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Category Archives: YA Romance

Notes from the Wild: Vol. 15

June 6, 2016by Jane the Raincity Librarian Leave a comment

Cities around the world are marking June as the first-ever Pride Month, and to celebrate, we’re taking a look at a few young adult titles that feature bisexual protagonists or strong secondary characters. These […]

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#weneeddiversebooks, Diversity, Eating Disorder, LGBTQ, Notes from the Wild, YA Romance, Young Adult

Yash and Janet’s Fanmix for The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black

March 31, 2016by Janet 3 Comments

The Book Wars’ first ever fanmix! Woo! The songs can be found here, and our rationale for why these songs remind us of The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black […]

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Fanmix, Fantasy, Horror, Monster Girls, Music, Vampires, YA Romance

Nafiza Recommends: Chime by Franny Billingsley

November 26, 2015by Janet 2 Comments

I’d better start with a confession, Nafiza: the first time I read Chime, I didn’t like it. I mean, I got why you did: the atmosphere of the setting; the little […]

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Abuse, Death and Mourning, Ghosts, Historical Fiction, Magical Creatures, Mystery, Supernatural Creatures, YA Romance, Young Adult

Review: The Winner’s Crime (The Winner’s Trilogy #2) by Marie Rutkoski

March 31, 2015by Nafiza Leave a comment

Hardcover, 416 pages Published March 3rd 2015 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) Source: ARC from Publisher As is often the case with me, I found The Winner’s Crime to be […]

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Fantasy, High fantasy, Review, Review Copy, YA Romance, Young Adult

The Sin Eater’s Daughter by Melinda Salisbury: A Review

February 22, 2015by Nafiza 4 Comments

Paperback, 320 pages Expected publication: February 24th 2015 by Scholastic Press Source: Publisher I am always in search for a protagonist who is morally ambiguous. Someone who realizes that she […]

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Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Love Triangle, Paranormal, Review, Review Copy, YA Romance, Young Adult

Dissonance by Erica O’Rourke: A Review

February 10, 2015by Nafiza 1 Comment

Hardcover, 484 pages Published July 22nd 2014 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Source: Publisher A small confession: Dissonance has been languishing on my to-read pile for a long while […]

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Review, Review Copy, Science Fiction, YA Romance, Young Adult

Love Triangles: [Insert That Overused Line From A Robert Frost Poem]

December 5, 2014by Yash 26 Comments

Whether you genuinely enjoy them, are entirely repulsed by them, or enjoy being repulsed by them(?), it seems to me that love triangles are (and will continue to be) a […]

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Discussion, Love Triangle, YA Romance, Young Adult

David Levithan – A Review

February 21, 2014by Christopher Owen 4 Comments

“I want love to conquer all. But love can’t conquer anything. It can’t do anything on it’s own. It relies on us to do the conquering on its behalf.” – Everyday  […]

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This Month's Theme, YA Romance, Young Adult

The Lynburn Legacy [Alternate Title: ASDFGHJKL!]

February 14, 2014by Yash 9 Comments

Kami Glass loves someone she’s never met . . . a boy she’s talked to in her head ever since she was born. She wasn’t silent about her imaginary friend […]

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Fantasy, Gothic, LGBTQ, YA Romance, Young Adult

The YA Novel and Bad Romance

February 12, 2014by Nafiza 14 Comments

To set the context for this post, let me tell you about the academic thesis I nearly wrote. I was (am still) interested in the question of perpetuation of rape […]

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Problematic, YA Romance

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