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This popular Tiktok book will bring you to tears. It follows Autumn, a high schooler who loves her boyfriend and has the best friend group. Except it's not perfect, there's someone always on Autumn's mind, and that is her childhood best friend Finn. Autumn and Finn are neighbors and their moms are best friends. They spent every single moment together when they were younger but something caused them to fall out of touch.
The book The Selection is the first book in the Selection series and is about America who is somehow swept into possibly becoming the next princess of Ilia. In the selection, America makes many friends and enemies. She has to choose between her feelings and her perspective of what should be right. With lots of adventure and mystery America has to decide who her heart belongs to before it’s too late. I love how this book is from America's point of view so you know what she's thinking.
The Summer I Turned Pretty is such a good book, especially for teens. It is all about how a teenage girl named Belly spends every summer at a summer house in cousins beach, North Carolina. She stays there with another family including her moms best friend, Susannah, and two attractive teenage boys, Conrad and Jeremiah. This summer is different though, Belly has had a huge glow up and the boys start to have feelings. I love this book because it really makes me feel like I am belly at the beach house.
If Only I Had Told Her is a romance book about Finny, Autumn and Jack. If Only I Had Told Her is the follow up book following 1st Finny then Jack then Autumn. It starts on Finny's last day then follows Jack's Grief as he processes Finny's death, then it shows Autumn's mental state. Autumn and Finny are neighbors and they are in love with each other and they don't realize until the end of the 1st book.
Summary: It’s been a few months of Nick and Charlie dating and Charlie feels ready to say “I love you” Nick feels the same way but is also concerned for Charlie due to his suspicion that Charlie has an ED (eating disorder) and is worried to come out to his dad. Soon it’s the start of a new school year and the couple have a new set of challenges to deal with.
Summary: Nick and Charlie are on another adventure to Paris with their friends and classmates! They both start telling other people about their relationship and being more open about themselves with each other. On the other hand, Tao and Elle finally face their feelings for each other and express them.
Summary: Charlie has just kissed Nick and feels as if he has ruined everything by doing so. Nick feels confused because he doesn’t understand his own sexuality though he knows that he didn’t want Charlie to feel horrible. They both deal with the aftermath of the kiss and how to proceed with their relationship.
Summary: Charlie Spring, a soft-hearted boy, sits next to Nick Nelson, a rugby player. They start becoming close friends making Charlie think he would never have a chance with Nick. On the other hand, Nick is struggling to understand how he feels. The two of them become closer and work each problem out together.
If you grew up reading The Selection series, a contemporary YA classic that graced many, many bookshelves in the 2010s, then you might be interested in author Kiera Cass’ other work, A Thousand Heartbeats. Published in 2022, the novel centers on Princess Annika and Commander Lennox, two young people on opposite sides of a violent conflict between their two countries.
The Do-over follows Emilie, a teenage girl who is forced to relive the worst Valentine's Day over and over again. Each day she wakes up and it’s February 14th again, and the same things always seem to happen no matter what she does to change it.
