Genre 📚: YA Paranormal Romance, Mystery, Thriller
Tropes 💁♀️: (Ghost) Rivals to lovers, Forced proximity, Haunted mansion, Murder mystery
Rep ✔️: Hispanic main character, BIPOC side characters
CW ⚠️: Loss of a loved one, grief, murder, stalking, divorce
Rating ⭐️: 3.5/5
Genre 📚: YA Contemporary, Romance
Tropes 💁♀️: Former friends to lovers, Rivals to lovers, Forced proximity
Rep ✔️: BIPOC side characters
CW ⚠️: Divorce, emotionally distant parent
Rating ⭐️: 4.5/5
Genre 📚: YA Contemporary, Romance
Tropes 💁♀️: Former friends to lovers, Forced proximity, Travel romance, Bucket list
Rep ✔️: Korean American gay main character, gay love interest, BIPOC and queer side characters
CW ⚠️: Loss of a loved one, grief, homophobia, racism
Rating ⭐️: 3.5/5
Genre 📚: Memoir, Nonfiction, Graphic Novel
CW ⚠️: Parents fighting, messy divorce/custody battles, depression, ED, body image issues
Rating ⭐️: 5/5
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, 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, Romance, Short Stories
Tropes 💁♀️: First job, Prom night, Jealous boyfriend, Big brother shenanigans, Small town mystery
Rep ✔️: Disabled main character
CW ⚠️: Ableism, bullying, sexual assault (non-consensual kissing), house fire
Rating ⭐️: 3/5
Genre 📚: YA Horror, Thriller, Paranormal
Tropes 💁♀️: Haunted lake, Witch’s curse, Murder mystery
Rep ✔️: Black main characters
CW ⚠️: Loss of a loved one, murder, car accident, drowning, drug use, alcoholism
Rating ⭐️: 4.5/5
Sara Bechtol 