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Category Archives: Romance
More Teen Love: Opposite of Always, Emergency Contact, and Frankly in Love
I’m catching up on more heart-tugging teen romances that will still make you feel better about the world. Continue reading
Posted in Audiobook, Books, Print, Realistic, Romance, Sci-Fi, Teen/Young Adult
Tagged teen fiction, teen romance, time travel
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Teen Love: This is My Brain in Love, Secret of a Heart Note, and Don’t Date Rosa Santos
Here are three teen stories with romance at the center and satisfyingly sweet endings, though all of them have the good grace to be as much or more about our main character figuring out who she is and where she … Continue reading
Posted in Audiobook, Books, Fantasy, Print, Realistic, Reviews, Romance, Teen/Young Adult
Tagged #OwnVoices, Chinese-American, Cuban-American, Latino/a, Latinx, magical realism, mental health, teen romance
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3 for Teens: American Road Trip, You’d Be Mine, and Finding Yvonne
Three realistic teen books, all with musical characters – American Road Trip by Patrick Flores-Scott, You’d Be Mine by Erin Hahn, and Finding Yvonne by Brandy Colbert. Continue reading
Posted in Books, Realistic, Romance, Teen/Young Adult
Tagged African-American, Latino/a, Latinx, music, PTSD, teen fiction, teen romance
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Enjoying What Is: Paladin’s Grace and Iron Hearted Violet
It’s so easy to make things harder for ourselves by focusing on the way we think things should be, rather than the way things really are. Here are two stories (Paladin’s Grace for adults, Iron Hearted Violet for kids) about … Continue reading
Posted in Adult, Audiobook, Books, Fantasy, Middle Grade, Print, Romance
Tagged dragons, Fantasy, fantasy romance, gods, youth fantasy
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Moontangled by Stephanie Burgis
We met Miss Banks and Miss Fennel, a sweet young couple hobbled by strict social rules, back in the first book of the Harwood Spellbook, Snowspelled. Now it’s their turn for their own story.
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Posted in Adult, Books, Fantasy, Print, Romance
Tagged elves, Fantasy, fantasy romance, LGBTQ, Stephanie Burgis
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Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks
Was there ever a better match for a romantic teen graphic novel than Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks? This one is already nominated for the Cybils, but I am sure there are other great titles out there, which hopefully you’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Graphic Novel, Romance, Teen/Young Adult
Tagged Faith Erin Hicks, Nebraska, Rainbow Rowell, teen graphic novels, teen romance
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Thornbound by Stephanie Burgis
Stephanie Burgis has a new book in the Harwood Spellbook out on February 25! Thank you so much to the author for the review copy! Thornbound. The Harwood Spellbook II by Stephanie Burgis. Five Fathoms Press, 2019. Cassandra Harwood overcame … Continue reading


