Genre: Contemporary

EXCUSE ME WHILE I UGLY CRY By Joya Goffney

EXCUSE ME WHILE I UGLY CRY By Joya Goffney

Short and Sweet Quinn has a journal that she writes lists that consists of general things to a list of boys she’d like to kiss. But when her journal is misplaced and an anonymous account is blackmailing her Quinn has no choice but to face her fears and complete the items on her things to […]

KATE IN WAITING By Becky Albertalli

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 […]

WITH YOU ALL THE WAY By Cynthia Hand

WITH YOU ALL THE WAY By Cynthia Hand

Short and Sweet Review Ada’s a sixteen year old and in her mind her life is a mess. She was about to go all the way with her boyfriend but changed her mind and then regretted changing her mind so she decides to surprise him. While going to surprise him Ada finds him with another […]

COIN HEIST By Elisa Ludwig

COIN HEIST By Elisa Ludwig

Short and Sweet Review Alice, Jason, Dakota, and Benny all go to the same prestigious prep school in Philadelphia, but none of them are really friends. After a trip to the mint Jason thinks it’s a good hypothetical idea to rob the mint, and he goes over this idea with Alice since she brought up […]

MOXIE By Jennifer Mathieu

MOXIE By Jennifer Mathieu

Short and Sweet Review Vivian Carter is a normal high school junior. She hang’s out with her friends, goes to the football games, and see’s her grandparents almost daily. But when a new girl in class tries to answer a question and a boy replies with a sexist remark Vivian realizes she’s fed up. She’s […]

FIVE WAYS TO FALL OUT OF LOVE By Emily Martin

FIVE WAYS TO FALL OUT OF LOVE By Emily Martin

Short and Sweet Aubrey doesn’t rely on love and she learned that the hard way after being stood up by Webster Casey on homecoming night. Aubrey’s parents have a marriage that is falling apart and Aubrey uses that as proof that love doesn’t last but things change after she meets Holland, who also ends up […]

SIMON VS. THE HOMO SAPIENS AGENDA By Becky Albertalli

SIMON VS. THE HOMO SAPIENS AGENDA By Becky Albertalli

Short and Sweet Review Simon isn’t out yet but he finds happiness sending emails back and forth with someone from school who is calling themselves Blue. But when a classmate, Martin, sees those emails he decides to blackmail Simon into becoming his wingman. Now Simon has to navigate being blackmailed and making sure his secret […]

EVERY SINGLE LIE By Rachel Vincent

EVERY SINGLE LIE By Rachel Vincent

Short and Sweet Review Let’s just get into this. Beckett skips school but ends up remembering she has a test to take so she does end up in school and while in the girls locker room she finds a baby in a duffle bag, unfortunately the baby is dead. Anyway everyone in town starts to […]

THE INITIAL INSULT By Mindy McGinnis

THE INITIAL INSULT By Mindy McGinnis

Short and Sweet Review In Amontillado, Ohio, your last name means more than how much money you have. Tress Montor used to be important until her parents mysteriously disappeared while driving her best friend, Felicity home. Now Tress lives with her grandfather Cecil at his trailer with a wild animal attraction in the back that […]