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 📚: Adult Contemporary, Romance
Tropes 💁♀️: Enemies to lovers, Fake dating, Forced proximity, Road trip
CW ⚠️: Descriptive sex scenes, off-page violence
Rating ⭐️: 2.5/5
Genre 📚: YA Contemporary, Romance
Tropes 💁♀️: Reality TV romance, Rivals to lovers, Fake dating
Rep ✔️: Korean American main character, BIPOC and queer side characters
CW ⚠️: Anxiety, emotionally distant parent
Rating ⭐️: 4/5
Genre 📚: YA Contemporary, Romance
Tropes 💁♀️: Celebrity/Boy band romance, Forced proximity, Grumpy x Sunshine
Rep ✔️: Disabled main characters, demi-romantic FMC, Korean-Australian and pansexual MMC, BIPOC and queer side characters
CW ⚠️: Loss of a loved one, grief, cyber bullying, brief mention of parent being ableist and queerphobic
Rating ⭐️: 3.5/5
Genre 📚: YA Speculative Fiction, Coming-of-age, Romance
Tropes 💁♀️: Empathetic environment, Family drama, Grumpy x Sunshine
Rep ✔️: Bangladeshi American main character, Turkish American love interest, queer side character
CW ⚠️: Depression, suicidal ideation, anxiety, panic attacks, emotional (and some physical) abuse
Rating ⭐️: 4.5/5
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, Romance
Tropes 💁♀️: Enemies to lovers, Best friend’s ex, Secret pen pals
Rep ✔️: POC side characters
CW ⚠️: Messy divorce, emotionally distant parents
Rating ⭐️: 4.5/5
Genre 📚: Adult Contemporary, Romance
Tropes 💁♀️: Age gap romance, Single dad, Forced proximity
Rep ✔️: Queer side characters
CW ⚠️: Descriptive sex scenes, abandonment, emotionally distant parent
Rating ⭐️: 4/5
Genre 📚: YA/NA Contemporary, Romance
Tropes 💁♀️: Reality TV romance, Showrunner x Contestant, Enemies to lovers
Rep ✔️: Korean/Korean American main characters, Bisexual main character, BIPOC and queer side characters
CW ⚠️: Brief mention of homophobic parent
Rating ⭐️: 3.5/5
Genre 📚: YA/NA Contemporary, Paranormal, Fantasy
Tropes 💁♀️: Demon x Human, Opposites attract, Forced proximity, Fake dating
Rep ✔️: Queer main characters and side characters
CW ⚠️: Religious bigotry, drugging/kidnapping
Rating ⭐️: 3.5/5
Sara Bechtol 