Publisher: Balzer + Bray

TWIN CROWNS By Catherine Doyle and Katherine Webber

Short and Sweet Review When Rose and Wren were just born their parents were murdered and since then the sisters have been split up and live very different lives. Wren has lived with her grandmother and other witches training to one day take her sisters place on the throne and protect witches. Rose on the […]

LULU AND MILAGRO’S SEARCH FOR CLARITY By Angela Velez

Short and Sweet Review Lulu and her sister Milagro are complete opposites, Lulu is an over-achiever and Milagro seems to care more about boys than her studies. Their older sister Clara is in college and Clara is the sister that seems like she can do no wrong, until she came home from winter break and […]

ONE TRUE LOVES By Elise Bryant

Short and Sweet Review Lenore is an artist she loves to create, but now that high school graduation is here she’s unsure about college. Lenore’s parents realize that Lenore is unsure and give her a deadline to figure out what she’s going to do in her future which puts a lot of pressure on Lenore. […]

THE UPSIDE OF UNREQUITED By Becky Albertalli

Short and Sweet Review Molly has had a lot of crushes in her life but she’s never been rejected because she hasn’t pursued any of her crushes. Molly and her twin sister Cassie are super close until Cassie gets a girlfriend. Cassie and her girlfriend Mina try to get Molly and Mina’s friend Will to […]

LEAH ON THE OFFBEAT By Becky Albertalli

Short and Sweet Review It’s senior year and in the short amount of time before graduation Leah is trying to figure things out. She’s bi but the only person who knows is her mom, she’s an amazing artist but she’s not comfortable showing her drawings, and her solid friend group seems to be fracturing. Alrighty […]

FAITH: GREATER HEIGHTS By Julie Murphy

Short and Sweet Review Faith Herbert is back in this high flying sequel! This sequel picks up where things left off. Faith is starting her senior year and she’s going to try to enjoy it but things in town are still off. There’s a new journalism teacher, Colleen has reappeared, there’s been sightings of Dakota […]

HOW TO LOVE By Katie Cotugno

Short and Sweet Review Before: Serena has had a crush on Sawyer for a long time, and once they do get into a relationship it’s complicated and messy. Eventually Sawyer leaves Florida without telling Reena, and he doesn’t know she’s pregnant. After: Almost three years later Sawyer comes back, but Serena has been just fine […]

BORN OF ILLUSION By Teri Brown

Short and Sweet Review It’s the 1920’s and Anna Van Housen is an illusionist but she’s more than that and when she’s discovered by a young man who realizes that she has more abilities Anna is introduced to members of a secret society in hopes to learn more about herself. Anna Van Housen is an […]

KATE IN WAITING By Becky Albertalli

Short and Sweet Review Kate and Anderson have been friends for a long time! Though they may seem codependent, they’re not, even though they actually do almost everything together. So when their crush from summer camp, Matt ends up going to their school they decide that this can be a communal crush. But Kate and […]