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He is a beautiful, twisted nightmare. I shouldn't want him to want me. Shaw "Someone or something is hunting her. The poor little rich girl is a magnet for trouble, just like she was back when. I should walk away. Still, an irrational part of me wants to become that single dose of raw, hard… Continue reading Kills Me (Sweet Blood #1) by Jeanie Kearns
Miley Fuller has life all mapped out. But when the first day of senior year rolls around, and not everyone has forgotten her betrayal, Miley knows it’s going to take a lot more than ‘I’m sorry’ to fix things. Avery Chase has his sights set on football. But the star quarterback is about to find… Continue reading Blurred Lines (Rixon High #0.5) by L.A. Cotton
In this coming-of-age YA contemporary fantasy, a teenage girl has her life turned upside down when her family is breaking apart, and she discovers her supernatural powers. There’s no time to deal with it, however, as she’s targeted by a dangerous power-siphoner. Nikki Chase, a 16-year-old striver, feels like her life is falling apart around… Continue reading Illuminated (Book #1) by Iris Marsh
Racism, climate change, and violence are in the past. The new world values respect and collaboration with others. But are there secrets lurking in the shadows of the Land of Hope? What truth about the past is being covered up? When fifteen-year-old Fania returns from Immersion, she is shattered to learn that the next phase… Continue reading Spindrifts by A-M Mawhiney
What do you do when the devil has you in his sights? You show him that you can play his game.Austin Lowes is new to town. She's running from a mom who hates her to her dad who cares nothing about her. Only a few months and she will be free, or at least, that's… Continue reading I Dare You (Dare #1) by Shantel Tessier
Alexander Delacroix’s darkly romantic debut Heart of the Impaler is perfect for fans of Kiersten White’s And I Darken.Vlad Dracula has long lived in the shadows cast by his bloodthirsty father, the voivode, and his older brother, Mircea. Despite their cruelty, Vlad has yearned to prove himself worthy of the throne his whole life. In the cold halls of the… Continue reading Heart of the Impaler by Alexander Delacroix
What the heart desires, the house destroys. Kiersten White meets Tomi Adeyemi in this Ethiopian-inspired debut fantasy retelling of Jane Eyre. Andromeda is a debtera—an exorcist hired to cleanse households of the Evil Eye. When a handsome young heir named Magnus Rochester reaches out to hire her, Andromeda quickly realizes this is a job like… Continue reading Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood
When Blue Mancini’s mother picked her name, it ended up being a self-fulfilling prophecy.A year ago, Blue’s brother, Jack, was involved in a car accident that killed the father of her classmate, Maya Rodriguez. Luckily for Jack, he got out of a manslaughter charge and into a plea bargain thanks to the top-notch lawyer hired by Blue’s… Continue reading Blue by L.E. DeLano
I know what you're thinking. You're thinking this will be just one more story of the ignored, "big-boned " girl, who sheds her glasses and a few extra pounds and finally attracts the notice of the most popular guy in school. Except it isn't. Because I'm not unpopular. Not all that ignored. And I love… Continue reading Cupcake by Cookie O’Gorman
In less than a year, fifteen-year-old Gypsy Capone will be considered a woman in Ovoidia, a “utopian” city-state where every woman can be approached for immediate sex by any man, where curving architecture adds weird whimsy, sporks are the only cutlery, and true intimacy between the genders is a sign of suspect subversion. After all,… Continue reading The Willing by Lindsay Lees
Seventeen years old. Rich. Hot. Captain of the Drone War team. Head prefect of a surreally elite boarding school. Tremmy is dying.His illness strips everything from him—including the support of his teachers and friends who once nurtured his bright future. Worst of all, his best friend’s meteoric rise has come at the expense of Tremmy’s… Continue reading The Momentous Expiration of Tremmy Sinclair by Michael F. Stewart
For every important decision in her life, fifteen-year-old Chris Miller relies on silence rather than courage. In her rough Bridgeport neighborhood, Chris bites her tongue when her best friend gets sent to juvenile detention for a crime she didn’t commit. As a scholarship kid at St. Catherine’s Prep, Chris acquiesces to ‘drinkstagram’ at tony sleepover parties. At… Continue reading The Weight of the Sky by Caroline Schley
I must keep it locked away—the memory of my darkest secret….When the rising tides of my life peak, I’m left struggling with the currents of the storm. The first dilemma is my dad’s gambling debt. Mama bounces back quickly from the ramifications it causes. She proves this by getting a new man. Her Rico Suave is… Continue reading Scorn of Secrets by B. Truly
In Heather Truett’s Kiss and Repeat, a teen uses the scientific method drilled into him by his scientist father to begin a kissing experiment. Only the experiment gets messy, and Stephen will have to come clean if he wants to win one girl’s heart in this heartfelt and funny YA debut. Stephen Luckie isn’t so lucky… Continue reading Kiss and Repeat by Heather Truett
They told me I was an out-of-control train about to crash…Everything changed when the police officer knocked on the door to tell me – a 16-year-old – that my older sister Kristen had died of a brain aneurysm. Cue the start of my parents neglecting me and my whole life spiraling out of control.I decided… Continue reading Runaway Train (Runaway Train #1) by Lee Matthew Goldberg
It’s been three months since Lila lost her father to suicide. Since then, she’s learned to protect herself from pain by following two unbreakable rules:1. The only people who can truly hurt you are the ones you love. Therefore, love no one.2. Stay away from liars. Liars are the worst.But when Lila’s mother sends her to… Continue reading The Half-Orphan’s Handbook by Joan F. Smith
New York Times-bestselling author Goldy Moldavsky delivers a deliciously twisty YA thriller that’s Scream meets Karen McManus about a mysterious club with an obsession for horror.When it comes to horror movies, the rules are clear:x Avoid abandoned buildings, warehouses, and cabins at all times.x Stay together: don’t split up, not even just to “check something out.”x If there’s a murderer on… Continue reading The Mary Shelley Club by Goldy Moldavsky
Wallflower (wohl-flou-erh): Identifier for someone who is shy and/or awkward. For reference, see Viola Kent. Seventeen-year-old Viola Kent likes being invisible. Well, not literally, but she's content being a loner, reading her books, and hanging out with the animals at the shelter. She just wants to keep her head down and get through her senior… Continue reading Wallflower by Cookie O’Gorman
Ellie Agresti’s not sure anything could be worse than being dumped by her boyfriend, Hunter, the first day of senior year.But sharing a “life skills” class with him and his new girlfriend, Brynn? AND getting partnered with a “family” of misfits (A.J., the loudmouth; Isaiah, the horse-racing obsessive; and Luke, the tattooed stunt-biker)?It’s a recipe for… Continue reading The Secret Recipe for Moving On by Karen Bischer
Billie thinks stopping her fellow students from committing murder and almost getting kicked out of the Realm is as bad as it gets, but she should know better. Not only are seven of the most powerful students out for her blood, but Sedna —her former enemy turned ally— turns her enemy again when Billie refuses… Continue reading Piper’s Song by (Alpha Academy #2) Sara E. Tall