Genre: Contemporary

LOVE IN 280 CHARACTERS OR LESS By Ravynn K. Stringfield

Short and Sweet Review Love in 280 Characters or Less follows our main character Sydney as she starts her first year of college, she documents her journey through blog posts, texts, and tweets. We get to follow Sydney go through the ups and downs of college, growing up, fitting in, and a little romance. I’d […]

MEET ME AT BLUE HOUR By Sarah Suk

Short and Sweet Review Yena is spending the summer in Busan, South Korea, in hopes to figure out what she wants to do in the future, but in the meantime she’ll be working at her mom’s clinic. At the clinic they use sound to erase memories. Lucas Pak is in Busan for the summer visiting […]

ACE OF SPADES By Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Short and Sweet Review Devon and Chiamaka attend Niveus Private Academy, where they both happen to be the only black students that attend. It’s their senior year and they’re both made prefects which will look pretty good on their college applications, but when Aces an anonymous person starts sending out texts about Chiamaka and Devon […]

SOLVING FOR THE UNKNOWN By Loan Le

Short and Sweet Review Viet is headed to UC Davis for his freshman year of college, he has a passion for forensic science and he’s just ready to immerse himself in the college life experience. Sadly, college is going by in a pace he wasn’t expecting and with the weight his parents put on him […]

SAY A LITTLE PRAYER By Jenna Voris

Short and Sweet Review A year ago Riley left the church after realizing that there’s no place for a bi person in her congregation but what really ticked her off was when Pastor Young shamed her sister Hannah for having an abortion, after that Riley was ready to go scorched earth on the church and […]

A PHO LOVE STORY By Loan Le

Short and Sweet Review A Pho Love Story follows Bao and Linh, both teens work at their family’s pho restaurant and these restaurants happen to be across the street from each other. Their families have been rivals for a while and there’s a story there but neither Linh or Bao know what it is. Bao […]

THE MEADOWBROOK MURDERS By Jessica Goodman

Short and Sweet Review It’s the first week of senior year, and Amy and her roommate plan on making the most of it. After having a fight at a party Amy and Sarah separate and do their own thing the rest of the night. When Amy gets up the next morning she finds Sarah and […]

I AM NOT JESSICA CHEN By Ann Liang

Short and Sweet Review Jenna always feels like she’s in the shadow of her more successful cousin Jessica, when it comes to looks, grades, and overall achievements. When Jessica gets into Harvard and Jenna doesn’t, Jenna makes a wish to be Jessica Chen. When Jenna wakes up in Jessica’s body she’s happy but the longer […]

THE RIVAL By Emma Lord

Short and Sweet Review It’s Sadie’s first semester of college at dream college and she’s excited especially because she thinks she’s left her academic rival Sebastian in the past. The only thing is Sebastian ended up getting off of the waiting list so Sadie and Seb are back at being rivals and they both want […]