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Tag Archives: YA Contemporary
Blog Tour: Pretty Little Lies by Jennifer Miller
About The Book A little lie can change the course of everything. . . Like every other eighteen-year-old in love, Olivia has dreams of spending forever with the love of her life. Luke is all she’s ever wanted – until she overhears something she was never meant to. In a matter of seconds, Olivia’s heart is shattered. Olivia handles it the only way she knows how – she runs- leaving behind her family, friends and the boy she loves. Seeking comfort and an escape, Olivia finds it in resident bad boy Deacon. He’s everything Luke isn’t – and that’s fine … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Tour, Contemp, Drama, Review, Romance, The Readiacs, YA
Tagged Adult, Blog Tour, Book Review, Book Tour, Contemp, Review, Romance, The Readiacs, YA, YA Contemporary
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REVIEW Juilliard or Else by Nichele Reese
Blurb This is a twisting story of young love torn in two. Abigail McCall has been accepted into Juilliard for Ballet. Being nineteen, she’s ready to move out of her tight shell at her parent’s house and in with her new roommates. Abigail finds herself distracted with things she never saw herself doing. ‘Hey, I’m Tucker. That’s all it took. His own name rolling off his tongue.’ With no job and coming from a broken home with a mother who doesn’t care what happens to him, could you blame Tucker for being so secretive? The dark and mysterious Tucker has … Continue reading
Posted in Contemp, Drama, Review, Romance, The Readiacs
Tagged Adult, Book Review, Contemp, Drama, Review, Romance, The Readiacs, YA, YA Contemporary
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COVER REVEAL FOR REAL UGLY BY C.M. Stunich
REAL UGLY COVER REVEAL RELEASE DATE JUNE 10th I am so excited about this Cover reveal and the upcoming release of C.M. Stunich’s new book Real Ugly on June 10th. It’s part of her brand new series Hard Rock Roots. It is a New Adult Rock Star Romance and is for 18 and Up due to Dirty Language and Raw Sex (FYI that alone got my attention LOL)!! Don’t forget to add it to your TBR on https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17869239-real-ugly BLURB: “Turner Campbell is an asshole. I f*cking hate him. But I can’t get enough either. He sings like an angel and … Continue reading
Posted in The Readiacs
Tagged Adult, Cover Reveal, Rockstar, The Readiacs, YA Contemporary
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IN THE AFTER – DEMITRIA LUNETTA
Title: In The After Author: Demitria Lunetta Genre: Dystopian, apocalyptic, sci-fi, adventure Publisher: HarperTeen Release Date: June 25, 2013 Review Five stars for In The After by Demitria Lunetta. Seldom are debut novels this good, but this post-apocalyptic story was impressive! A handful of survivors are barely making it day to day. Among these survivors are Amy and Baby. Amy lost everyone when They came – family, friends & neighbors. Out of necessity, Amy starts venturing outside her home. It is intensely dangerous with Them lurking around every corner. Plus, They are attracted to light and noise, so Amy has … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Apocalyptic, Dystopian, Genres/Types, HarperTeen, Kerri, Middle Grade, Publisher, Review, Science Fiction, The Readiacs, Tragedy
Tagged Book Review, Coming of Age, Dystopian, HarperTeen, Kerri, Review, Sci-Fi, The Readiacs, YA Contemporary
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Lost in You ~ Heidi McLaughlin
Summary Ryan Stone is a less than average teenager. He doesn’t have fancy clothes. He doesn’t carry around the latest smartphone and he definitely doesn’t have an MP3 player. Instead, he goes to school, does his chores and dreams of a new life away from Brookfield where he’s expected to follow in his blue collar family’s footsteps. Hadley Carter is America’s Pop Princess. A successful recording artist living her dream with a sold-out tour and a handful of Grammy’s there isn’t much that she wants for, except love. But finding love on the road is near impossible when all she … Continue reading
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Tagged Adult, Book Review, Drama, Heidi, Romance, The Readiacs, YA, YA Contemporary
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Luke, I Am Your Father by Scott Pixxello
Title: Luke, I Am Your Father Rating: Genre: YA / Contemp / Comedy Release Date: September 4, 2013 Review: The title had me hooked (cough cough – huge Star wars nerd – cough) and I couldn’t wait to pick up Scott Pixxello’s Luke, I Am Your Father. The novel encompasses the life of Dan, a quirky and awkward sixteen-year-old boy who finds out that his girlfriend, Emma, is pregnant. I was expecting some Teen Mom-style drama, but I got so much more. This book was a quick and funny read and, while it had its serious moments, it kept me … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, Contemp, Fallon, Family, Review, Scott Pixxello, The Readiacs, YA
Tagged Book Review, comedy, Fallon, Scott Pixxello, The Readiacs, YA Contemporary
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Review: Over You
3 STARS After the grand explosion of her relationship, seventeen-year-old Max Scott developed what every girl in the history of the world has been waiting for: a way to get over being dumped. Now Max is the go-to guru for heartbroken high-school girls all over NYC. But when her ex unexpectedly shows up in her neighborhood, Max’s carefully controlled world starts to unravel. With her clients’ hearts hanging in the balance, Max will have to do the seemingly impossible: get over him once and for all. Brilliant at bringing humor to the trials and tribulations of the lovestruck, #1 New … Continue reading
Posted in Emma McLaughlin, HarperTeen, Nicola Kraus
Tagged Over You, YA Contemporary
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If I Die Young by Talia Jager
When Caelyn Noel was diagnosed with asthma five years ago, it put a damper on things. Now, she’s sixteen and things are finally going her way. She has loving parents, the best friend ever, and the boy she has had a crush on since elementary school has finally noticed her. Then, she collapses in school one day. To her horror, she finds out her heart is failing and she must have a heart transplant to live. Caelyn struggles with her fear of dying and worries of having someone else’s heart. If I Die Young is approximately 45,300 words. If I … Continue reading
Posted in The Readiacs
Tagged Book Review, Coming of Age, Contemp, Family, natasha, Romance, Talia Jager, YA Contemporary
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The Breakaway by Michelle Davidson Argyle
When Naomi Jensen is kidnapped, it takes her parents two days to realize she’s missing. Escape isn’t high on her list of priorities when all she has to return to is an abusive boyfriend and parents who never paid much attention to her. For the first time in her life she’s part of a family—even if it is a family of criminals. But she’s still a captive. In a desperate attempt to regain some control in her life, Naomi embarks on a dangerous plan to make one of her kidnappers think she’s falling in love with him. The … Continue reading
Posted in The Readiacs
Tagged Contemp, Kidnapped, natasha, Review, rhemalda publishing, Stockholm syndrome, YA Contemporary
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Easy by @tammarawebber
Heidi’s Review: There is just something about a man who saves the day . . . or your life. For Jacqueline that night happened two weeks after her d.bag boyfriend dumped her. We all know college is a chance to spread your wings, learn to fly and all that happy jazz, but when your high school girlfriend tells you she’s following you to college, you break-up than, not during the semester because you want to test the waters from the nearby sorority. Yeah, that is exactly what Jacqueline’s boyfriend did . . . good riddance. Back to the knight and … Continue reading
Posted in Angst, Contemp, Drama, Heidi, Review, Romance, Tammara Webber, YA, Yvette
Tagged Adult Themes, Coming of Age, Easy, Heidi, Review, Tammara Webber, YA Contemporary, Yvette
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Collision by @StefneMiller
Title: Collision Rating: Genre: YA/Contemp/Romance/Hollywood Publisher: Tate Publishing & Enterprises, LLC Release Date: March 15, 2012 Review: Where do I even begin? There was so much I loved about this book that it’s difficult to know where to start! First of all, I love the dynamic between Cabot and Kei. Although he literally has it all – fame, fortune and his pick of women – Cabot’s life feels empty and he yearns for something more. Kei, by contrast, has very little in the way of money or possessions, yet her life is full of purpose. It is truly a collision … Continue reading
Posted in Collision, Contemp, Lelina, Review, Romance, Stefne Miller, YA
Tagged Book Review, Collision, Hollywood, Lelina, missionary work, movie premiere, Oscars, Robert Pattinson, Romance, Stefne Miller, Uganda, YA Contemporary
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One Moment by Kristina McBride @McBrideKristina
Title- One Moment Author- Kristina McBride Publisher- Egmont USA Published- June 26, 2012 Summary- This was supposed to be the best summer of Maggie’s life. Now it’s the one she’d do anything to forget. Maggie Reynolds remembers hanging out at the gorge with her closest friends after a blowout party the night before. She remembers climbing the trail hand in hand with her perfect boyfriend, Joey. She remembers that last kiss, soft, lingering, and meant to reassure her. So why can’t she remember what happened in the moment before they were supposed to dive? Why was she left cowering … Continue reading
Posted in Contemp, Holly, Review, YA
Tagged Egmont, Holly, Kristina McBride, Review, YA Contemporary
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Notes To Self by @teashopgirl (Laura Schaefer)
When Robin Saunders wakes up in a hospital room, memories of the fall come rushing back to her. But none of her memories are complete. She’s missing information and she can’t remember the reason she and Em even climbed up the Sling Shot to begin with. But when Robin learns that Em didn’t wake up, and may never wake up, Robin is forced to confront her accident and traumatic brain injury head-on – no pun intended! Laura Schaefer, aka: Avery Sawyer, spins a powerful YA contemp with “Notes To Self,” the story of a girl who must relearn the events … Continue reading
Posted in Angst, Coming of Age, Contemp, Fallon, The Readiacs, YA
Tagged Avery Sawyer, E-Pub, Fallon, Laura Schaefer, Notes to Self, Review, YA, YA Contemporary
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Night Sky by @JoleneBPerry
When Jameson learns that Sarah, his best friend and the girl he loves, has a new boyfriend, the world feels like its crashing down around him. But the same night Sarah breaks his heart, Jameson meets Sky. For Sky, honesty is the most important aspect of life. She asks Jameson up front to be honest with her at all times. As Jay opens up to Sky, a Native American girl with a completely different set of cultural beliefs, he learns that his relationship with Sarah was far from perfect – it was shadowed and hesitant and left much to be … Continue reading
Posted in Angst, Contemp, Drama, Fallon, jolene perry, Review, Romance, The Readiacs, YA
Tagged Contemp, Family, fiction, jolene perry, night sky, Romance, YA, YA Contemporary
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Double Clutch by Liz Reinhardt
Title: Double Clutch Author: Liz Reinhardt Genre: YA/Contemporary Publisher: CreateSpace Release Date: September 28, 2011 Review: Brenna Blixen is your average sophomore girl except that she’s just spent the last year in Denmark. She suddenly feels like “the new kid” even though she’s known many of her classmates for years. She walks into school on her first day as nothing more than a ball of nerves. Until she realizes that nothing has really changed. Brenna does what’s called Share Time in high school – her mornings are spent in the “normal,” academics high school; her afternoons are spent at the … Continue reading
Posted in Angst, Brenna Blixen, Coming of Age, Contemp, Fallon, Family, Liz Reinhardt, Review, Romance, The Readiacs, YA
Tagged Angst, Coming of Age, Contemp, Fallon, Family, Review, YA, YA Contemporary
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The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth
Title: The Miseducation of Cameron Post Rating: Author: Emily M. Danforth Genre: YA/Contemporary Publisher: Balzer + Bray Release Date: February 7, 2012 Review: The summer of 1989 in Miles City, Montana was a hot one. It was a summer of adventure and freedom, of too-hot afternoons and sleeping with covers thrown off in an attempt to capture some of the much appreciated breeze from an open bedroom window. And it was during that summer that Cameron Post’s life changed forever. After Cam’s parents are killed, she is forced to live with her very conservative, very traditional Aunt Ruth. At first, … Continue reading
Posted in Coming of Age, Contemp, Emily M. Danforth, Gay/Lesbian, Review, YA
Tagged Angst, Book Review, Coming of Age, Contemp, Fallon, Review, YA Contemporary
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Pretty Bones – Aya Tsintziras
Title: Pretty Bones Author: Aya Tsintziras Genre: YA/Contemporary Publisher: James Lorimer and Company, Ltd. Release Date: September 27, 2011 Rating ★★★★ All you know, really, is how much you adore your bones. How much you crave them. Raine has everything going for her; good grades, great friends, and an adoring boyfriend who would do anything for her. But what she really wants is to be beautiful – and being pretty means being thin. Suddenly she’s trapped in a world of coffee cups, scales, disapproving mirrors, and concerned looks, and the way out may take her farther than she ever planned to … Continue reading
Posted in Angst, Aya Tsintiras, Blogger, Contemp, Drama, Fallon, Genres/Types, Review, YA
Tagged Angst, Book Review, Drama, YA Contemporary
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Lovetorn by Kavita Daswani
Title: Lovetorn Author: Kavita Daswani Genre: YA/Romance Publisher: HarperTeen Release Date: January 17, 2012 Rating ★★★ When Shalini’s father gets a new job in L.A., she is torn away from her life in India and the boy to whom she’s been betrothed since she was three. L.A. is so different, and Shalini dresses and talks all wrong. She isn’t sure she’ll survive high school in America without her fiance, Vikram, and now she has to cope with her mom’s homesickness and depression. A new friend, chilland confident Renuka, helps Shalini find her way and get up the courage to … Continue reading
Posted in Blogger, Fallon, Family, Genres/Types, Kavita Daswani, Romance, YA
Tagged Coming of Age, Family, YA Contemporary
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Get Ready for Summer with Moonglass
On June 6th we will have something special for the fans of iReadThat2 that has to do with the beach and summer! So we are going to kick off the weekend with MOONGLASS Author: Jessi Kirby Genre: Young Adult- Romance Publisher: Simon & Schuster Release Date: Out Now – May 3, 2011 Summary: When Anna was little, she and her mother used to search for sea glass, but since they looked at night, they called it moonglass. Now, ten years after her mother’s mysterious death, her father is working as head lifeguard on the same beach where her mother grew … Continue reading
Posted in Contemp, Contest, Drama, Heidi, Jessi Kirby, Romance
Tagged Contest, Jessi Kirby, Moonglass, Review, Romance, YA Contemporary
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Forget You
Forget you is an amazing journey of getting to know yourself and finding love. Echols writing is amazing Continue reading
Posted in Angst, Contemp, Drama, Jennifer Echols, YA
Tagged Erin, Forget You, Jennifer Echols, Review, YA Contemporary
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