The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson Pages : 517 Genre : Contemporary Fiction, YA Stand alone My Rating : 3.5/5 About the Book  : Andie had it all planned out. When you are a politician’s daughter who’s pretty much raised yourself, you learn everything can be planned or spun, or both. Especially your future. Important internship? Check. Amazing friends? Check. Guys? Check (as long as we’re talking no more than three...

What Happens Now by Jennifer Castle Pages : 384 Genre : YA, Contemporary Stand alone My Rating : 4/5 About the Book  : Ari Logan is battling to win her war against depression and the dark night she hurt herself on purpose. It’s not easy: her best friend is drifting away, her mom’s emotionally checked out, and she spends her days playing caregiver to her handful of a half-sister, Danielle. But it’s summer, and anything is...

The Outliers by Kimberly McCreight Pages : 336 Genre : YA, Mystery Stand alone My Rating : 3/5 About the Book  : It all starts with a text: Please, Wylie, I need your help. Wylie hasn’t heard from Cassie in over a week, not since their last fight. But that doesn’t matter. Cassie’s in trouble, so Wylie decides to do what she has done so many times before: save her best friend from herself. This time it’s different, though....

Exit, Pursued by a Bear by E. K. Johnston Pages : 248 Genre : YA, Contemporary Fiction Stand alone My Rating : 4.5/5 About the Book  : Hermione Winters has been a flyer. She’s been captain of her cheerleading team. The envied girlfriend and the undisputed queen of her school. Now it’s her last year and those days and those labels are fading fast. In a few months she’ll be a different person. She thinks she’s ready for...

The Winner’s Crime by Marie Rutkoski Pages : 402 Genre : YA, Fantasy Series : The Winner’s Trilogy, book 2 My Rating : 4.5/5 About the Book  : A royal wedding means one celebration after another: balls, fireworks, and revelry until dawn. But to Kestrel it means living in a cage of her own making. As the wedding approaches, she aches to tell Arin the truth about her engagement: that she agreed to marry the crown prince...

P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han Pages : 337 Genre : YA, Contemporary, Romance Series : To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, book 2 My Rating : 3/5 About the Book  : Lara Jean didn’t expect to really fall for Peter. She and Peter were just pretending. Except suddenly they weren’t. Now Lara Jean is more confused than ever. When another boy from her past returns to her life, Lara Jean’s feelings for him return too. Can...

Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick Pages : 288 Genre : YA, Contemporary Stand alone My Rating : 3.5/5 About the Book  : Today is Leonard Peacock’s birthday. It is also the day he hides a gun in his backpack. Because today is the day he will kill his former best friend, and then himself, with his grandfather’s P-38 pistol. But first he must say good-bye to the four people who matter most to him: his Humphrey...

The Winner’s Curse by Marie Rutkoski Pages : 355 Genre : YA, Fantasy Series : The Winner’s Trilogy, book 1 My Rating : 4/5 About the Book  : As a general’s daughter in a vast empire that revels in war and enslaves those it conquers, seventeen-year-old Kestrel has two choices: she can join the military or get married. But Kestrel has other intentions. One day, she is startled to find a kindred spirit in a young slave...