Genre: Contemporary

EMMY & OLIVER By Robin Benway

Short and Sweet Review When Emmy’s next door neighbor and best friend Oliver is kidnapped by his father, things in her town change. Emmy’s parents become over protective, and all Emmy wants is to be free and feel like she’s in charge of her life. When Oliver returns ten years later, Emmy wonders if they […]

UNRIVALED By Alyson Noel

Short and Sweet We follow Aster, Layla, and Tommy as they work as promoters for Hollywood’s hottest night clubs. Only one will win the competition, each of them thinks this will help kick start their careers. Characters Layla: A wannabe reporter trying to make it to a journalism school in New York, she also had […]

#FAMOUS By Jilly Gagnon

Short and Sweet Review One faithful day at the mall Rachel takes a picture of Kyle and she post the picture on Flit a social media website and it ends up going viral. Kyle becomes a sensation and people want to meet him and take pictures and he even ends up on a talk show. […]

GRIT By Gillian French

Short and Sweet Darcy Prentiss lives in a small town and has the reputation of “town slut.” During the summer Darcy works picking blueberries with her cousin and her sister. Things are going fine until talk starts about Darcy’s ex-best friend Rhiannon who went missing the last summer, now people are trying to figure out […]

DREAMOLOGY By Lucy Keating

Short and Sweet Since Alice was little she has always had dreams with Max in them. In these dreams Alice and Max go on adventures and travel the world. Of course Max isn’t real because he’s only in Alice’s dreams, but everything changes when Alice walks into her new school and into class and sees […]

FALLING INTO PLACE By Amy Zhang

Liz Emerson has been in an accident of her own doing, which began long before she ran her car into a tree. We go from present to past and back again to delve into Liz’s life and that of her friends, Julia and Kennie, to see how actions and interactions have the power to impact […]

EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING By Nicola Yoon

Short and Sweet Our main character Maddy has SCID, which is the disease where you are allergic to everything. Then a new family moves in next door, and there’s a new boy her age that moves in and Maddy’s life gets a bit more interesting. My Thoughts ~ I felt so bad for Maddy the […]

THIRTEEN REASONS WHY By Jay Asher

Short and Sweet Review Clay comes home to find a box on his doorstep. In the box are seven tapes with thirteen reasons why his classmate Hannah Baker committed suicide. Now Clay needs to listen to the tapes and find out why she recorded them and where he is on the tapes. To find out […]

THE HATE U GIVE By Angie Thomas

Short and Sweet Starr witnesses the wrongful murder of her best friend Khalil who was shot by a police officer. Starr is the only person who knows what happened and she’s left wondering if she should speak up or be quiet. Characters Starr: Our main character. Starr is raw and true to herself and honest. […]