Genre 📚: YA Fantasy, Romance
Tropes 💁♀️: Faerie courts, Bargains/trickery, Glamour, Half-fae x Mortal
Rep ✔️: Queer main character, queer side character
CW ⚠️: Kidnapping, torture, blood/violence, emotional and physical abuse
Rating ⭐️: 4.5/5
Author: Sara B.
...is a multiracial American writer, fangirl, and dog mom. She loves romance in all mediums, whether in books or k-dramas -- on a good day, maybe even reality TV.
Review: Heirs of Infamy by Kyla Zhao
Genre 📚: YA Historical Fiction, Romance
Tropes 💁♀️: Forbidden love, Enemies to lovers, Forced proximity, Heist schemes
Rep ✔️: Full cast of Chinese American characters
CW ⚠️: Loss of a loved one, grief, racism, gang activity, gun violence, sexual assault (by police officer)
Rating ⭐️: 3.5/5
Review: Trust Fall by Lynn Painter
Genre 📚: YA Contemporary, Romance
Tropes 💁♀️: Enemies to lovers, Forced proximity, Small town girl x Rich city boy
CW ⚠️: Loss of a loved one, grief, anxiety, bullying, emotionally distant parents
Rating ⭐️: 4/5
Review: 72 Hours of You by Darianne Schramm
Genre 📚: YA Contemporary Fantasy, Romance
Tropes 💁♀️: Death countdown, Foreknowledge, Carpe Diem
Rep ✔️: Jewish American main character, queer side character
CW ⚠️: Loss of a loved one, grief, stalking/harassment, gun violence, cancer and other terminal illnesses
Rating ⭐️: 4/5
Review: Everything Comes Back to You by Jackie Khalilieh
Genre 📚: YA Contemporary, Coming-of-age, Romance
Tropes 💁♀️: Family drama, First love, First experiences
Rep ✔️: Palestinian-Canadian main character, autism
CW ⚠️: Teen pregnancy, slut shaming, alcoholism, emotional abuse, depression, ED
Rating ⭐️: 4.5/5
Review: Find My Way Down to You by Julian Winters
Genre 📚: YA Contemporary Fantasy, Coming-of-age, Romance
Tropes 💁♀️: Underworld/Mythology, Human x Ferrier of souls
Rep ✔️: Black queer main character, BIPOC and queer side characters
CW ⚠️: Car accident, loss of a loved one, grief, descriptions of dead bodies
Rating ⭐️: 4/5
Review: If Books Could Kill by Kate Eberle
Genre 📚: Adult Contemporary Fantasy, Crime-thriller-comedy, Romance
Tropes 💁♀️: Books about books, Accidental wish, Murder mystery, Opposites attract
CW ⚠️: Attempted murder, actual murder, violence
Rating ⭐️: 5/5
Review: The Romance Revival by Christina Lauren
Genre 📚: Adult Contemporary (w/ sci-fi elements), Romance
Tropes 💁♀️: Second chance romance, Amnesia, Opposites attract
Rep ✔️: Women in STEM 🧪, BIPOC side character
CW ⚠️: Emotionally distant parents, off-page death of parents, grief, kidnapping, moments with blood/violence
Rating ⭐️: 4/5
Review: Meet Me at Midnight by Brianna Bourne
Genre 📚: YA Contemporary Fantasy, Romance
Tropes 💁♀️: Shared dreams, Memory erasures, Second chance romance
Rep ✔️: BIPOC side characters
CW ⚠️: Loss of a loved one, medical trauma, grief
Rating ⭐️: 4.5/5
Review: The Romance Rewind by Sarah Everett
Genre 📚: YA Contemporary Fantasy, Romance
Tropes 💁♀️: Time travel, Shared dreams, Right person/Wrong time
Rep ✔️: Black main character, BIPOC and queer side characters
CW ⚠️: Car accident, loss of a loved one, grief, emotionally distant parent, racism, sexism
Rating ⭐️: 3/5
