Genre: Contemporary

THE STICKY NOTE MANIFESTO OF AISHA AGARWAL By Ambika Vohra

Short and Sweet Review After seeing the essay prompt for Stanford’s college application, “How have you gotten out of your comfort zone?” Aisha realizes she can’t answer that. When her crush Brian asks her to the Winter formal, Aisha thinks things are changing for her until she gets stood up. Outside of the formal a […]

MYSTERIOUS WAYS By Wendy Wunder

Short and Sweet Review When Maya looks at someone she’s instantly able to know about their history. As nice as this seems this power becomes overwhelming and it starts to bring her down, which is why she’s sent to Whispering Pines Psychiatric Facility. Maya is also going to start school soon which is going to […]

IT’S NOT SUMMER WITHOUT YOU By Jenny Han

Short and Sweet Review Belly always looked forward to spending her summers at Cousins Beach with Conrad and Jeremiah, but after Susannah’s death things haven’t been the same. At Susannah’s funeral, Belly says things to Conrad which leaves them in a bad spot. A while later, Jeremiah calls Belly telling her Conrad disappeared and she […]

RETURN TO SENDER By Lauren Draper

Short and Sweet Review Four years ago Brodie left Warwick and she lost her best friends and she was accused of stealing the Adder Stone. Now Brodie is back and she wants to make things right with Levi and Elliott, find the Adder Stone, and keep her Grans house from getting foreclosed. Brodie is also […]

HELLO, GOODBYE, AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN By Jennifer E. Smith

Short and Sweet Review Clare and Aidan are about to leave for college, but in the next 12 hours they’re trying to figure out if they should stay together or not. We get to follow Clare and Aidan go to different spots that are meaningful to their relationship. Over the course of the book we […]

KISSES, CODES, AND CONSPIRACIES By Abigail Hing Wen

Short and Sweet Review Tan and his best friend Winter had a great time at prom, but they decide to take a pause on things. When their parents go on a vacation to Hawaii together, Tan and Winter are left in charge of watching Tan’s younger sister Sana. Things are going as well as they […]

DEATH AT MORNING HOUSE By Maureen Johnson

Short and Sweet Review Marlowe’s first date with Akilah goes up in flames literally, but the fire wasn’t her fault. Now that Marlowe isn’t going to be a house sitter anymore she’s looking for a new gig and she gets offered the chance to work at Morning House. Morning House has a dark history, after […]

PROMCHANTED By Morgan Matson

Short and Sweet Review It’s time for prom and unfortunately Stella just got dumped. Prom is being held at Disney and who doesn’t want to be at Disney for prom, Stella goes with her friends and Reece a new kid who happened to be there when Stella was dumped. Stella claims to know all things […]

ASKING FOR A FRIEND By Kara H.L. Chen

Short and Sweet Review Asking for a Friend follows our main character Juliana who is determined to win the  Asian Americans in Business Competition. When Juliana’s partner dumps her for someone else, she’s forced to work with Garrett which is her frenemy. Juliana and Garrett come up with the idea to start an advice column. […]