Genre: Contemporary

THE LAST ONE TO FALL By Gabriella Lepore

THE LAST ONE TO FALL By Gabriella Lepore

Short and Sweet Review Savana and Jesse have been friends since they were kids, so when he texts her late at night asking her to come to Cray’s warehouse she doesn’t question it. When Savana arrives she sees someone falling from one of the windows, turns out it was murder. Now Jesse, Savana, and three […]

LYING IN THE DEEP By Diana Urban

LYING IN THE DEEP By Diana Urban

Short and Sweet Review Jade recently got dumped by her boyfriend who just so happened to leave her for her ex best friend, Lainey. So now Jade is ready to embark on a campus on board cruise visiting 11 countries in 4 months. What Jade wasn’t expecting was to see that Lainey and Silas have […]

NIGERIA JONES By Ibi Zoboi

NIGERIA JONES By Ibi Zoboi

Short and Sweet Review Nigeria has been raised by her father who is a social justice warrior. He has a Movement that is a black separatist group in Philadelphia. Nigeria runs the youth group for her dad and leads rituals that connect group members to their ancestors. The only thing missing in Nigerias life is […]

IMOGEN, OBVIOUSLY By Becky Albertalli

IMOGEN, OBVIOUSLY By Becky Albertalli

Short and Sweet Review Imogen is very straight but she’s all for being an ally, her younger sister is queer, her best friend Gretchen is bi, and her other best friend Lili is newly out and living her best life at college with her group of queer friends. Imogen is finally visiting Lili at college […]

MY FLAWLESS LIFE By Yvonne Woon

MY FLAWLESS LIFE By Yvonne Woon

Short and Sweet Review When students at Hana’s elite private school in Washington D.C need a problem to go away they hire her, she’s a fixer. She can fix most of her classmates problems, the one thing she’s having trouble fixing is her own life. After her Senator father was arrested for an accident that […]

LIAR’S BEACH By Katie Cotugno

LIAR’S BEACH By Katie Cotugno

Short and Sweet Review Michael Linden isn’t wealthy, but he tries to keep up appearances for his boarding school friends. Linden is invited to Martha’s Vineyard by his roommate Jasper, which is where he meets, Wells and Eliza, Jasper’s siblings. After a party one night someone is found unconscious in the pool and it is […]

THIS IS NOT THE JESS SHOW By Anna Carey

THIS IS NOT THE JESS SHOW By Anna Carey

Short and Sweet Review It’s 1998 and Jess is trying to survive high school and live her best life. Jess hangs out with her best friend, has a crush on a boy, is worried about her sister’s health, and has overprotective parents. At school Jess sees a strange device with an apple logo on it […]

THE SHARP EDGE OF SILENCE By Cameron Kelly Rosenblum

THE SHARP EDGE OF SILENCE By Cameron Kelly Rosenblum

Short and Sweet Review To be accepted into Lycroft Phelps is a great accomplishment as it’s one of the most prestigious private schools in the nation. Charlotte is an Straight A student and a dancer, Max is a scholarship kid who excels at STEM, and Quinn is a Lycroft Legacy, and an artist. Each of […]

CREEP: A LOVE STORY By Lygia Day Peñaflor

CREEP: A LOVE STORY By Lygia Day Peñaflor

Short and Sweet Review Laney and Nico are the perfect couple, at least they are in Rafi’s mind. She watches them and takes it one step further by infiltrating herself into their lives. She starts babysitting Nico’s younger sister, she goes to parties with them, and even gets rides home from them. This isn’t enough […]