Genre: Young Adult

SUCH CHARMING LIARS By Karen M. McManus

Short and Sweet Review When Liam and Kat were kids their parents got married in Vegas, so they were step siblings for two days. After that it has just been Kat and her mom Jamie taking on the world. Jamie is a jewel thief trying to go straight but she has one more job to […]

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 […]

THEY’LL NEVER CATCH US By Jessica Goodman

Short and Sweet Review Stella and Ellie are sisters, only a year apart, but they’re both on the cross country team. Stella is more focused and her life revolves around running, while Ellie likes track she knows she isn’t as good as Stella and she has no problem going out and having fun. When Mila […]

MY SALTY MARY By Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, Jodi Meadows

Short and Sweet Review We’ve all heard the story about the Little Mermaid but in this version she’s a pirate. After Mary gets her heart broken she miraculously avoids being turned into foam and she disguises herself as a man and joins the crew of a pirate ship. Mary becomes friends with Tobias and he […]

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 […]

GLASS HOUSES By Rachel Caine

Short and Sweet Review It’s Claire Danvers first semester in college and she’s only 16. Unfortunately she’s already made some enemies in the dorm. Monica and her friends terrorize Claire and Claire decides she’s had enough. Claire finds an ad about three friends looking for a roommate and that’s when she meets Eve, Shane, and […]

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 […]

HOLLY HORROR: THE LONGEST NIGHT By Michelle Jabès Corpora

Short and Sweet Review It has been two weeks since Evie solved the mystery surrounding Holly and also when she realized Desmond followed her into the mines and hasn’t come back. Evie wants to find Desmond but her connection to Holly and the shadow world has been severed. With the help of her friend Tina […]