Are you interested in a different kind of coming-of-age novel? I enjoyed how Stephanie Perkins’ Overdue made me think about what adulthood means, and the different markers of it. I remember when New Adult launched as a genre marking that period of transition out of high school and the childhood home; this book truthfully depicts…
Smooth prose and excellent pacing make Follow My Voice, a Booktok and Wattpad viral sensation that will soon be an Amazon Prime Video, an easy to read YA love story/coming-of-age story. A hopeful look at a young woman rebuilding after everything has been broken, this gentle tale covers some harsh subjects, including fat shaming, suicide,…
Roommating is my first romance by Meredith Schorr, and the concept of unplanned roommates starting a romance sounded fun and inspired me to add it to my reading list. At the end of the day it’s an okay read that will appeal to some, good for a summer beach day. Sabrina is busy with grad…
Cold as Ice is book two in Beth Bolden’s new series of hockey romances set at a fictional Portland University, but I didn’t feel I’d missed anything by not listening to book one, Melting the Ice. I freely admit that college-age romances aren’t ones I gravitate towards, but I’ve enjoyed books by Ms. Bolden before…
Amy Lea’s Something Like Fate considers the role of fate in our lives – do we choose our destiny, or is it pre-decided? Lo Zhao-Jensen is part of an extended Chinese-American family where she is strongly influenced by her mother’s sisters and all the family lore. All the women have a gift of psychic ability…
Deep End is Hazelwood’s swimmer/diver romance! The leads are elite college athletes and when they find out a secret about each other they decide to become teammates with benefits. While this isn’t my favorite trope, the story has tons of banter and humor that I love. Scarlett is a platform diver and a junior at…
Nothing Like the Movies is the sequel to the popular YA novel, Better Than the Movies. I laughed and cried and didn’t want the story to end. Liz and Wes are a few weeks into their freshman year at UCLA when something awful happens. Wes has to give up his dreams and return home to…
What a hot mess. In Foes & Cons, Carrie Aarons manages to do the enemies-to-lovers/bully romance trope wrong in every possible way. Blair Oden and Sawyer Roarke grew up together, best friends, and the summer before sophomore year, potential love interests. At least until Blair found a Pros/Cons list Sawyer wrote with reasons to date…
Past Present Future is a sequel to Today Tonight Tomorrow. You need to read the first book to fully appreciate this one. Rowan and Neil get together on the last day of their senior year, officially ending four years of intense academic (and occasionally immature) rivalry. They have one glorious summer together, but college plans…
“…sometimes I feel like everyone else is carrying a bucket of water but I’m trying to carry an ocean.” I picked up Heidi Cullinan’s Carry the Ocean because of its beautiful cover and the intriguing title, and it was well worth the read. A friends-to-lovers romance that’s alternately poignant and painful, it’s not perfect but…
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