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
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
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
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
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
Genre 📚: YA Contemporary Fantasy, Romance
Tropes 💁♀️: Fighting fate, Rich girl x Bad boy, Golden retriever x Black cat, “Touch her and die”
Rep ✔️: Full cast of Chinese characters
CW ⚠️: Messy divorce, emotionally distant parent, violence, child exploitation, house fire
Rating ⭐️: 4/5
Genre 📚: YA Contemporary Fantasy, Coming-of-age, Romance
Tropes 💁♀️: Time travel, Secret pen pals, Opposites attract, Reverse harem
Rep ✔️: Biracial Japanese American main character
CW ⚠️: Messy divorce, emotionally distant parents
Rating ⭐️: 4.5/5
Genre 📚: YA Contemporary/Fantasy, Dark academia, Romance, Coming-of-age
Tropes 💁♀️: Body swapping, Hidden identity, Friends to lovers
Rep ✔️: Chinese American main characters, POC and queer side characters
CW ⚠️: Depression, Self-loathing, Grief, Off-page death of a parent
Rating ⭐️: 5/5
Sara Bechtol 