Genre: Contemporary

THE REBEL GIRLS OF ROME By Jordyn Taylor

THE REBEL GIRLS OF ROME By Jordyn Taylor

Short and Sweet Review The Rebel Girls of Rome takes place in two different time periods, in the current time we have Lilah who is currently in Rome with her grandfather to bond and learn more about his past. In the past time period which takes place in 1943 Rome which is under Nazi occupation […]

AFTER WE BURNED By Marieke Nijkamp

AFTER WE BURNED By Marieke Nijkamp

Short and Sweet Review The local high school in Fenix was just burned down and someone died, some people in Fenix are grieving and others not so much. Eden died in the fire but why was she even there that night? Only five people know what really happened and each one holds a different piece […]

AMELIA, IF ONLY By Becky Albertalli

AMELIA, IF ONLY By Becky Albertalli

Short and Sweet Review Amelia is a big fan of Walter Holland and his content and she may have even invited him to prom. Amelia’s friends think she has a parasocial relationship with Walter, but Amlia knows if she can just meet him in person that they would hit it off. Walter has a meet […]

I’LL PRETEND YOU’RE MINE By Tashie Bhuiyan

I’LL PRETEND YOU’RE MINE By Tashie Bhuiyan

Short and Sweet Review Summer Ali has spent years making a name for herself as a musician and for all those years she’s had her parents as her managers. As of recently she dropped her parents and is ready to do her own thing and feel in control of her career. Summer needs to write […]

THAT DEVIL, AMBITION By Linsey Miller

THAT DEVIL, AMBITION By Linsey Miller

Short and Sweet Review Fabian, Credence, and Euphemia, are students at one of the best schools for magicians and they’re in the honors class. Every year the school brings in a devil to teach the honors class and the students have the goal to kill the devil by the end of the year or he […]

ALL-NIGHTER By Cecilia Vinesse

ALL-NIGHTER By Cecilia Vinesse

Short and Sweet Review Autumn is book smart and great when it comes to academics, but when a college student mistakes her as a fellow college student and invites her out Autumn continues the lie and now she needs a fake ID. Tara is a rule breaker and she would be the one who knows […]

LET THEM STARE By Jonathan Van Ness and Julie Murphy

LET THEM STARE By Jonathan Van Ness and Julie Murphy

Short and Sweet Review Let Them Stare takes place in the small town of Hearst Pennsylvania, where our main character Sully is gender non-conforming 18 year old ready to leave this town in the dust. Sully has an internship lined up but on the day they’re supposed to leave the internship goes up and smoke […]

ELIZA, FROM SCRATCH By Sophia Lee

ELIZA, FROM SCRATCH By Sophia Lee

Short and Sweet Review Eliza, is going into her senior year and she’s used to taking all AP classes, but this year the schedule didn’t work out and now she’s in Culinary Arts. Eliza isn’t a great cook so she thinks she’s doomed, also she wants to be salutatorian and Culinary Arts isn’t a weighted […]

THE ROMANCE RIVALRY By Susan Lee

THE ROMANCE RIVALRY By Susan Lee

Short and Sweet Review Irene loves romance books, so much in fact that she’s a book reviewer and has a big following. Sadly, her own romance life isn’t as exciting, which is why for her first year of college she wants to find romance. During one of her classes she ends up meeting Aiden Jeon, […]