Genre: Contemporary

AISLE NINE By Ian X. Cho

AISLE NINE By Ian X. Cho

Short and Sweet A few years ago portals to hell opened all over the world, and on a regular basis demons pop out of these portals. Jasper works at Here For You Mart, which happens to have a portal in aisle nine. This portal is guarded by the Vanguard and Jaspers crush Kyle happens to […]

TILL THE LAST BEAT OF MY HEART By Louangie Bou-Montes

TILL THE LAST BEAT OF MY HEART By Louangie Bou-Montes

Short and Sweet Review Jaxon’s family runs the funeral home in town, so seeing dead bodies roll through is normal for Jaxon. When the next body on the table belongs to Jaxon’s former friend Christian, Jaxon is shocked but also regrets the things he never got to tell Christian. Jaxon accidentally resurrects Christian and he […]

SUNRISE NIGHTS By Jeff Zentner and Brittany Cavallaro

SUNRISE NIGHTS By Jeff Zentner and Brittany Cavallaro

Short and Sweet Review Jude loves photography and he’s found solace in it. With his anxiety and his parents divorce being things that take up a lot of space in his mind he knows he can turn to a camera and things will be okay for the time being. Florence is a dancer and she […]

HEMLOCK HOUSE By Katie Cotugno

HEMLOCK HOUSE By Katie Cotugno

Short and Sweet Review It’s been a couple of years since Michael Linden and Holiday solved the murder mystery at Martha’s Vineyard. Now Linden is at Harvard and doesn’t really know what he’s doing. Linden reunites with Greer and it’s been nice for both of them. When Greer’s roommate dies and the police conclude that […]

THE UNFINISHED By Cheryl Isaacs

THE UNFINISHED By Cheryl Isaacs

Short and Sweet Review In the small town of Crooks Falls the black water is a local legend. When Avery goes on a run she finds the black water and since then she can feel it following her, she can smell it, and see it flooding things. People start to go missing and Avery knows […]

THE STICKY NOTE MANIFESTO OF AISHA AGARWAL By Ambika Vohra

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

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

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

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 […]