Genre 📚: Memoir, Nonfiction, Graphic Novel
CW ⚠️: Parents fighting, messy divorce/custody battles, depression, ED, body image issues
Rating ⭐️: 5/5
Review: Until We Meet Again by Lily Kim Qian
Tag: YA Reads
Review: I Could Give You the Moon by Ann Liang
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
Review: Seyoon and Dean, Unscripted by Sujin Witherspoon
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
Review: Someone to Daydream About by Sydney Langford
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
Review: Right as Rain by Tashie Bhuiyan
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
Review: Snapshots of Sunlight by Abbie Emmons
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
Review: They Call Her Regret by Channelle Desamours
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
Review: Love Me Tomorrow by Emiko Jean
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
Review: P.S. I Like You by Kasie West
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: Twin Tides by Hien Nguyen
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
Sara Bechtol 