Get ready for a few laughs and a dose of sweet romance with Nicole Schubert's Boyfriend in a Body Cast. Beatrix Plumb, a sixteen-year-old romantic and idealist, has a penchant for Appalachian flatfoot poetry and hip hop. Being the romantic that she is, Bee hopes...

Ruby Fink's Chispa is one of the best novels I've read this year, boldly combining coming-of-age angst with mesmerizing romance. Seventeen-year-old Claire Beauchene is an ambitious ballroom dancer determined to win her third consecutive title at the prestigious Blackpool Dance Festival. As she prepares for...

The Beauties and Her Beast (Love and Flora) by A.J. Hughes follows Belle Holmes, a sixteen-year-old girl who sacrificed herself to save her father, Freddy, after he stole from a magical kingdom ruled by two beastly brothers, Raoul and Esmé. Freddy lost his wealth and...

“I don’t date. I study. I’m not a cheerleader in training. I don’t flirt. I’m… just serious.” That’s Laura McGonogle. She’s shy, but she’s also very smart. Other than her serious nature, she’s a typical fourteen-year-old with a family of overachievers. In C.J. Booth’s Laura...

Anomalous Isle by J.L. Echelbarger is a middle-grade/YA fantasy about outcasts who find sanctuary and purpose on a secret island in another galaxy. The narrative centers on the protagonist, Dalisay, who is the only resident who was actually born on the island. She is forbidden...

Steve Schafer's eMortal follows the story of Liv, a 17-year-old genius high schooler who constructs an advanced AI system named Breck. She enters him in a prestigious government-sponsored contest and is determined to place first. If she wins the competition, she will receive an internship...

Oscar Danielsson, nicknamed ‘Old Man’ by his fellow students, is a typical teenager. Well, almost typical, Oscar has ADHD. From Monday to Saturday, his life is one tedious cycle of going to school, then spending the rest of the day and night in his room....

Are you a fan of comic books? Immerse yourself in a thrilling tale of AI, virtual reality, and cyber warfare with Ronn Koontz's Cyber Quest: The Digital Guardians. Mackenzie is a thirteen-year-old techie from the neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn, New York. She has a...

Mercury to the Moon by J.Q. Gagliastro is a whimsical and heartwarming young adult fantasy that takes readers on an unforgettable interstellar journey. Truman Howard, an eighteen-year-old outsider with no family, no friends, and a barely tolerable roommate, finds his mundane Earth life upended when...

Anticipation Day by Jeff Michelson begins with the creation of an escapist program, then continues years later after the government project becomes public policy. In the program, American citizens are offered one extraordinary day each year to live inside a hyper-real simulation built around their...