Reviews by Tag: contemporary romance

Teen Review
So Not Happening by Jenny B. Jones

So Not Happening

By Jenny B. Jones
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Anna S.
Jun 28, 2022

Bella Kirkwood is living the big life in NYC. She shops on her dad's credit card, goes to a school with great friends, and she has a good boyfriend. What more could she ask for? Then life takes a terrible turn. Bella is moving to Truman, Oklahoma, a city of farming, no fashion, and mean step brothers. Bella is having trouble settling into her new school when she joins the school newspaper. Bella’s editor, Luke, gives her some not so appealing articles, until her big break comes.

Teen Review
The People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

The People We Meet on Vacation

By Emily Henry
Star Rating
★★★

Rated by
Mariam S.
May 24, 2022

The People We Meet on Vacation is a romance novel by Emily Henry. Poppy, the narrator, is an adventurous and driven blogger who also works for a travel magazine, while her best friend Alex is an anxious gym rat who has an English degree and likes staying inside. Ever since they met in college, they’ve taken a fun-filled annual summer vacation together... until two years ago in Croatia. Something happened between them, and they’ve barely spoken since.

Teen Review
It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover

It Ends With Us

By Colleen Hoover
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
May 10, 2022

It Ends with Us, by Colleen Hoover, is a Romance Fiction book.  Lily moves, and she is ready to start her life after college. She, one day, meets a guy named Ryle. However, Lily re-meets Atlas, a guy whom she has not seen for nine years, complicating her relationship with Ryle.

Teen Review
It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover

It Ends With Us

By Colleen Hoover
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Grace K.
Apr 4, 2022

It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover is an intense romance novel that narrates the new and exciting life of Lily who has moved to Boston to start her career. She meets a guy named Ryle, and truly her whole world turns upside down. She also has to face the reemergence of a childhood friend and lover, which makes the story a whole lot spicier. This book had me hooked by the very first page, and I couldn’t put it down.

Teen Review
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

Me Before You

By Jojo Moyes
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Taylor E.
Mar 15, 2022

Me Before You is the first novel in a series of the same name by Jojo Moyes. Louisa Clark is desperate for a job, so she becomes the companion of a wealthy disabled man, Will, even though he despises her presence. Louisa and Will soon learn to get along, but Louisa is shocked when she learns of Will's plans for his life. Although she wants to leave Will before she gets hurt, Louisa makes it her mission to show Will that life is worth living.

Teen Review
Field Notes on Love by Jennifer E. Smith

Field Notes on Love

By Jennifer E. Smith
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Kayla B.
Feb 5, 2022

Hugo Wilkinson just got dumped right before the trip he was supposed to take with his now ex-girlfriend. He would go alone (in fact, he would prefer to go alone, being a sextuplet has its downfalls, after all) if only his train tickets weren’t in his ex's name. Obviously, the only solution is to find another Margaret Campbell to accompany him across the United States.

Teen Review
Normal People by Sally Rooney

Normal People

By Sally Rooney
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Alyssa F.
Jan 31, 2022

Normal People follows the story of Connell and Marianne, who in high school were total opposites to the outside world, but secretly the same people. As they grow up, they simply can’t stay away from each other. Now for me, this is one of my favorite romance ‘tropes’. The ‘We hate that we love each other but can’t stay away from each other enough’. If you also like that, I 100% recommend this book.

Teen Review
Axie Oh

XOXO

By Axie Oh
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Taylor E.
Jan 31, 2022

Axie Oh’s XOXO is an adorable contemporary romance novel. All Jenny wants is to be accepted into a prestigious music conservatory, but when she meets Jaewoo at her uncle’s karaoke bar in Los Angeles, her life will change drastically. Suddenly, Jenny finds herself moving to South Korea to take care of her sick grandmother. Unbeknownst to her, the boy she met in the karaoke bar is a famous K-pop idol.

Teen Review
Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren

Love and Other Words

By Christina Lauren
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Alyssa F.
Jan 25, 2022

This story follows the past and present of main characters, Macy Sorenson and Elliott Petropoulos. For years the two spend weekends and summer vacations spending time together and growing closer as they navigate high school together but separately. One night changes everything and they become strangers for 11 years until they run into each other again.

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