stand-alones, YA, LOL, Diversity, Own Voices, Realistic Fiction, Multiple POVs, Sparkly Covers      A laugh-out-loud, heartfelt YA romantic comedy, told in alternating perspectives, about two Indian-American teens whose…

The Names They Gave Us by Emery Lord

ARC, 384 pages Release Date: May 16, 2017 Published by: Bloomsbury USA Children’s Read from: May 17-May 21, 2017 Stand-alone Source: TLA 2017 For fans of: Grief Management, Diversity, Tear-Jerkers, Realistic Fiction, Contemporary, Romance, Coming of Age, Character Growth, Sprakly Covers, YA      When it all falls apart, who can you believe in?     Everything is going right for…

Flame in the Mist by Renee Adhieh

ARC, 392 pages Release Date: May 16, 2017 Published by: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers Read from: May 1-May 9, 2017 Flame in the Mist, #1 Source: TLA 2017 For fans of: Fantasy, Romance, Action, Sparkly Covers, Diverse Authors, Diversity, POC      The daughter of a prominent samurai, Mariko has long known her place—she may be an…

Never Let You Go by Chevy Stevens

Hardcover, 406 pages Release Date: March 14, 2017 Published by: St. Martin’s Press Read from: March 30-April 2, 2017  Stand-alone Source: Library   For fans of: Psychological Thrillers, Adult, Contemporary, Sparkly Covers      Eleven years ago, Lindsey Nash escaped into the night with her young daughter and left an abusive relationship. Her ex-husband was sent to jail and she started…

The Gauntlet by Karuna Riazi

e-ARC, 298 pages Release Date: March 28, 2017 Published by: Salaam Reads Read from: March 18-28 , 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: Marginalized Voices, Fantasy, MG, Steampunk      A trio of friends from…

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