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
Review: P.S. I Like You by Kasie West
Tag: Romance
Review: Daddy Issues by Kate Goldbeck
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
Review: The Cuffing Game by Lyla Lee
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
Review: My Roommate From Hell by Cale Dietrich
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
Review: Overdue by Stephanie Perkins
Genre 📚: Adult Contemporary, Women’s Fiction, Romance
Tropes 💁♀️: Workplace romance, Slow burn, Books about books, Grumpy x Sunshine
Rep ✔️: BIPOC and queer side characters
CW ⚠️: Parent with agoraphobia, loss of a loved one, panic attacks
Rating ⭐️: 3.5/5
Review: Fake Skating by Lynn Painter
Genre 📚: YA Contemporary, Romance
Tropes 💁♀️: Sports romance, Fake dating, Former friends to lovers
CW ⚠️: Social anxiety, panic attacks
Rating ⭐️: 4.5/5
Review: All the Way Around the Sun by Xixi Tian
Genre 📚: YA Contemporary, Coming-of-age, Romance
Tropes 💁♀️: College road trip, Former friends to lovers
Rep ✔️: Chinese American main characters
CW ⚠️: Loss of a loved one, grief, anxiety, diaspora, brief moment of racism
Rating ⭐️: 4.5/5
Review: Game On by Ki Stephens
Genre 📚: New Adult Contemporary, Romance
Tropes 💁♀️: Sports romance, College romance, Friends with benefits, Football player x Cheerleader
Rep ✔️: Main character with OCD
CW ⚠️: Descriptive sex scenes, house fire, abandonment, emotionally distant parents
Rating ⭐️: 3/5
Review: Wish You Were Her by Elle McNicoll
Genre 📚: YA Contemporary, Romance
Tropes 💁♀️: Celebrity romance, Small town romance, Rivals to lovers, Secret pen pals
Rep ✔️: Autistic main characters
CW ⚠️: Ableism, cyberbullying and harassment
Rating ⭐️: 4/5
Review: Well, Actually by Mazey Eddings
Genre 📚: Adult Contemporary, Romance
Tropes 💁♀️: Second chance romance, Talk show host x Influencer, Black cat x Golden retriever
Rep ✔️: Pansexual main character, bisexual love interest, BIPOC and queer side characters
CW ⚠️: Off-page death of a loved one, grief, internalized biphobia, workplace abuse
Rating ⭐️: 4/5
Sara Bechtol 