The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

ARC, 344 pages Release Date: November 1, 2016 Published by: Delacorte Press Read from: November 18-November 28, 2016 Stand-alone Source: BEA 2016 For fans of: Diversity in Literature, Romance, Tear-Jerkers, Contemporary, Sparkly Covers, DEAR, Own Voices, Realistic Fiction,       Natasha: I’m a girl who believes in science and facts. Not fate. Not destiny. Or dreams that will never…

As I Descended by Robin Talley

ARC,  370 pages Release Date: September 6, 2016 Published by: HarperTeen Read from: August 24- August 31, 2016 Stand-alone Source: TxLA For fans of: Retellings, Creepy, LGBTQIA, Diversity, Fantasy, Ghosts, Disability, Stand-alones, YA      Maria Lyon and Lily Boiten are their school’s ultimate power couple—even if no one knows it but them.     Only one thing stands between them…

Girl Against the Universe by Paula Stokes

ARC, 377 pages Release Date: May 17, 2016 Published by: HarperTeen Stand-alone Source: TLA For fans of: Sports, Contemporary Romance, Realistic Fiction, Diversity Disability (Illness)      Maguire is bad luck.     No matter how many charms she buys off the internet or good luck rituals she performs each morning, horrible things happen when Maguire…

Asa by Jay Crownover

Audio, 9 parts Release Date: April 14, 2015 Published by: Harper Collins Marked Men, #6 Source: Library For fans of: Contemporary Romance,       Starting over in Denver with a whole new circle of friends and family, Asa Cross struggles with being the man he knows everyone wants him to be and the man he…

Dumplin by Julie Murphy

ARC, 376 pages Release Date: September 15, 2015 Published by: Balzer + Bray Stand-alone Source: #RT2015 For fans of: Diversity, Contemporary, Romance, Girl Power, Realistic Fiction, YA       Self-proclaimed fat girl Willowdean Dickson (dubbed “Dumplin’” by her former beauty queen mom) has always been at home in her own skin. Her thoughts on…

Emmy & Oliver by Robin Benway

e-ARC, 352 pages Release Date: June 23, 2015 Published by: HarperTeen Stand-alone Source: Edelweiss (This book was given to me by the publishers and the Edelweiss. This in no way shaped my opinion on the book. A huge thank you to both the publisher and Edelweiss.)   For fans of: Contemporary Romance, Drama, Chick-lit, Realistic Fiction, Stand-alone, YA    …

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