Reviews by Category: Romance

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Cool for the Summer

Cool for the Summer

By Dahlia Adler
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Alice Summers
Mar 31, 2023

Dahlia Adler’s Cool for the Summer is a passionate, nostalgic take on young love and identity. 
     Lara returns to high school after a magical summer and immediately hits it off with her longtime crush, Chase. She’s thrilled, but is suddenly caught off guard by the reappearance of Jasmine, the girl she spent the summer with. Told in both the present and in flashbacks to the summer, the novel follows Lara as she grapples with her feelings for both Jasmine and Chase. 

Teen Review
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Romeo and Juliet

By William Shakespeare
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Mar 30, 2023

Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare that tells the story of two young lovers who are caught in the middle of a  feud between their families, the Montagues, and the Capulets. Romeo, a Montague, is in love with Juliet, a Capulet, and their families are sworn enemies. Despite the obstacles they face, Romeo and Juliet declare their love for each other and secretly marry each other. The play is set in the Italian city of Verona.

Teen Review
The One Kiera Cass

The One

By Kiera Cass
Star Rating

Rated by
Mariam S.
Mar 29, 2023

The One is the final installment in the story of Maxon and America. Finally, after weeks and weeks the competition is down to just four girls, each with their own benefits and drawbacks for the throne of the country. It is finally time for Maxon to choose a bride, but the rebel attacks, the political confusion and America's own confusion may complicate this. America finds herself losing feelings for one of the boys but is the other one slipping out of her fingers at the same time? 

Teen Review
Cover photo of the book The Elite

The Elite

By Kiera Cass
Star Rating
★★

Rated by
Mariam S.
Mar 29, 2023

The Elite is a continuation of the Selected series. It follows America as she becomes one of the top eight contestants in the Selection. She still struggles between the decision of Maxon or Aspen (who has become a guard at the palace where she is staying). At the same time, she's learning more about the political state of her country and the secrets of the king and his predecessors. She even begins to learn more about the rebels - and what they might want from her.

Teen Review
Cover photo of the book The Selection

The Selection

By Kiera Cass
Star Rating
★★

Rated by
Mariam S.
Mar 28, 2023

The Selection is a book about a teen named America. She lives in a dystopian society where everyone is separated into numbered castes: she is a Five, and the only chance she has to change that is to enter the Selection. A competition where the prince of their society will choose a bride, it is every girl’s dream chance for love, riches, and power. But even though America eventually becomes one of the Selected, her heart lies somewhere else: with Aspen, a Six who she secretly meets with in her tree house at home.

Teen Review
Twisted Love

Twisted Love

By Ana Huang
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Sahavi B.
Mar 17, 2023

Ava Chen seems to be an overly optimistic girl that's full of sunshine and rainbows, who

never stops seeing the good in people. But Ava’s childhood has been proven to be

severely traumatic which causes Ava’s brother to be very overprotective but when her

brother, Josh goes off to volunteer in Central America for a year he asks his best friend

Alec Volvok to move in next door to look after Ava. Which Ava tries desperately to deny

since she doesn't have the most positive feeling towards Alex. Alex also seems to have

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