Reviews by Tag: teen romance

Julie Berry’s “Lovely War” is a poignant, moving take on passion, young love, and the loss of innocence. The novel begins with a conversation between the Greek gods in an effort to answer why Love is always drawn to war, but quickly spirals into the tale of Hazel and James, two teenagers in a time of chaos. 

The Summer of Broken Rules by K.L. Walther 

This book is so sweet. I love how the main character’s perspective changes

throughout the book, and she’s got an amazing attitude. The characters are

great, the writing is great, everything is great!

This book follows main character Caymen Meyers, who works in her family’s

porcelain doll shop. All her life she’s observed the rich who walk in the

shop’s door, looking for an expensive doll. And if she’s learned anything, it’s

that the rich tend to have a short attention span.

I loved this book so much! Picture Twilight, but replace vampires with

werewolves. And I know that can sound kind of lame, because when you

think of werewolves you think of the general stereotypes, but Shiver really

puts a good twist on it.

Shara Wheeler was perfect in every way. She was smart, kind, beautiful, athletic, wealthy.

Shara Wheeler was perfect. Until she went missing after prom. She left no trace when she

disappeared, no obvious answer. Just a series of notes on pretty pink stationary. Notes

addressed to the only three people she ever kissed: Smith, the star of the football team, Rory, a

stoner and musician, and Chloe, the only outed bisexual that goes to their catholic high school.

Crush is about a boy named Jorge Ruiz who has middle school life under control. At

least until he runs into a possible crush on a theatre girl, Jazmine. He has to figure out a way to

ask her to the athletics ball without everyone noticing since Jorge hates gossip. I really enjoyed

this book because it was funny and exciting. My favorite part is when Jorge helps the drama

club move boxes and they get pizza. I would recommend this book to 5th, 6th, or 7th graders.

Love & Olives follows main character Olive, who goes by Liv. Liv’s dad left

her and her mom when she was little, leaving them with next to nothing.

Now, it’s the summer before her last year of highschool, and suddenly her

dad wants to reconnect with her. But Liv is a different person than she used

to be. She never mentions her dad, and tries her best not to think of him.

Now Liv is taking a trip to Greece to see him. But even in beautiful Santorini,

This book is truly amazing. The Sun Is Also a Star is written from two

different perspectives; Natasha and Daniel. Natasha is less of a dreamer,

more of a realistic thinker. She’s just trying to keep her family from being

suddenly deported to Jamaica. Daniel, on the other hand, is a poet of all

that’s good in life. He’s been trying to live up to his parents expectations his

whole life.

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