Teen & Young Adult Contemporary Romance

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Queer YA Stories for Pride and Beyond

Young adult fiction has always offered readers a window into the intense emotions and discoveries that define adolescence. For LGBTQ+ teens, stories that reflect their experiences — first crushes, identity exploration, family struggles and friendships — can be especially powerful. Queer coming-of-age books do more than just entertain; they provide…

Katie BloomerJune 16, 2025

Young Adult

Teen Grapples With Mind Reading Powers in YA Novel

Author Wendy Wunder of the acclaimed novel The Probability of Miracles is back with a playful yet profound story in her latest YA, Mysterious Ways. Our main character, 17-year-old Maya has a gift (or should we call it a curse?) that allows her to instantly know everything about a person…

Kelsey HallAugust 27, 2024

Miscellany Romance Young Adult

“Cinder” Author Marissa Meyer Tackles the Power of Luck in Beachside YA Romance

Marissa Meyer captured the attention of YA readers with her 2012 debut novel, Cinder. Since then, she has grown in popularity with the remainder of her series which features fairy tale characters in a whole new light. Meyer is a powerhouse, writing books such as the action-packed Renegade series, which…

Aurora DominguezFebruary 13, 2024

Romance Young Adult

Magical Soulmate Elixir Goes Wrong in Charming Tokyo-Set YA Love Story

They always say “be careful what you wish for.” Now she has six days to get him to remember her and fall in love, or risks losing him forever. Julie Abe’s Our Cursed Love is a magical young adult story that explores true love, fate and destiny. Best Friends to…

Kelsey HallDecember 14, 2023

Romance Young Adult

Gender-Bent Retelling of Jane Austen’s Emma in Queer YA Romance

Emmett by L.C. Rosen is a joyful romp from start to finish. It’s queer, it’s gender-bent, it’s Jane Austen’s Emma turned on its head and dressed in the canary yellow and robin’s egg blue of Highbury Academy, the high school that titular character Emmett attends. Inspired by Austen’s matchmaker, Emmett…

Kiersten BjorkNovember 7, 2023

Fiction Romance Young Adult

Fake Dating Leads to Real Feelings in Heart-Melting YA Romance

I sometimes wonder what it would have been like to be in the popular clique in high school. I’ve seen them in various movies (possibly written by decidedly unpopular nerds or geeks like me) as mean, extremely confident and very heterogeneous. Those mean girls (and boys) are nothing like the…

Y. M. NelsonJune 13, 2023

Romance Young Adult

Two Paths Diverge on the Way to Happily Ever After in Queer YA Rom-Com

Dahlia Adler’s LGBTQ YA romances set the scene for characters who dig deep into their lives, thoughts and what they think their decisions should be. Her stories capture the complications of summer love, like Cool for the Summer, or the ups and downs of teen life, sports and tragedy in…

Aurora DominguezJune 13, 2023

Young Adult

Pop Star and Spy Go Undercover in YA Thriller from Marie Lu

Fans of Marie Lu will revel in this new, but wholly familiar direction for the bestselling author delivering a YA spy thriller. Stars and Smoke is equal parts riveting and romantic as it follows an international superstar and a no-nonsense spy who team up for the mission of a lifetime.…

24hr. YA Book BlogJune 9, 2023

Teen & Young Adult Contemporary Romance

“Cinder” Author Marissa Meyer Tackles the Power of Luck in Beachside YA Romance

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