Tag: Contemporary Fiction
Be Dazzled by Ryan La Sala YA Contemporary, LGBTQ+ Rating: ★★★★★ Synopsis Project Runway goes to Comic Con in an epic queer love story about creativity, passion, and finding the courage to be your most authentic self.Raffy has a passion for bedazzling. Not just bedazzling, but sewing, stitching, draping, pattern making--for creation. He's always chosen … Continue reading Be Dazzled by Ryan La Sala
You Should See Me in a Crown Sea by Leah Johnson Young Adult, Contemporary, LGBTQ+ Rating: ★★★★ Synopsis Liz Lighty has always believed she's too black, too poor, too awkward to shine in her small, rich, prom-obsessed midwestern town. But it's okay -- Liz has a plan that will get her out of Campbell, Indiana, … Continue reading You Should See Me in a Crown Sea by Leah Johnson
The Vengeful Hearts by Katherine Laurin Young Adult, Contemporary Rating: ★★★★ Synopsis Whenever something scandalous happens at Heller High, the Red Court is the name on everyone's lips. Its members--the most elite female students in the school--deal out social ruin and favors in equal measure, their true identities a secret known only to their ruthless … Continue reading The Vengeful Hearts by Katherine Laurin
A note: Though I am posting this as a rom-com book review, as you will see when you read my review, I have trouble putting this in the rom-com category. Loathe at First Sight by Suzanne Park Contemporary Fiction Rating: ★★★ Synopsis Melody Joo is thrilled to land her dream job as a video game … Continue reading Loathe at First Sight by Suzanne Park
Young Adult Contemporary Rating: Synopsis Lex was taken – trafficked - and now she’s Poppy. Kept in a hotel with other girls, her old life is a distant memory. But when the girls are rescued, she doesn’t quite know how to be Lex again.After she moves in with her aunt and uncle, for the first … Continue reading What Unbreakable Looks Like by Kate McLaughlin
The Perfect Escape by Suzanne Park Genre: Young Adult Contemporary, Romance Release Date: April 7 Book 1 in The Prefect Escape Series Rating: Synopsis Nate Jae-Woo Kim wants to fit in. As a scholarship student at an elite private school that means being rich. Kate Anderson just wants to escape to New York, get away … Continue reading The Perfect Escape by Suzanne Park
It Sounded Better in my Head by Nina Kenwood Genre: Young Adult Contemporary Release Date: April 7 Rating: Synopsis Natalie’s life is changing, her parents are divorcing, her two best friends are now a couple. Her world is no longer making sense, that is until an unexpected romance starts… This post contains affiliate links. You … Continue reading It Sounded Better in My Head by Nina Kenwood
In Five Years by Rebecca Serle Genre: Contemporary Rating: Synopsis After what may be the best night of her life, Dannie wakes up the next morning and doesn’t recognize anything. She realizes that it’s not 5 years later, in 2025. She falls back asleep and wakes up again in 2020, assuming that it had all … Continue reading In Five Years by Rebecca Serle
Anna K by Jenny Lee Genre: Young Adult Contemporary Release Date: March 3 Rating: Synopsis Anna has everything figured out, or at least she seems to. That is until she meets Alexia Count Vronsky. They couldn’t be more different and Anna must decide what she is willing to give up of herself to be with … Continue reading Anna K by Jenny Lee