This book hooked me from the start. I love it when a book can immediately
draw you in, and this book did just that. Love & Gelato is full of so many
loveable characters, and it’s so heartwarming to watch them bond. While I
did feel that for a romance book it did take a while to fully uncover the whole
romance, it is very well written, and has many other factors other than just
the main romance. We learn more about the main character's distrust with
Most people know this book series from the tv series made after the books. I
know a lot of people who watched the show first, then read the books.
Personally, I would never do that. I hate watching the remaking of books as
shows first, just because when you do go to read the books, your entire
perspective is altered due to the show. So as soon as I discovered the show,
and the books it was created for, I went out and got myself a copy of the
books first. Me and my best friend read them together, and when we both
This book is amazing. Although the title is pretty cheesy, this book really
does show what a true relationship can look like, full of ups and downs. Sick
Kids in Love is written from the perspective of main character Isabel. Isabel
isn’t your average teenager, which adds so much more to the book. She has a
hard home life, which is explained throughout the book. Not only that, but
she deals with rheumatoid arthritis on a regular basis, something that most
Alex & Eliza, by Melissa de la Cruz, tells the story of Alexander Hamilton and Eliza Schuyler’s
romance. Set in the late eighteenth century, Eliza is the daughter of a high standing family that
has lost most of their money. She meets Alexander, a poor young soldier from the West Indies,
at her family’s ball. The two immediately disagree and separate as enemies. As one of three
oldest daughters, it is Eliza’s duty to bring her family back to its former legacy by marrying rich.
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater tells the story of Grace and Sam, two teenagers living in the
fictional town of Mercy Falls, Minnesota. Grace is a daughter to two neglectful parents who
spends most of her time watching the local wolf population. Her fascination with the wolves has
persisted ever since one saved her when she was a small girl. However, when she meets a boy
with the same yellow eyes as the wolf who has always looked out for her, her life’s trajectory
Malinda Lo’s Last Night at the Telegraph Club is a touchingly
bittersweet novel about young, forbidden love in the 1950s. Lily Hu is a
Chinese American teenager living in San Francisco in the midst of the Red-
Scare panic of 1954. One day, she starts talking with her classmate, Kath
Miller, and feels a spark of true connection between them. Their
relationship starts to blossom through the course of the novel as they
Rowan and Neil have always been pitted against each other, locked in a fierce battle for
the ultimate honor: valedictorian. As their high school reaches its culmination and a
long-awaited game of Howl begins, they find themselves in the strange position to overcome
their hate for each other. Newly allies in this traditional seniors-only Seattle-based scavenger
hunt/manhunt, they begin to discover they have more in common than they thought. Though
these overachievers certainly want to win the cash reward, they find themselves simply wanting
The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon is about a brief encounter between Natasha, a Jamaican
immigrant trying to save her family from being deported, and Daniel, a Korean immigrant who is
forced into studying medicine by his parents. These two characters spend only about 24 hours
together, but the story narrating their adventures together is truly remarkable. This book is about
family, love, identity, and morality, and it was written so well that I couldn't put it down. It has
Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven is a sweet story about two characters who have their
own personal struggles and over the course of the book they come together to accept their
differences and form an amazing bond. This book deals with important issues such as
self-confidence, and it will definitely make you smile by the end. I only gave it 3 stars because it
was a little bit more difficult for me to stay interested than with other novels, but overall it's a
really good read.
