Genre: Contemporary

THE QUEENS OF NEW YORK By E.L. Shen

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

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

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

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

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 […]

THREE THINGS ABOUT EMMY CRAWFORD By Allison L. Bitz

THREE THINGS ABOUT EMMY CRAWFORD By Allison L. Bitz

Short and Sweet Review Emmy Crawford is a senior in high school and she has three goals: Winning the debate nationals, protecting her sister Issy, and being a good representation of her family because her mom is running for president. Our main character is Emmy. Emmy likes to make lists of threes to keep everything […]

WHEN YOU GET THE CHANCE By Emma Lord

WHEN YOU GET THE CHANCE By Emma Lord

Short and Sweet Review Millie Price has dreams of becoming a big broadway star, she even gets accepted into a prominent school. Sadly, her dad doesn’t want her to leave and rejects the idea of her going to this school. Millie then gets this idea that she’s going to find her mother. With the help […]

CLASS ACT By Kelsey Rodkey

CLASS ACT By Kelsey Rodkey

Short and Sweet Review Ella and her younger sister, Connie, are starting the school year as transfer students. When someone finds out about Connies fan fiction and gets made fun of, Ella decides to defend her. The only thing is the bully, Thomas, is the student council president and it’s only the first day but […]

A CONSTELLATION OF MINOR BEARS By Jen Ferguson

A CONSTELLATION OF MINOR BEARS By Jen Ferguson

Short and Sweet Review Molly’s brother Hank had a climbing accident that left him with a traumatic brain injury. Molly blames their best friend Tray for the accident, which has left things between this once inseparable trio with an uncomfortable tension. Fast forward to graduation, the trio had a hiking trip planned and Molly is […]