Book Blurb Tessa is a good girl with a sweet, reliable boyfriend back home. She’s got direction, ambition, and a mother who’s intent on keeping her that way. But she’s barely moved into her freshman dorm when she runs into…
Normal People by Sally Rooney
Book Rating: Two Stars. Book Blurb At school, Connell and Marianne pretend not to know each other. He’s popular and well-adjusted, star of the school soccer team, while she is lonely, proud, and intensely private. But when Connell comes to…
People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
Book Rating: Four Stars. Book Blurb Poppy and Alex. Alex and Poppy. They have nothing in common. She’s a wild child; he wears khakis. She has insatiable wanderlust; he prefers to stay home with a book. And somehow, ever since…
Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
Book Rating: Five Stars. Book Blurb An incendiary and utterly compelling thriller with a shocking twist that delves deep into the heart of institutionalized racism, from an exceptional new YA voice. Welcome to Niveus Private Academy, where money paves the…
Happily Ever Afters by Elise Bryant
Book Rating: Two and a Half Stars. Book Blurb Sixteen-year-old Tessa Johnson has never felt like the protagonist in her own life. She’s rarely seen herself reflected in the pages of the romance novels she loves. The only place she’s…
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
Book Rating: Five Stars. Book Blurb A beautiful and distinguished family. A private island. A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy. A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive. A revolution. An accident. A secret. Lies upon lies….