Genre: Contemporary

RIDE WITH ME By Lucy Keating

Short and Sweet Review Charlie is a driver for a ride share company, she loves her job because of the freedom it gives her and the extra cash isn’t so bad either. But after a pick up ends in Charlie hitting someones car she has to think fast, which is when she offers the owner […]

YOU’LL BE THE DEATH OF ME By Karen M. McManus

Short and Sweet Review Mateo, Cal, and Ivy used to be close but over time they’ve grown apart, all they have in common now is the fact that they go to the same high school. Ivy just lost the student election, Mateo is burned out from working two jobs, and Cal just got stood up. […]

THE SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY By Jenny Han

Short and Sweet Review The Summer I Turned Pretty follows Belly. Belly spends her summers at a beach house with her mom, brother and her moms best friend and her two sons Jeremiah and Conrad. Conrad and Jeremiah have been like older brothers to Belly and they were also her first crushes, but now that […]

THE LAST TIME WE SAY GOODBYE By Cynthia Hand

Short and Sweet Review The Last Time We Say Goodbye follows Lex as she navigates life after her brother’s suicide. Lex used to be happy with her family and friends but now everything is different. One thing that people don’t know is that Tyler texted Lex before he died, now Lex is trying to pick […]

PLACES WE’VE NEVER BEEN By Kasie West

Short and Sweet Review Norah and Skyler were childhood best friends but after Skyler moved away their communication dwindled. Now that their families are going on a joint RV trip for the summer Norah can’t wait to see Skyler, but when Skyler arrives he seems like he wants to be anywhere else then on an […]

TOP TEN By Katie Cotugno

Short and Sweet Review Gabby and Ryan are polar opposites but somehow it works because they’re also best friends, they like playing monopoly on Friday nights and going to house parties and making top ten list. Now its the night of high school graduation and they decide to make a top ten list of the […]

I KISSED SHARA WHEELER By Casey McQuiston

Short and Sweet Review Chloe Green has been in a fierce academic competition with Shara Wheeler ever since she moved to Alabama from California. Chloe wants to be valedictorian and the only thing in her way is Shara. But a month before graduation Shara kisses Chloe and disappears. Now Chloe is on the hunt for […]

PANIC By Lauren Oliver

Short and Sweet Review Panic is a game played in Carp by graduating seniors. Panic is a high stakes game where the players are putting their lives on the line and the last person standing gets a reward. Our main characters Heather and Dodge both have different reasons for joining. Heather was basically an impulse […]

THE AGATHAS By Kathleen Glasgow and Liz Lawson

Short and Sweet Review Last summer after Alice’s boyfriend Steve dumped her Alice went missing for five days and then came back and wouldn’t talk about what happened or where she went. Now Steve is dating Brooke Donovan Alice’s ex-bestfriend. On Halloween night at a party Brooke and Steve get in a fight and she […]