Aelin Galathynius continues down her path to reclaim the throne of Terrasen, yet war and enemies continue to loom ahead. As more Valg secrets are revealed, the possibility of Erilea’s collapse grows stronger, and Aelin fights to protect her loved ones and her people. With her unbelievable power and cunning mind, Aelin challenges the Valg King and undergoes a quest to save her land. This book may seem a bit daunting at first, at 720 pages, but the constant jumps between character perspectives keeps the reader engaged and constantly on edge.
Love and Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch is a young adult contemporary romance set in Italy. Following her mother’s death, Lina is forced to move to Italy to fulfill her mother’s dying wish and get to know her long lost father. All Lina wants to do is go home until she receives her mother’s old notebook and stumbles upon a trail of clues making up a mystery she’s determined to solve.
Reckless by Lauren Roberts is a young adult romantasy that is the sequel to BookTok sensation Powerless. Much like Powerless, Reckless follows Kai and Paedyn as the two main characters, however, we also receive a third POV from Kai’s brother Kitt. To avoid spoiling the plot for anyone who hasn’t read Powerless, I’ll jump right into the pros and cons.
American Royals is a realistic fiction young adult novel that follows the royal family of America, the Washingtons. The book mostly centers around the oldest daughter, Beatrice, who is preparing to become America’s first queen. The younger sister, Samantha, is always in the shadow of Beatrice and is trying to stand out. While her twin brother, Jeff, is trying to figure out what to do with his life.
Powerless by Lauren Roberts is a young adult romantasy with a dual POV from our two main characters Kai and Paedyn. In the kingdom of Ilya, the Elites are those who possess special abilities, meanwhile the Ordinary are those banished for being born without them.
Every Summer After is a romance book written by Carley Fortune. Backstory: Persephone Fraser is from the big city but one summer her parents bought a lake house in Barry’s Bay. That’s when she met the Florek brothers, Sam, and Charlie. She and Sam became fast friends and were inseparable. Eventually they become more than friends. However, in the present Percy and Sam had a huge falling out that ruined their friendship.
(500) Days of Summer has to be one of my favorite movies to exist. The movie starts off by showing the viewers the main character, Tom. Tom is looking for love, but he hasn’t had much luck. He meets one of his co-workers, Summer, and immediately falls in love. Summer is very independent and does not believe in love. The movie shows us the 500 days that they were together, and their weird relationship.
The story follows two young strangers, Fallon and Ben. Fallon is a girl who is physically and emotionally scarred by a fire, while Ben is an aspiring writer. The two meet on November 9th, a date that is significant to both of them. They agree to meet every year on the same day without any contact in between, which makes the suspension for both of them intense. Over the years they reunite with dramatic change and their relationships grow complex. As secrets from Ben's past come to attention, their relationship is being tested forcing them to both be in uncomfortable situations.
Daydream by Hannah Grace is a long and repetitive book with no clear message or image that sets itself apart from the other two books in the Maple Hills Series. This book is about Henry and Halle and how two unlikely people can come together for a mutual benefit situation. Henry gets help from her for a class he can’t seem to get and Halle gets new experiences from Henry to help her write her romance book.
Growing up in an unconventional place, the main protagonist Kya Clark is outcasted as the “marsh girl”—Delia Owens's novel Where the Crawdads Sing takes place in North Carolina in the 1960s. The tale is similar to the classic fable “Boy Who Cried Wolf”, where Kya calls an isolated marsh her home. Abandoned by her family at a young age, we start from the very beginning of Kya’s unfortunate upbringing. This story then goes chronologically, telling the story of Kya’s life through a first-person perspective.
