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mydarlinginej · 1 year

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read my full review of how to win a breakup by farah heron here.

An “it” couple’s breakup becomes a sporting event in a deliciously charming novel about the games people play in the name of love.

First, math genius and gamer-nerd Samaya gets dumped by her boyfriend. Then he sabotages her job and hooks up with her frenemy. What could be worse? Clearly, her golden-boy ex is winning the breakup. The only way Samaya can get some rebound cred is to find someone new. Even if she has to fake it.

At a volunteer bake sale, Samaya meets a sweet opportunity. Daniel is a handsome hockey jock and a whiz when it comes to lemon squares and brownies. And he agrees to play along. Quid pro quo. He’ll pretend to be the boyfriend of her dreams if Samaya helps him pass calculus.

This may well be the recipe for the best revenge, but Samaya has no idea how complicated it will get. As they whip up an imitation romance, and a bumbleberry pie, resisting each other’s very real charms proves impossible. Samaya finds herself on an unexpected journey of secrets, self-discovery, and the true meaning of moving on.

my review:

Although I haven’t read any books by this author before, I had heard good things about her works, so I impulsively hit download when I saw it on Netgalley. I mean, some thought did go into the decision: I read fake dating in the summary, and we all know I am a sucker for fake dating stories. How to Win a Breakup was an adorable romance that also navigates dealing with your prejudices.

A summer has passed since Samaya suffered a devastating sudden break-up that also cost her a summer job that would have looked great on her college applications. When the school year starts with her ex Devin immediately getting together with her frenemy, Samaya and her friends Cass and Aimee photoshop her into a photo of her longtime gamer buddy, LostAxis—whom she’s never met IRL—to imply that they’re dating. However, when Samaya starts volunteering at a family shelter, she meets Daniel, the boy in the picture—but it’s immediately clear that he’s not LostAxis. After she confesses that her entire school thinks they’re together, he agrees to fake dating her in exchange for calculus tutoring, but this comes with its own set of obstacles.

The romance was so cute! Daniel and Samaya can’t be more different, but he’s so earnest and cheerful that she can’t help but be drawn into him. Their fake relationship is relatively easy; although they hadn’t really known each other beforehand, they quickly become friends at least. I liked reading about how they bond despite having vastly different interests, and even begin to take an interest in hobbies they previously disliked but the other loves.

read my full review here.

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noveltyreads · 1 year

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Tahira in Bloom by Farah Heron Book Review

ARC kindly provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review

I knew right from the premise alone that I would really enjoy this novel.

Tahira in Bloom seemingly brought together everything I could’ve possibly loved in a book and tied it up with a ribbon of fashion and garden design. It was cute, deep and emotional and I loved the journey it took me on. The book follows Tahira, an ambitious wannabe fashion designer and style influencer who, after her summer internship falls through, seeks another opportunity helping her aunt in her boutique in small town, Bakewell, Canada. There, she discovers a garden design competition where the winner may have an opportunity to impress the likes of fashion designers at a sister event in New York. However, Tahira knows she would be unsuccessful unless she employs the help of her grumpy gardener neighbour who is less than impressed by her influencer antics. As the two get closer, they begin to realise they're not so different after all.

For starters, I loved the characters and loved the journey of self-growth they embark on. I love how Tahira, for example, was a completely different person by the end of the book than how she was at the start of the book. She endured lots of self-realisations and self-reflections on the kind of life she wanted to live and what fashion design, the career she dreams of, really meant to her. As a very work-driven person myself, I found myself relating to her ambitious goals and dreams and I found her journey endearing and relatable to even my own relationships with work and future aspirations. There was a lot to learn from Tahira and in a weird way, I found myself discovering more about myself as well. I really enjoy fictional books that help reflect on yourself, your life, your dreams and your future and so I was pleasantly surprised when I started Tahira in Bloom.

At the start of the book, I didn't really like Tahira. To me, she seemed a little self-absorbed but now looking back, I see that it was important for her to appear as so because it meant we could see her character develop and (pun intended here) bloom. At the start, Tahira was focused on growing her online presence on her social media platforms (specifically instagram). With her best friend Gia and boyfriend, Matteo who had common goals with her, Tahira seemed to be on track to a glowing career with internet fame. However, as we see the book progress, Tahira begins to realise that fame was never really what she wanted, rather fashion design for her was all about creating art and stories and sharing that with other people. This book was about finding yourself through passion and ambition and it was a story I found really resonated with me.

This book was very character focused and for me, who is very much characters over anything else, I absolutely devoured it. I loved Rowan and his sister Juniper and their relationships with Tahira. I also liked the way friendships were portrayed here as two characters realise they want different things out of life and each other. I liked how this book showcased making new friends and learning to let go of past friendships. This book was very comforting in letting you know that sometimes people leave and sometimes you need to leave them. It sometimes hurts but it's often for the best and it's often necessary to do so.

Overall, this book was very solid for me and I would highly recommend it to every reader who enjoys romance or contemporaries.

ACTUAL RATING: 4.45 STARS

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meeghanreads · 1 month

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April 2024 TBR

Hello friends!! Welcome to the April 2024 TBR. A post where I will attempt to intuit what I feel like reading for the month of April. AJDNFBDJFSKNAJKBCH… How in the world is it almost April already?? Honestly I think this year just needs to calm down. Also, this means that I really need to write up my quarterly check ins and a bunch of other posts… Maybe it’s a long weekend job… Maybe I can get…

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kaetrinsmusings · 8 months

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Review at AudioGals

Review at AudioGals: Even if the Sky is Falling anthology.

I’m over at AudioGals with a review of Even if the Sky is Falling by Taj McCoy, Farah Heron, Lane Clarke, Charish Reid, Sarah Smith & Denise Williams, narrated by Adenrele Ojo, Soneela Nankani, Karen Murray, Marissa Hampton, Donnabella Mortel, Joy Beharie & Teddy Hamilton. Loved the premise and there were some real gems in the anthology.

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sarah-maclean-completist · 9 months

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#lucy parker #sarah maclean #farah heron #sophie irwin #sonya lalli #jivy hart

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escondidolibrary · 1 year

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Join us for the next Between the Covers Romance Book Club meeting tomorrow, January 5, 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. on Zoom and upstairs in the Library Board Room! We'll be discussing "Kamila Knows Best" by Farah Heron!

Check out a copy from us! More info: [email protected]

#book club #romance fiction #kamila knows best #farah heron #escolibrary #library #discussion

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battyaboutbooksreviews · 10 months

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🦇 Jana Goes Wild Book Review 🦇

❝ "Don't worry about what people think about you. The only person you need to impress is you...It's okay not to be perfect." ❞

❓ QOTD Where did you go on your last family trip? ❓ 🦇 When Jana Suleiman meets Anil Malek, it feels like there's the promise of a real future between them. It's not until after two weeks of passion together that Jana learns the truth: Anil is married. Unfortunately, she never gets the chance to put those two weeks behind her; not when she realizes she's pregnant. Five years later, she's the bridesmaid for a destination wedding in Serengeti National Park, unaware that her potential new boss and ex are attending until she arrives in Africa. In an effort to prove she's "vibrant" and worthy of the job, Jana lets loose. Can she embrace her wild side and let go of the feelings (good or bad) she's harbored for Anil after all this time?

💜 Jana Goes Wild is an adventure for sure! Jana Suleiman is a perfectionist striving to meet the expectations of everyone around her; no easy feat when you also have a curious four-year-old at your side. Her co-parenting relationship with Anil is beautifully healthy despite the anonymity she still harbors. Farah Heron's descriptions of Tanzania will awe you, each page dragging readers into the wilderness and on a safari through Jana's mind and heart. The main source of conflict in the book is internal as Jana is forced to confront the emotions she's shoved aside for too long, both for the sake of her family and career. Heron also immerses readers in Muslim and Indian culture, both through wedding customs, food (there are recipes at the end!), and traditional mindsets. As a Muslim reader, I couldn't help but feel the burden of familial expectations Jana experiences, making it a very relatable read.

🦇 As much as I love tension, a lot of the conflict Jana and Anil faced was of Jana's own making. When she finally comes to recognize her mistakes and begins to make amends with Anil, she unfortunately repeats the same mistakes. Jana was a victim of gossip but allows gossip to overshadow everything she learned during her trip alongside Anil. While realistic (not every lesson we learn STICKS), it was also a little frustrating to see Jana repeatedly get in her own way. There's a lot of miscommunication between Jana and Anil; proof that communication is key to any healthy relationship. However, Jana DOES recognize the roadblocks she's causing on her own, and that self-awareness makes her journey all the more realistic.

🦇 Recommended to anyone who knows what the pressure of meeting someone else's expectations and standards feels like. It's okay if you're not perfect; that's part of being human. Also recommended if you love to travel the world without leaving the cozy comforts of your reading nook.

Read If You Love: 🐘 Enemies to Lovers 🐘 Second Chance Romance 🐘 Forced Proximity 🐘 Mental Health Focus 🐘 Opposites Attract 🐘 Romantic Comedy

🦇 Major thanks to the author Farah Heron and publisher for providing an ARC of this book via Netgalley. 🥰 This does not affect my opinion regarding the book.b

#book review #books #reading #book blog #book recommendations #book recs #battyaboutbooks #batty about books #books and cats #cats and books #book: jana goes wild #author: farah heron

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betterbooksandthings · 2 years

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“Looking for loaves, loves, and laughter? Do I have the books for you! Culinary romances feed the stomach and soul with their delicious mix of hot food and even hotter relationships. You come to them to read about the trials and tribulations of the restaurant industry. From opening bakeries and restaurants to maintaining them, making money and food is objectively hard. Add in the complications of celebrity chefs, reality baking competitions, and other famous employees and you have a blend of messy but delectable romances. After all, food is the gateway to the soul.

Now, culinary romances are not a new invention. I have, however, noticed an uptick in the number of culinary romances published, and I am not alone. Bettina Makalintal’s Eater article even noted, “Move over, bodice rippers. It’s all about apron tuggers now.” I cannot argue with her point that there are more and more culinary romances hitting the shelves, and many of them are queer or racially diverse.

Culinary romances give authors the ability to showcase food culture and the ways food is sold to the public. From celebrity chefs, to cooking contestants, to chefs that run businesses, part of a character’s success relies on the way they market themselves and their food to their intended customers or audience. Then throw cultural identities and work-love life balance into the mix and you have yourself a compelling romance. Given the size of the sub-genre, I only included a selection that are sure to leave you hungry for more.”

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dilawrosas · 1 year

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[BOOK REVIEW] ARC: Jana Goes Wild by Farah Heron

This Farah Heron book is XXX! ✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️ In the past, the heroine and the hero had a wonderful time that resulted in a pregnancy. In the present time, the heroine arrives at the location of her friend’s destination wedding with her daughter and mother in tow. There the heroine meets the hero, who she hasn’t forgiven for lying to her in the past. During this time, the heroine decides to let…

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#2023 Book Reviews #2023 Reviews #ARC #Bk Rvw #Farah Heron Author #May 2023 #NetGalley

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permanentreverie · 8 months

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joining the new septembers readathon, hosted by @goodwitchs and @withasmiles! *will be stretching the reading time into october/november

a book with a red cover: crying in h mart by michelle zauner (sep 9 - 10)

a creepy or horror book: little thieves by margaret owen (sep 11 - 16) / painted devils by margaret owen (sep 20 - 27)

a classic or a retelling: les misérables by victor hugo (apr 3 - sep 18) (reread)

a short story collection: out there by kate folk (sep 23 - 24)

an autumnal classic: wuthering heights by emily brontë (sep 18 - 24)

a book with an orange cover: the foxhole court by nora sakavic (sep 24 - 27)

an autumnal romance: the dead romantics by ashley poston (oct 4 - 5)

a book about witches: a discovery of witches by deborah harkness (oct 6 - 12) / shadow of night by deborah harkness (nov 1 - dec 30)

a book about a haunted house: mexican gothic by silvia moreno-garcia (oct 13 - 14) / the haunting of hill house by shirley jackson (oct 15 - 18)

a book with a yellow cover: anxious people by fredrik backman yellowface by r.f. kuang (oct 29 - 31)

a graphic novel: the girl from the other side (vol 1 - 11) by nagabe (oct 19)

a book that takes place at a private or boarding school: a study in charlotte by brittany cavallaro (oct 5 - 7)

a gothic novel: dracula by bram stoker (may 5 - nov 8)

a murder mystery: the murder of roger ackroyd by agatha christie (nov 9 - 10)

a book that takes place in september: kamila knows best by farah heron (nov 12 - 13)

a cozy fantasy: howl’s moving castle by diana wynne jones (nov 17 - 18) (reread)

a dark academia book: if we were villains by m. l. rio (nov 18 - 19) (reread)

a book about vampires: masters of death by olivie blake (nov 20 - 22)

reread an autumnal favourite: jane eyre by charlotte brontë (nov 22 - 29) (reread)

a sept. 23 release: a study in drowning by ava reid (dec 23 - 29)

#this looks ugly on mobile but whatever #will also be updating my books read on my yearly book log as well but this is just specifically for the reading challenge!#not tagging anyone to join because it’s a huge commitment lol #but i’m soooo looking forward to doing it!! at first i put like wayyy too many titles to each of the challenges so i had to narrow it down #also semi cheating by edging a few books i’m already reading (dracula/les mis) cause yeah #i will be rereading only a few books here! so i’m excited to be reading books i haven’t read before

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greenconverses · 9 months

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Recently read: This batch of romances was pretty mid, but at least the covers look pretty grouped together, right?

The Devil's Own Duke by Lenora Bell was fun and I liked that the heroine was into vineyards and making wine, but I could've used a little bit more romantic development to really sell it. (★★★)

The Fraud Squad by Kyla Zhao wants us to feel bad for billionaires because people gossip about them :( and I absolutely will not. I did like Zhao's writing style and found the book to be very readable, but the plot, characterizations, and romance were all paper thin and exasperating toward the end. It clearly wanted to capture the magic of Crazy Rich Asians but lacked of the dry humor or critique of the insanely rich to really pull it off. (★★)

I was super disappointed with Jana Goes Wild by Farah Heron. I adored Kamila Knows Best and was excited to dig into Jana and Anil's second chance romance as co-parents but... the story really didn't focus on it??? Their daughter took up a LOT of page time and I really resented having to hear about her bedtime routine while on vacation for the umpteenth time by the middle of the book. While I liked the setting, traveling through Tanzania with a whole cast of characters also got repetitive as hell The third act saved the rating from being a solid two stars, but not by much. (★★.75)

A Rogue's Rules to Seduction was a satisfying ending to Eva Leigh's Last Chance Scoundrels series! Also, HAWT. Keep bringing the heat and kink to historicals, Eva. (★★★★)

#books of 2023 #historical romance #contemporary romance #currently reading #books

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mermaidsirennikita · 1 month

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This is a tough question but do you have any recs that are pretty tame spice wise but not YA? I have to refrain from reading smut for religious reasons (only for a month!) but I still need my romance fix 😫

That is tough for me, I'll admit, because while I have zero issue with anyone doing otherwise, I personally don't seek out romances that are low heat. It's usually an accident when I read one, to be real. But I've had a couple I enjoy.

10 Things That Never Happened by Alexis Hall. M/m, closed door. Basically, our POV hero is having a hard time with his strict boss, and kinda gets fired when they're arguing, but then he falls and hits his head. When he wakes up, his boss is at the hospital with him, basically sure he'll get sued, and our main guy decides to scam his way into keeping his job by faking amnesia lmao. Everything that happens is behind the proverbial closed door.

Mortal Follies by Alexis Hall. M/m, not totally closed door but pretty close. It's fantastical historical romance with a lady duke it has a very "Jane Austen x Midsummer Night's Dream" whimsical vibe. Stuff Happens, but it's very lightly described, more alluded to.

Say You'll Be Mine by Naina Kumar is a fake dating romance where there is stuff on the page, but it's pretty light? It's not zero, though. Jane Goes Wild by Farah Heron is on a similar level, but I've heard that Accidentally Engaged and Kamila Knows Best are closed door (I've read neither).

#romance novel blogging #romance novels #book recs

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meeghanreads · 2 months

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WWW Wednesday — 21 February 2024

Hello friends!! Welcome to this week’s WWW Wednesday — 21 February 2024!! WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words, where you answer the three following questions: What did you recently finish? What are you currently reading? And, what do you think you’ll read next? Let’s see what I have been reading… (All images will link to Goodreads if you click on them.…

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filtercoffeeonsteroids · 2 years

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2022 TBR 🧿 (continuing in 2023)

On Earth, we are briefly gorgeous - Ocean Vuong

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid (🦄)

Twisted lies - Ana Huang (🦄)

Gender Queer: a memoir - Maia Kobabe (🦄)

Lanka's princess - Kavita Kané (🫀)

Forty rules of love - Elif Shafak

All my rage - Sabaa Tahir (🫀)

Redacted : poems - Trista Mateer (🦄)

She gets the girl - Rachael Lippincott, Alyson Derrick

Pride & prejudice - Jane Austen (🌷)

How much land does a man need? - Leo Tolstoy (🦄)

Terribly tiny tales, Vol. 1 (🦄)

God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy

The Secret History - Donna Tartt (🫀)

The Forest of Enchantments - Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (🫀)

Love story - Erich Segal (🦄)

Raavan : Enemy of Aryavarta - Amish Tripathi

The love hypothesis - Ali Hazelwood (🦄)

No Regrets - Kaveree Bamzai

Great Goddesses - Nikita Gill

Beautiful World, Where are you - Sally Rooney

Crying in H mart - Michelle Zauner (🫀)

Poetry is undead - Trista Mateer

Artemis Made me do it - Trista Mateer (🫀)

Poems I sleep next to - Shelby Eileen (🦄)

Beach Read - Emily Henry

Menaka's choice - Kavita kané

Loveboat Reunion - Abigail Hing Wen (🫀)

One last stop - Casey McQusiton

The Knockout - Sajni Patel (🫀)

A Promised Land - Khadija Mastur

Daughter of the Moon Goddess - Sue Lynn Tan

Cheer up: Love and pompoms - Crystal Frasier ( 🦄)

Tahira in bloom - Farah Heron

A Good Girl's guide to murder - Holly Jackson (🦄)

The invisible life of Addie LaRue - V. E. Schwab ( 🫀)

Rivals (American Royals #3) - Katherine McGee (🦄)

It ends with us - Colleen Hoover (🦄)

Persuasion - Jane Austen

Normal People - Sally Rooney (🦄)

Graceful Burdens - Roxane Gay (🦄)

I want to die but i want to eat tteokbokki - Baek Sehee (🫀)

The fault in our stars - John Green (🦄)

When the stars wrote back - Trista mateer (🦄,🫀)

Conversations with friends - Sally Rooney (🫀)

Daisy Jones & The Six - Taylor Jenkins Reid (🦄)

Flower crowns & fearsome things - Amanda Lovelace (🦄)

The Bitter End - Kaliane Faye (🦄)

Rukmini - Saiswaroopa Iyer

Kate in waiting - Becky Albertralli

Simon vs the homosapiens agenda - Becky Albertralli (🫀)

The Princess saves herself in this one - Amanda Lovelace (🦄)

The Song of Achilles (🫀)

It Starts with Us - Colleen Hoover (🦄)

Here's to hoping I actually read all of them :')

(I have removed books that I know for a fact I will not read, so this is an edited version of the list! Also, finished TSOA today (18/4/23) and The Invisible life of Addie LaRue on 24/4/23 and absolutely fucking bawled, so I decided to add it to this tbr list to honour it :'), not to mention that I actually had planned to read it for a long time, just didn't include it in this list 😭)

( read in 2022 - 🦄, currently reading - 🌷, read in 2023 - 🫀)

I'll be marking off the books when I finish reading them/ I'll be adding more books when I find myself wanting to read them!

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hondagirll · 9 months

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Tagged by the wonderful and amazing @actuallylorelaigilmore thank you friend!

Last song: Honestly I am still listening to the Barbie soundtrack on Spotify. But I do listen to the radio a lot in my car and Bohemian Rhapsody came on yesterday on my drive home and I jammed to it like I was a teenager.

Currently watching: Nancy Drew S4 ( @acehardy told me we only have like 5 episodes left of the season/series. Whaaaaat? I am UPSET). Still working my way through Frasier (s10 everyone!), started the X-Files last week which has been interesting, and it would be remiss of me not to mention my West Wing rewatch though I am stalled on S5. In my defense, S5 is a a slough but I love s6 and s7 so I will push through!

Currently reading: Just finished Jana Go Wild by Farah Heron. I didn’t like it as much as Kamila Knows Best too many misunderstandings for my taste but it was nice to see familiar faces again and the food in there sounded so delicious. In ao3 reads, I am currently working my way through With All Your Faults , a Brienne/Jaime fic that @bethanyactually mentioned ages ago. And when I say ages I mean it’s been at least two years since I’ve marked it for later. But hey, better late than never and the chapters I’ve read have been really good so far!

Current obsession: Connections from the NYT. My Wordle group chat introduced it to me last week and each morning when I wake up I instantly try to complete it. I’m losing more than I’m getting all 4 groups correct but its been fun!

Low-key tagging some recent activity on my dash @librarianmouse @thirddeadlysin @stars-inthe-sky @aprylynn @hmsharmony @lucy-moderatz @wittywallflower @jicklet @clintbeifong and whoever wants to do it

#meme

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richincolor · 1 year

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New Releases

In terms of my TBR pile, this is a particularly exciting week for me! Several of my most anticipated reads are coming out on Tuesday. Check out what's on deck:

How to Win a Breakup by Farah Heron

First, math genius and gamer-nerd Samaya gets dumped by her boyfriend. Then he sabotages her job and hooks up with her frenemy. What could be worse? Clearly, her golden-boy ex is winning the breakup. The only way Samaya can get some rebound cred is to find someone new. Even if she has to fake it.

At a volunteer bake sale, Samaya meets a sweet opportunity. Daniel is a handsome hockey jock and a whiz when it comes to lemon squares and brownies. And he agrees to play along. Quid pro quo. He’ll pretend to be the boyfriend of her dreams if Samaya helps him pass calculus.

This may well be the recipe for the best revenge, but Samaya has no idea how complicated it will get. As they whip up an imitation romance, and a bumbleberry pie, resisting each other’s very real charms proves impossible. Samaya finds herself on an unexpected journey of secrets, self-discovery, and the true meaning of moving on.

The Moonlight Blade by Tessa Barbosa

I promised my mother I would never come to Bato-Ko…and yet here I am.

Narra Jal is one of the cursed, cast aside her whole life, considered unlucky. But with her mother’s life on the line, she will return to the city where she was born to face the trials: a grueling, bloodthirsty series of challenges designed to weed out the weak, the greedy, and the foolish. Trials to select the next ruler of Tigang.

Narra has nothing. No weapons. No training. No magic. No real chance of leaving with her life. Just her fierce grit and a refusal to accept the destiny she’s been handed. Even the intense, dark-eyed Guardian she feels a strangely electric connection with cannot help her. Narra is on her own. But she’ll show everyone what the unlucky can do.

Brighter Than the Sun by Daniel Aleman

Every morning, sixteen-year-old Sol wakes up at the break of dawn in her hometown of Tijuana, Mexico and makes the trip across the border to go to school in the United States. Though the commute is exhausting, this is the best way to achieve her dream: becoming the first person in her family to go to college.

When her family’s restaurant starts struggling, Sol must find a part-time job in San Diego to help her dad put food on the table and pay the bills. But her complicated school and work schedules on the US side of the border mean moving in with her best friend and leaving her family behind.

With her life divided by an international border, Sol must come to terms with the loneliness she hides, the pressure she feels to succeed for her family, and the fact that the future she once dreamt of is starting to seem unattainable. Mostly, she’ll have to grapple with a secret she’s kept even from herself: that maybe she’s relieved to have escaped her difficult home life, and a part of her may never want to return.

Belle of the Ball by Mari Costa

High-school senior and notorious wallflower Hawkins finally works up the courage to remove her mascot mask and ask out her longtime crush: Regina Moreno, head cheerleader, academic overachiever, and all-around popular girl. There’s only one teensy little problem: Regina is already dating Chloe Kitagawa, athletic all-star…and middling English student. Regina sees a perfectly self-serving opportunity here, and asks the smitten Hawkins to tutor Chloe free of charge, knowing Hawkins will do anything to get closer to her.

And while Regina’s plan works at first, she doesn’t realize that Hawkins and Chloe knew each other as kids, when Hawkins went by Belle and wore princess dresses to school every single day. Before long, romance does start to blossom…but not between who you might expect. With Belle of the Ball, cartoonist Mariana Costa has reinvigorated satisfying, reliable tropes into your new favorite teen romantic comedy.

While You Were Dreaming by Alisha Rai

If Sonia Patil had her way, she’d be attending her local comic con instead of covering a shift for her boss’s daughter. Since Sonia’s mom was deported and her sister, who never claimed deferred status under DACA, had to forgo college to support them, Sonia’s had her hands full with work, school, and pretending everything is okay at home.

Then Sonia, in homemade superhero cosplay, stumbles into saving her crush James’s life. When a video of the daring rescue goes viral, she—or, rather, a mysterious masked savior—is thrust into the spotlight. Now she’s hiding from TikTok detectives while trying to connect with James. And while she’s drawn to his friendly but oblivious nature, she can’t deny her escalating chemistry with another awkwardly charming boy.

Juggling crushes and a secret identity might just take superpowers. Will Sonia be able to hide in plain sight forever?

Lucha of the Night Forest by Tehlor Kay Mejia

A scorned god. A mysterious acolyte. A forgetting drug. A dangerous forest. One girl caught between the freedom she always wanted and a sister she can’t bear to leave behind. Under the cover of the Night Forest, will Lucha be able to step into her own power…or will she be consumed by it?

This gorgeous and fast-paced fantasy novel from acclaimed author Tehlor Kay Mejia is brimming with adventure, peril, romance, and family bonds–and asks what it means for a teen girl to become fully herself.

#brighter than the sun #lucha of the night forest #while you were dreaming #belle of the ball #ya lit #the moonlight blade #how to win a breakup

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