Reviews by Category: Romance

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

16-year old Blue Sargent grew up with a psychic family. She’s known her entire life that

if she kisses her true love, he will die. When Blue sees the future ghost of a boy named Gansey,

she learns that he will die in a year, and that she either kills him or he is her true love. Blue then

embarks on a journey with the Raven Boys, local prep school students endeavoring to find a

dead Welsh King. Led by Blue’s future victim/true love, Gansey, a handsome and charming

Abriella “Brie” Kincaid is a thief - though by necessity, of course. She steals from the

richest of the rich, counting on a cover of darkness to keep her hidden, but only to barely scrape

together enough money to meet her growing monthly payments to her aunt. It’s the only way

that she and her younger sister can survive in a world full of fae, self-interested nobles and

royalty. She only takes joy in seeing the mage’s apprentice next door: the handsome, kind

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

All of Belly Conklin’s life she’s spent summer at cousins in the summer house. The

Conklin’s family friends the fishers have two boys around belly’s age, Conrad and Jeremiah.

Belly has had the biggest crush on moody Conrad since she was little but both boys only think

of Belly as family. One summer everything changes both boys actually see Belly as a girl and the

whole summer is a rollercoaster of emotions and confusion for Belly.

Andrew and Jamie are two teen boys living through a very deadly pathogen. They

sickness has killed all their friends and family members. Andrew and Jamie stumble upon each

other and quickly become friends. The two head south searching for civilization and must

endure many trials and hardships. Throughout their long dangerous journey Jamie and Andrews

friendship starts to develop into something more. They soon realize that all that’s left in the

world is their strong and unmistakable connection.

Aristotle has never had any real friends - maybe he’s too lost in his thoughts on his

brother in prison, his complicated Mexican heritage, his distant father. But when another boy

with a similarly named after a philosopher, Dante, offers to teach him to swim, a bond is quickly

forged between the two. However, a tragic accident and moves and love and heartbreak begin

to warp their relationship - but hopefully, Dante will be able to breach the high walls around

Dante’s heart.

Fox is the well-known playboy of a small West Coast fishing town, traveling up to Seattle for

short flings every weekend - except he hasn’t for the last seven months, ever since he walked

his best friend Brandon’s playful and music-loving sister-in-law, Hannah to a record store.

However, his reputation remains and he can’t seem to rid himself of the image that others see -

even Brandon makes him swear to stay away from Hannah. Telling himself that he doesn’t want

Piper is the ultimate “It Girl”, with an exceedingly wealthy stepfather, a glamorous life in

Hollywood, and parties and boyfriends and Instagram followers galore. But after a breakup and

some bad decisions, she finds herself back in the small fishing town where she was born, forced

to completely take care of herself for the first time. And to make matters worse, a surly local

fisherman, Brendon, seems to hate her from first sight. But it’s a small place, and through

The precursor to a film of the same name, The Princess Bride is a story

about a story - a fairy tale told to a young boy by his father. Of course,

not without lots of editing to ensure that only the good parts are left

in. The reader is left with a tale of swordplay, true love, evil men,

escape from death, and plenty of humor. The story starts with a young

bride whisked away by assassins that plan to kill her and pin her death on