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…

The Loose Ends List by Carrie Firestone

ARC, 342 pages Release Date: June 7, 2016 Published by: Little Brown Books for Young Readers Stand-alone Source: TLA For fans of: Contemporary, Romance, Grief, Sadness, Chick-lit, Debut Author,       First loves. Last Wishes. Letting go.      Seventeen-year-old Maddie O’Neill Levine lives a charmed life, and is primed to spend the perfect pre-college…

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…

What You Left Behind by Jessica Verdi

ARC, 358 pages Release Date: August 4, 2015 Published by: Sourcebooks Fire Stand-alone Source: Publisher (This ARC was given to me by the publishers. This in no way shaped my opinion on the book. A huge thank you goes out to the publisher for letting me read and review this title.) For fans of: Contemporary, Romance, Diversity FTW, Male…

Made You Up by Francesca Zappia

Hardcover, 448 pages Release Date: May 19, 2015 Published by: Greenwillow Books Stand-alone Source: Bought For fans of: Contemporary, Romance, Mental Illness, Realistic Fiction, Diversity FTW, YA      Reality, it turns out, is often not what you perceive it to be—sometimes, there really is someone out to get you. Made You Up tells the…

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