Information: Author: Laura Steven Genre: Romance, Magical Realism Page Count: 352 Year Published: 2025 Read This If You Like: Reincarnation Stories Star-Crossed Lovers YA books with covers that look like they belong to Adult books Dual timelines and alternate POVs (Many, many, Dual timelines and alternate POVs) Historical Fiction(ish) Books inspired by Taylor Swift songs… Continue reading Our Infinite Fates (Review)
Information: Author: E. Latimer Genre: Horror, Romance Page Count: 400 Year Published: 2025 Read this If You Like: Dark Academia Queer Romance Creepy Forests Secret Societies Dual POV Dark main characters who make morally questionable decisions sometimes Obviously toxic but also really passionate and enjoyable romances Weird endings Synopsis: A new year has just begun… Continue reading The Afterdark (Review)
Information: Author: Maureen Johnson Genre: Mystery, Thriller Page Count: 366 Year Published: 2024 Read This If You Like: Dual Timelines Accidental Troublemaker Main Characters Queer Representation Upstate NY/Canada Settings1 Mysterious Summer Houses More Atmospheric Reads Large Friend Groups Petrichor2 Synopsis: Morning House, located on an island near the border of New York and Canada used… Continue reading Death At Morning House (Review)
Information: Author: Ginny Myers Sain Genre: Thriller, Horror, Paranormal Page Count: 384 Year Published: 2024 Read This if You Like: Atmospheric Thrillers Unsolved Murders Sapphic Relationships Fake Towns in Florida (that also have mysterious secrets) Natural Hot Springs Star-crossed Romance Plenty of twists, plus a climactic ending Serial Killers Spoiler-Free Summary: Trulee knows that her… Continue reading One Last Breath (Review)
Note: While this book is marketed towards adults, and the characters are older than most YA characters (the ages are not stated on page, but I would assume the characters are in their mid 20s or so), this book has little to no mature content and is still suitable and enjoyable for YA readers. Information:… Continue reading Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea (Review)
Information: Author: Erin Cotter Genre: Historical fiction, thriller, romance Page count: 464 Year published: 2023 Read This If You Like: Shakespeare-era stories Lgbtq+ representation Inspiration from real-life events Enemies to (forbidden) lovers Theatre High society books Historical thrillers Synopsis: London, 1593. Will Hughes is an actor who has been down on his luck lately and… Continue reading By Any Other Name (Review)
Information: Author: Lex Croucher Genre: Historical, Romance Page Count: 400 Year Published: 2023 Read This If You Like: British novels/authors Queer Representation Alternate History Enemies-to-friends Fake Dating Trope (but reimagined) Dual POV but in 3rd person Terrible(ish) jokes Spoiler-Free Summary: Gwendoline, the princess of England, and Arthur, the descendent of King Arthur, have been in… Continue reading Gwen and Art are Not in Love (Review)
(Since the paperback version is releasing in February, and has an updated cover, I'm putting both the hardcover and paperback covers. The right image is the paperback.) Information: Author: Ryan La Sala Genre: Contemporary, Romance Page Count: 321 Year Published: 2022 Read This If You Like: Queer representation Dual timelines Second chance trope More focus… Continue reading Be Dazzled (Review)
Information: Author: Kelly Quindlen Genre: Romance, Contemperary Page Count: 291 Year published: 2021 Read This If You Like: Queer representation Enemies-to-lovers Fake dating Teen movie vibes General high school drama Sports romance (specifically basketball/cheerleading) 80s movie references Fender-bender incidents Interesting town names Spoiler-Free Summary: Scottie has just lost her first game of the season playing… Continue reading She Drives Me Crazy (Review)
Information: Authors: Rachael Lippincott, Alyson Derrick Genre: Romance Page count: 371 Year published: 2022 Read This If You Like: Queer representation Teen movie vibes Books written by more than one author Dual POV Reluctant partners to lovers (they aren't exactly enemies) Opposites attract romance "Relationship coaches" (I think that's the name of the trope?) College… Continue reading She Gets The Girl (Review)
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