The Boyfriend Wish by Swati Teerdhala Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books (EpicReads) Release Date: February 13, 2024 Available through Bookshop Cover Illustrator: Anjali Mehta Summary: A charming romantic comedy about a South Indian American teen girl who makes a wish upon a flower for her perfect boyfriend…and then a new boy moves in right next door ..read more

Book adaptations are these days seeming less like a rarity, but especially in Young Adult there seems to be a constant flux when it comes to the genres we see mostly on screen ― the late 200’s – 2010’s gave us the paranormal and dystopian craze. Now we seem to be in an almost “renaissance ..read more

It’s time yet again for that *one yearly book tag I decide to participate in, all joking aside I’ve noticed such a lack of book tags on 24hryabookblog that I’d jump back into them again with the Unpopular Opinions Book Tag! I remember seeing it all around booktube and decided this would be a fun ..read more

A Tempest Of Tea by Hafsah Faizal (Blood And Tea #1) Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux (Fierce Reads) Release Date: February 20, 2024 Available through Bookshop Cover Illustrator: Valentina Remenar [Read an ARC via the publisher] Summary: From Hafsah Faizal, New York Times–bestselling author of We Hunt the Flame, comes the first book in a hotly-anticipated new fantasy ..read more

It’s been the longest since I’ve done a Top Ten Tuesday prompt, so I wanted to share a list of YA romances on my to-read list as part of the “Love Freebie” for Valentine’s Day! One of my favorite subgenre of Young Adult is romances (usually contemporary, fantasy, romcoms, etc) and over the years I’ve ..read more

Its January 28 as I’m writing my Reading Blog and I’d love to catch you all up on what I’ve been up to this past month ―as mentioned in my debut post (which was so fun to work on ???) it was said that these “Reading Blog” wrap-ups are very much inspired by the Booktube-style reading ..read more

No surprise that as 2024 is finally here, there’s plenty of new Young Adult books to look forward to and I’m here to offer a list of titles written by authors of color I’m hyped for. As a reminder, reading and supporting authors of color / BIPOC writers is something we should be celebrating *all ..read more

Dungeons And Drama by Kristy Boyce Publisher: Delacorte Press (Get Underlined) Release Date: January 9, 2024 Pages: 304 Available Through Bookshop Cover Illustrator: Liz Parkes [Read a digital ARC via the publisher] Summary: When it comes to romance, sometimes it doesn’t hurt to play games. A fun YA romcom full of fake dating hijinks! Musical ..read more

With the new year finally here, I wanted to get a head start in thinking about my blogging goals for 2024! Honestly, I’ve been struggling to find motivation to post this past year and my Future of my Blogging discussion delves into some of those points, but the more I’ve been in a slump its ..read more

Lucero by Maya Motayne (Nocturna Trilogy #3) Publisher: Balzer + Bray (HarperTeen / Epic Reads) Release Date: December 26, 2023 Pages: 464 Available through Bookshop Summary: The thrilling finale to the #1 Sunday Times and Los Angeles Times bestselling Nocturna trilogy—a sweeping and epic Dominican-inspired fantasy about a face-changing thief and a risk-taking prince who must save their kingdom ..read more