Genre: Contemporary

TOGETHA By Keith F. Miller, Jr.

Short and Sweet Review There’s a lot going on in Savannah but one thing is for sure Leroy and Jay are in danger and the Bainbridge family is ready to take over. Leroy and Jay know they can’t trust many people but they do know they have rely on those closest to them to try […]

AFTER LIFE By Gayle Forman

Short and Sweet Review Amber arrives home one day and she thinks everything is normal until her mother screams when she sees her. Soon after that Amber learns that she died seven years ago after being hit by a car while she was riding her bike. Throughout the course of the book we can see […]

EX MARKS THE SPOT By Gloria Chao

Short and Sweet Review For her whole life it has just been Gemma and her mom against the world, so when a man shows up informing her of her grandfathers death Gemma is shocked. In her grandfather’s will she finds a clue that she thinks will lead her to her inheritance but she needs to […]

BETTER THAN REVENGE By Kasie West

Short and Sweet Review Finley has known she’s wanted to be a podcaster and a famous one at that. Her school is having auditions for the school podcast and all is going well until Finley’s boyfriend Jensen also auditions and takes her spot. Now Finley is without a boyfriend and feels slighted, and she’s looking […]

THE QUEENS OF NEW YORK By E.L. Shen

Short and Sweet Review Jia, Ariel, and Everett are best friends but this summer they’ll be apart. Jia is staying in New York helping with her parent’s restaurant in Chinatown, Everett is going to an acting school in Ohio, and Ariel is in San Francisco on a STEM scholarship. Throughout the book we see each […]

IF YOU CAN HEAR THIS By Faith Gardner

Short and Sweet Review Posey and her father just moved to the small town of Wild Pines. Posey immediately knows she wants to join the high schools AV Club, what she didn’t realize is that the other members of the club aren’t as motivated as she is. When the club’s sponsor Ms. Moses goes missing, […]

HERE’S TO US By Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

Short and Sweet Review It’s been awhile since we’ve seen our characters Ben and Arthur and it’s also been awhile since they’ve seen each other. Ben just finished his first year at college and is dating Mario who has big dreams of moving to Hollywood and wants Ben to come with. Arthur is back in […]

THE CHAMPIONS By Kara Thomas

Short and Sweet Review It’s been eleven years since Monica solved the deaths of the cheerleaders from the high school team. When Hadley moves to Sunnybrook the focus is on the Tigers, the high school championship winning football team. Everyone loves the Tigers especially because they shine a bright light on the towns dark past. […]

INSTANT KARMA By Marissa Meyer

Short and Sweet Review It all starts with a science project and a bad grade. When Prudence gets a C on a joint project with Quint Erickson she’s upset, she did most of the work and doesn’t understand how things went wrong. The only chance Pru has to raise her grade is if she can […]