Release: July 16th 2019 Genre: Romance Publisher: Self-published Rating: 5 out of 5. Back of the Book: Former hot mess Jolene Baxter is committed to doing better. It’s why she offered to help her sister and brother-in-law move across the country. However, her goodwill is tested when last minute changes—mainly her father ditching her for an all-expenses paid vacation—forces her to make the journey with a man who is the human version of a pebble in her shoe. Jason Akana operates on lists and bitter coffee, but none of those things will help him on a sixteen-hour trip with the most infuriating ..read more

Release: February 2nd 2021 Genre: Young Adult Publisher: Holiday House Rating: 4 out of 5. Back of the Book: Charlie Vega is a lot of things. Smart. Funny. Artistic. Ambitious. Fat. People sometimes have a problem with that last one. Especially her mom. Charlie wants a good relationship with her body, but it’s hard, and her mom leaving a billion weight loss shakes on her dresser doesn’t help. The world and everyone in it have ideas about what she should look like: thinner, lighter, slimmer-faced, straighter-haired. Be smaller. Be whiter. Be quieter. But there’s on ..read more

Release: May 2nd 2019 Genre: Young Adult/Mystery/Thriller Publisher: Electric Monkey Rating: 5 out of 5. Back of the Book: Everyone in Fairview knows the story. Pretty and popular high school senior Andie Bell was murdered by her boyfriend, Sal Singh, who then killed himself. It was all anyone could talk about. And five years later, Pip sees how the tragedy still haunts her town. But she can’t shake the feeling that there was more to what happened that day. She knew Sal when she was a child, and he was always so kind to her. How could he possibly have been a killer? Now a senior herself, Pi ..read more

Alexa, play “Cuff It” by Beyoncé, please. It’s officially cuffing season, and for those of you who don’t know, cuffing season is the time of year when everyone finds themselves in a relationship just as the weather turns cold. Romance is all around and everyone is in love, although this new love doesn’t quite make it into the new year. That’s not the case with books. You love them all year round and sometimes they’re all you can talk about. Here are 18 books being released this November that won’t leave you after New Year: Alex B. Wait for Me by Sara Shepard | November 1st Who is Casey R ..read more

Release: January 4th 2022 Genre: Young Adult/Romance Publisher: Balzer & Bray/Harperteen Rating: 4 out of 5. Back of the Book: Lenore Bennett has always been a force. A star artist and style icon at her high school, she’s a master in the subtle art of not giving a . . . well, you know what. But now that graduation is here, she’s a little less sure. She’s heading to NYU in the fall with a scarlet U (for “undeclared”) written across her chest. Her parents always remind her that Black kids don’t have the luxury of figuring it out as they go—they have to be 110 percent prepared. But it’s a ..read more

Release: February 1st 2022 Genre: Young Adult/Mystery/Thriller Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire Rating: 3 out of 5. Back of the Book: Lia Setiawan has never really fit in. When she wins a full ride to the prestigious Draycott Academy on a track scholarship, she’s determined to make it work even though she’s never felt more out of place. But on her first day there she witnesses a girl being forcefully carried away by campus security. Her new schoolmates and teachers seem unfazed, but it leaves her unsure of what she’s gotten herself into. As she uncovers the secrets of Draycott, complete with a c ..read more

Release: May 2nd 2019 Genre: Young Adult/Mystery/Thriller Publisher: Electric Monkey Rating: 5 out of 5. Back of the Book: Everyone in Fairview knows the story. Pretty and popular high school senior Andie Bell was murdered by her boyfriend, Sal Singh, who then killed himself. It was all anyone could talk about. And five years later, Pip sees how the tragedy still haunts her town. But she can’t shake the feeling that there was more to what happened that day. She knew Sal when she was a child, and he was always so kind to her. How could he possibly have been a killer? Now a senior herself, Pi ..read more

Release: September 5th 2014 Genre: New Adult/Contemporary Publisher: Atria Books Rating: 4 out of 5. Back of the Book: When Tate Collins meets airline pilot Miles Archer, she doesn’t think it’s love at first sight. They wouldn’t even go so far as to consider themselves friends. The only thing Tate and Miles have in common is an undeniable mutual attraction. Once their desires are out in the open, they realize they have the perfect set-up. He doesn’t want love, she doesn’t have time for love, so that just leaves the sex. Their arrangement could be surprisingly seamless, a ..read more

Release: August 17th 2021 Genre: Young Adult/Mystery Publisher: Bloomsbury YA Rating: 3.5 out of 5. Back of the Book: Nancy Luo is shocked when her former best friend, Jamie Ruan, top ranked junior at Sinclair Prep, goes missing, and then is found dead. Nancy is even more shocked when word starts to spread that she and her friends–Krystal, Akil, and Alexander–are the prime suspects, thanks to “The Proctor,” someone anonymously incriminating them via the school’s social media app. They all used to be Jamie’s closest friends, and she knew each of their deepest, darkest secrets. Now, somehow T ..read more

Release: February 2nd 2021 Genre: Young Adult/Contemporary Publisher: Bloomsbury YA Rating: 4 out of 5. Back of the Book: When Nala Robertson reluctantly agrees to attend an open mic night for her cousin-sister-friend Imani’s birthday, she finds herself falling in instant love with Tye Brown, the MC. He’s perfect, except . . . Tye is an activist and is spending the summer putting on events for the community when Nala would rather watch movies and try out the new seasonal flavors at the local creamery. In order to impress Tye, Nala tells a few tiny lies to have enough in common with him. As ..read more