Reviews by Category: Romance

Love and Other Words is a sweet romance following Macy after running into the former

and sort-of current love of her life, Elliott, on her commute from her pediatrics job. It’s the first

time they’ve seen each other in the past eleven years. Something devastating broke them apart,

but it seems like fate has brought them back together. Except that Macy’s happily engaged to

someone else - and she still blames Elliott for what happened so long ago. They met when they

Banter that makes you giggle while swinging your feet back and forth. Witty comebacks

and relatable characters. Book Lovers is most likely one of the best contemporary romances I’ve

read this year.

Introduced as a historical fiction romance, The Poetry of Secrets by Cambria Gordon

becomes much more than just a love story: it is the story of identity, family, loyalty, feminism,

religion, and internal conflict, all during the Spanish Inquisition in Spain in 1481. This novel follows

Isabel Perez, a converso, or a Jew forced to convert to Catholicism. But like many conversos in Spain

The Flatshare is a often funny and always cute romance about broke and

fresh-out-of-a-breakup Tiffy and her new roommate, night-shift nurse and total sweetheart Leon.

They work out an arrangement that satisfies their budgeting needs as well as Leon’s jealous

girlfriend: Tiffy gets the room the nights and weekends, and Leon gets the day. And to ensure

that they never meet, Leon’s girlfriend forbids him from ever seeing Tiffy. But they have to

After California-raised Chole is moved to small town Alabama, she meets her academic rival

Shara Wheeler, who changes her life. I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston

demonstrates a full cast of dynamic and relatable characters. As the mystery of Shara unfolds,

so does the mystery that surrounds many of the other characters. The cast goes through

important self discoveries that make them relatable and important to readers. It demonstrates

Andrew and Jamie are two boys that meet at the end of the world. A pathogen has

swept through the earth destroying everything the boys had ever loved. Family,

homes, and much more has been taken from them. But one day they meet after

Andrew comes stumbling into Jamie’s cabin, foot fresh snapped in a bear trap.

From then on, they go on a journey to escape, and to meet a relative of someone

who once helped them. But along the way things start to develop between the two.

Punk 57 is a teen romance novel. The book

takes us through the journey of two people

who were paired together in a pen pal project

in the 3rd grade and have been writing to

each other ever since then. What the catch?

They’ve never seen or met each other. One of

my favorite lines in the whole book is “we

were perfect together until we met,” I think

that this line is significant because it

symbolizes both Reyen and Mishas’ journey

throughout the book. The book is a wonderful

Piper Paisley harbors great disdain for Valentine’s Day. Does it matter that her birthday is also on

Valentine’s Day? No, she still hates it. When Piper’s two best friends contrive a plan to woo a

boy by Valentine’s Day via love potion infused chocolates, Piper is unsure. It’s not like Piper has

had the best track record in the love department. Soon, Piper finds herself spending time with the

most popular boy in school, and, maybe, falling a little bit for the boy next door. Who knows

what can happen when you sample magic.

Twilight is perhaps the quintessential YA romance novel, notorious for its movie

adaptation and public division over the love interests. Bella Swan has just left her big-city life in

Phoenix to join her father in the small forested town of Forks, Washington. Not even past the

first day of school, she begins to notice odd things - like the pale and beautiful but isolated

family that is the Cullens. Especially Edward Cullen - who seems completely infuriated and