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Tag: YA Reads

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Review: P.S. I Like You by Kasie West

Posted on December 4, 2025 by Sara B.
(2026 version with new cover)

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

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Review: Twin Tides by Hien Nguyen

Posted on November 12, 2025 by Sara B.

Genre 📚: YA/NA Horror, Thriller, Paranormal
Tropes 💁‍♀️: Long-lost twins, Family secrets, Murder mystery
Rep ✔️: Vietnamese American main characters, POC side characters
CW ⚠️: Loss of a loved one, grief, intergenerational trauma, brutal deaths/kidnapping
Rating ⭐️: 3.5/5

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Review: The Cuffing Game by Lyla Lee

Posted on October 15, 2025 by Sara B.

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

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Review: My Roommate From Hell by Cale Dietrich

Posted on October 8, 2025 by Sara B.

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

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Review: Fake Skating by Lynn Painter

Posted on September 2, 2025 by Sara B.

Genre 📚: YA Contemporary, Romance
Tropes 💁‍♀️: Sports romance, Fake dating, Former friends to lovers
CW ⚠️: Social anxiety, panic attacks
Rating ⭐️: 4.5/5

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Review: All the Way Around the Sun by Xixi Tian

Posted on August 26, 2025 by Sara B.

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

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Review: Wish You Were Her by Elle McNicoll

Posted on July 29, 2025July 29, 2025 by Sara B.

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

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Review: Nobody in Particular by Sophie Gonzales

Posted on May 6, 2025May 6, 2025 by Sara B.

Genre 📚: YA Contemporary, Queer Lit, Light Academia, Romance
Tropes 💁‍♀️: Royal romance, Forbidden love
Rep ✔️: Gay and bisexual main characters, Korean side character
CW ⚠️: Anxiety, grief, drug overdose, bullying/cyberbullying
Rating ⭐️: 5/5

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Review: And They Were Roommates by Page Powars

Posted on April 30, 2025 by Sara B.

Genre 📚: YA Contemporary, Queer Lit, Light Academia, Romance
Tropes 💁‍♀️: Second chance romance, Hidden identity, Forced proximity
Rep ✔️: Trans main character, gay side character
CW ⚠️: Body dysmorphia
Rating ⭐️: 3.5/5

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Review: You Started It by Jackie Khalilieh

Posted on April 22, 2025 by Sara B.

Genre 📚: YA Contemporary, Romance, Coming-of-age
Tropes 💁‍♀️: Fake dating, Opposites attract
Rep ✔️: Palestinian-Canadian main character, Lebanese-Canadian love interest
CW ⚠️: Anxiety, claustrophobia, panic attacks, alcoholism
Rating ⭐️: 4/5

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