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The Blurb On The Back:

”My only talent is lying. Father says it will serve me well.”

Ceridwen Parry has run away with the fairies. But this is not her story.

For Sabrina Parry, life in nineteenth-century Wales is cruel. With her father in prison, it fails to her to protect her family and marry off her sick sister, Ceridwen.

Then Ceridwen vanishes into the eerie woods, and Sabrina is drawn into a beautiful but deadly world of fairies and monsters of old. Soon she realises Fairyland is far more dangerous than she ever expected. So when an annoyingly handsome fairy offers her a deal, Sabrina is forced to accept to save her sister.

But as with all fairy bargains, there is a heavy price. And if Sabrina doesn’t pay with her life, she will surely pay with her freedom.

Or her heart.

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The Verdict:

Anna Fiteni’s debut historical fantasy YA novel is a fresh and welcome take on fairies that couples Welsh folklore with a headstrong main character with motivations of her own beyond romance and settling down. Incorporating elements of time travel (which for the most part paper over some anachronisms) when the inevitable romance develops, Fiteni puts an interesting spin on it that plays with the reader’s expectations and which I thoroughly enjoyed.

THE WICKED LIES OF HABREN FAIRE was released in the United Kingdom on 28 August 2025. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.

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Two boys. Two bands. Two worlds colliding.

Nate Hargreaves - stage-shy singer-songwriter - is totally stoked for his cousin’s wedding in South Africa, an all-expenses-paid trip of a lifetime. Until he finds out his sleaze ball ex-boyfriend is also on the guest list.

Jai Patel - hot-as-hell high school rock god - has troubles too. His band’s lead singer has quit, just weeks before the gig that was meant to be their big break.

When Nate saves the day by agreeing to sing with Jai’s band, Jai volunteers to be Nate’s plus-one to the wedding, and the stage is set for a summer of music, self-discovery, and simmering romantic tension. What could possibly go wrong …?

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The Verdict:

There are no big surprises in Kevin Van Whye’s YA gay romance, which hits all the beats you’d expect in a friends-to-lovers tale. It’s sweet without being cloying and I believed in Nate and Jai’s attraction but there are missed opportunities here, from the homophobia of some members of Nate’s family and their wealth disparity to the battle of the bands competition and Nate’s relationship with Tommy, which lacks resolution.

Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.

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Four friends. One day off. A whole heap of trouble.

Graduation if fast approaching for Grace - but all she can think about is mending the fractured friendship trio of her best friend, Isa, and Isa’s ex, Everett. Taking a page from her troublemaker brother James’s playbook, Grace masterminds an unsanctioned Senior Skip Day, including kidnapping Everett and ‘borrowing’ Isa’s parents’ car.

Will one day of freedom save their tangled relationships, or will the secrets between them ruin everything? And will Grace admit who really makes her heart skip a beat … ?

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The Verdict:

If you’re familiar with FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF then there’s a huge amount to enjoy in K. L. Walther’s YA frothy romantic comedy, which couples a lot of Easter egg references with wry narrative voices and is as much about friendship as romance. There are some fun moments to be had but I did find it difficult to keep the various families straight in my head and I worry that there’s more here for readers aged 35+ than there are for target teens.

WHILE WE’RE YOUNG was released in the United Kingdom on 13 March 2025. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.

The Blurb On The Back:

Do opposites ever really attract?
When Karim and Zara’s works collide, they have to work out just how far they’re willing to go to give their love a chance.

They’ve got nothing in common: Karim is a globally renowned influencer while Zara is just a normal teen.

With Zara, Karim can finally let his guard down, and his glamorous world offers Zara an escape.

But someone has their eye on them - a secret gossip who’s been spilling truths for years.

As their dates get swooned, the blogger’s posts get more personal - and more threatening.

Can they unmask their tormentor in time to get their happily ever after?

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The Verdict:

Anam Iqbal’s thoughtful debut YA romance uses the opposites attract trope to explore issues relevant to the British Muslim community. However, even for me there’s a lot of plot here while the book’s key mystery goes unresolved (albeit there’s scope for a sequel) and the privilege porn wasn’t questioned enough for me. That said, it’s good to see a YA romance with Muslim characters and there’s enough here for me to want to Iqbal’s next book.

THE EXES was released in the United Kingdom on 2nd May 2024. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.

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The fourth in Julia Quinn’s bestselling and beloved Bridgerton novels, now a series created by Shondaland for Netflix. Welcome to Colin and Penelope’s story …

Everyone knows that Colin Bridgerton is the most charming man in London …

Penelope Featherington has secretly adored her best friend’s brother for … well, it feels like for ever. After half a lifetime of watching Colin from afar, she thinks she knows everything about him, until she stumbles across his deepest secret … and fears she doesn’t know him at all.

Colin Bridgerton is tired of being thought of as nothing but an empty-headed charmer, tired of the notorious gossip columnist Lady Whistledown, who can’t seem to publish an edition without mentioning him. But when Colin returns to London from a trip abroad, he discovers nothing in his life is quite the same - especially Penelope Featherington! The girl who was always simply there is suddenly the girl haunting his dreams. When he discovers that Penelope has secrets of her own, Colin must decide … is she his biggest threat - or his promise of a happy ending?

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The Verdict:

The fourth in Julia Quinn’s bestselling BRIDGERTON SERIES is an entertaining Georgian romance where most of my interest came in seeing where the story and characters differ from the Netflix series. It utilises the trope of friends to lovers and although some of the writing isn’t technically great (everyone feels the need to use each other’s name all the time), there’s some sharp dialogue and fun lines such that I’d read the rest of the series.

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Korinna has simple priorities: stay on the Navitas, stay out of trouble, and stay alive. She may be a Redseer, a blind priestess with the power to manipulate space-time, but she is the weakest in her order. Useless and outcast. Or so she has been raised to believe.

As she takes her place as a navigator on an Imperium shop, Korinna’s full destiny is revealed to her: blood brimming with magic, she is meant to become a weapon of the Imperium, and pawn for the Order that raised her. But when the shop is attacked by the notorious pirate Aster Haran, Korinna’s world is ripped apart.

Aster has a vendetta against the Imperium, and an all-consuming, dark power that drives her to destroy everything in her path. She understands the world in a way Korinna has never imagined, and Korinna is drawn to her against her better judgment.

With the Imperium and the justice-seeking warrior Sahar hot on her heels, Korinna must choose her side, seize her power and fulfil her destiny - or risk imperilling the future of the galaxy, and destroying the fabric of space-time itself.

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The Verdict:

Meredith Mooring’s debut SF space opera romance has some interesting ideas, e.g. the use of a visually impaired protagonist, the idea of atomic manipulation and space ships built from asteroids, but the plotting is all over the place with some developments sign posted too early and a credibility defying plot twist in the final quarter, the central romance being under developed and ultimately a sense that nothing that happens to Korinna is earned.

REDSIGHT will be released in the United States on 27th February 2024 and in the United Kingdom on 29th February 2024. Thanks to Rebellion Publishing for the review copy of this book.

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”I want what the straight kids have. Even just for a couple of days …”

Seventeen-year-old Max might be out and proud but he’s usually too busy checking his nail polish to check his privilege.

So when he says he wishes he could have the ‘easy’ life straight kids enjoy, Max gets more than he bargained for. He wakes up to find his wish has come true - not only have his feelings for boys vanished, so has his lifelong best friend, Dean.

With his world turned upside down and relationships in tatters, can Max find his way back to the life he took for granted, and maybe even win the heart of the guy he thought could never be his …?

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The Verdict:

Callum McSwiggan’s speculative YA LGBTQ+ romance is an okay read filled with out and proud characters but Max’s confrontation of his privilege and belief that the straights have things easier is unconvincing as Max is always fairly self-obsessed character while his friendship with Dean is more tell than show. That said, the romance is sweet, I liked Dean and Alicia as side characters and the plot has a lot of pace and energy to it.

STRAIGHT EXPECTATIONS was released in the United Kingdom on 4th May 2023. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.

The Blurb On The Back:

ALONELYPAWN: Tell me something about you and I’ll tell you something about me.

PRETTYBASIC: You first.

ALONELYPAWN: This is the first time I’ve played since last year. Your turn.

PRETTYBASIC: I’m not like other girls.

Juliet believes girls like her - girls with arthritis - don’t get their own love stories. She exists at the edges of her friends’ social lives, preferring to play online chess. There, she isn’t just ‘the girl with crutches’.

Ronan is good-looking, smart, a bad boy plagued by guilt over what happened to his brother. Chess Life is his escape.

At school, Juliet things someone like Roman could never be interested in someone like her - and she wouldn’t want him to be anyway. His attitude stinks.

But little do they know they have more in common than they think, and everybody deserves a love story …

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The Verdict:

Jenny Ireland’s debut YA romance has a well drawn female main character and does a great job of showing what it’s like to live with arthritis. However Juliet’s relationship with Tara interested me more than the romance with Ronan, mainly because Ronan’s backstory didn’t ring as emotionally true with his relationship with his mother in particular feeling undercooked. That said I enjoyed reading this and will happily check out Ireland’s next book.

THE FIRST MOVE was released in the United Kingdom on 13th April 2023. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.

The Blurb On The Back:

An assassin, a soldier, a prince … And a deadly game of power

When Darling Seabreak’s family were murdered by the ruthless House Dragon, she swore she’d get revenge. And first to die will be their bloodthirsty war general, Talon Goldhoard.

Talon Goldhoard will defend his family at any cost. So when he meets Darling - a ferocious girl who looks exactly like the one his brother, the High Prince Caspian, has painted obsessively for years - Talon is instantly on his guard.

Neither could have anticipated the thrilling chaos they will bring to the other’s life. With their world catching fire around them, they must navigate betrayal, prophecy - and love.

This is a game where nobody knows the rules, and everything is to play for.

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The Verdict:

Tessa Gratton and Justina Ireland’s YA fantasy romance (the first in a series) is a solidly constructed enemies-to-lovers story with thoughtful (if generic) world building including an interesting mythology based around magical beasts. However the pacing, for me, was uneven with the authors focusing largely on set-up so that the story doesn’t really get going until the final quarter, although it does set up an intriguing premise for the sequel.

CHAOS AND FLAME was released in the United Kingdom on 30th March 2023. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.

The Blurb On The Back:

Eighteen years after her disappearance, the heir to the crown has returned.

When an ominous vision transports Sapphire to a new world, she awakens with a legacy to fulfil: she is the lost princess, and must carry on the line of the Blessed Queens.

She has much to learn, but soon Sapphire’s curiosity turns to the hidden, dark history of her kingdom. Answers are not easy to come by - until she meets a mysterious Shadow Witch who has knowledge to share.

But there is a millennia-old rule in Eriobis: never trust a Shadow Witch. And in a world founded on lies, magic and war, Sapphire is about to learn that perhaps rules should not be broken …

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The Verdict:

Brenna Nation’s debut YA fantasy romance (the first in a series) hit all of my personal nope buttons. Sapphire is emotionally unconvincing and deeply annoying, especially her refuseal to listen to advice for no logical reason while her “romance” with the two-dimensional and abusive Ashes is toxic and unpleasant. World building is generic at best and poundshop Disney at worst and adds to the glib, shallow feel such that I won’t bother reading on.

THE SHATTERED LANDS was released in the United Kingdom on 16th March 2023. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.

The Blurb On The Back:

It’s just before Christmas and no one is prepared for this whiteout … But sometimes the most magical moments are a total surprise!

As the city grinds to a halt, twelve teenagers band together to help a friend pull off the most epic apology of her life. Will they be able to make it happen in spite of the storm?

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The Verdict:

Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk and Nicola Yoon’s YA romance follow-up to BLACKOUT has another all Black cast and good lesbian and gender-non-conforming representation but one of the chapters veers towards bi-erasure and I just couldn’t take to Stevie or empathise with her (despite her neurodiversity). Ultimately it’s okay, but I didn’t enjoy it as much as BLACKOUT.

WHITEOUT was released in the United Kingdom on 10th November 2022. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.

The Blurb On The Back:

Fifteen-year-old Mack is a hopeless romantic. He’s had a crush on Karim for what feels like forever, so he can’t believe it when gorgeous, popular Karin seems into him too.

But when Mack’s dad gets a film directing job in Scotland, Mack moves with him, and soon discovers how painful long distance love is. Love shouldn’t only be on the weekends. It’s made worse by the fact that Karim can be so hard to read.

Then Mack meets actor Finlay on set and experiences something electric.

Mack never thought he’d find love, but now two boys want him. How long until his old and new life collide?

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The Verdict:

Dean Atta’s LGBTQ+ YA novel frames a coming-of-age story within a romance to interesting effect. The economy of Atta’s verse format works really well to highlight the emotional state of the characters and the gulf between them and Atta sensitively handles the difficulties of being gay within some communities. That said, Mack’s economic privilege and the disparity between him and K never gets called on and the ending does one boy a disservice.

ONLY ON THE WEEKENDS was released in the United Kingdom on 24th May 2022. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.

The Blurb On The Back:

According to the rule, Freddie has to say “yes”.

Freddie is unremarkable - too unremarkable. In fact, his teachers and fellow students keep forgetting who he is. Even his TV-producer mum thinks he’s a disappointment. After embarrassing himself in front of Jasper Perry (the gorgeous teen star of his mum’s new show), Freddie decides to try something different: saying “yes” to every opportunity.

That’s how Freddie ends up auditioning for the school musical (Grease), actually going to parties, and flirting with hot new boy Zach! He’s becoming a whole new Freddie - maybe even one that his mum might be proud of.

But the path to love is never smooth, and sometimes you have to get things wrong in order to work out what - and who - you really want.

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The Verdict:

Simon James Green’s YA gay rom-com is a light hearted affair that nods at PRIDE AND PREJUDICE and GREASE while hitting all the romance notes you’d expect and throws in some smart observations about how being a gay compares with how TV show gay teens together with genuinely hilarious one-liners and scenes (I particularly enjoyed those with bitchy theatre kids). I’m not normally a YA romance fan but would check out Green’s other books based on this.

Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.

The Blurb On The Back:

Six of the biggest stars of YA bring all the electricity of love to a collection of charming, hilarious and heartbreaking tales that shine the brightest light through the dark

When a heatwave plunges New York City into darkness, sparks fly for thirteen teenagers caught up in the blackout.

A first meeting.
Long-time friends.
Bitter exes.
And maybe the beginning of something new.

When the lights go out, people reveal hidden truths. Love blossoms, friendship transforms, and new possibilities take flight.

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The Verdict:

This anthology of YA romance short stories by Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Ashley Woodfolk, Dhonielle Clayton, Angie Thomas and Nicola Yoon features an all Black cast that inter-connect to form a wider novel with excellent pace, crackling dialogue, LGB representation and aspiration that does not ignore reality. There were a couple of points where I didn’t get at first how characters connected but this is an enjoyable read if you like romance.

BLACKOUT was released in the United Kingdom on 24th June 2021. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.

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I’d always carried with me a burden of conviction I could not set down. I could not deny the beliefs that shaped me any more than I could deny the colour of my eyes.

It made for a lonely life.

It’s been several months since the US officially declared war on Iraq, and the world has evolved. Tensions are high, hate crimes are on the rise, and the Muslim community is harassed and targeted more than ever. Shadi, who wears hijab, keeps her head down. SHe’s too busy drowning in her own troubles to find the time to deal with bigots.

Shadi is named for joy, but she’s haunted by the loss of family and friendship. And then, of course, there’s the small matter of her heart - it’s broken. Trying to navigate her crumbling work by soldiering through, Shadi says nothing, each day retreating farther and farther inside herself until finally, one day, everything changes.

She explodes.

An Emotion Of Great Delight is a searing look into the world of a single Muslim family in the wake of 9/11. It’s about a child of immigrants forging a blurry identity, falling in love, and finding hope in an ever-changing world …

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The Verdict:

Tahereh Mafi’s YA novel is an uneven mix of melodrama, romance, coming-of-age story and recent historical events that, for me, is hampered by the fact that the main character is incredibly passive so all the events happen to her rather than her driving them. Although that’s a believable reaction as Mefi is overwhelmed and shutting down, I didn’t find it interesting to read so that and the melodramatic style left me somewhat disappointed.

AN EMOTION OF GREAT DELIGHT was released in the United Kingdom on 10th June 2021. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.

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Fifteen-year-old Spencer is a proud nerd, an awesome big brother and a Messi-in-training. He’s also transgender.

After a year of bullying, Spencer gets a fresh start at a new school with great friends, a spot on the boys’ soccer team, and maybe even something more than friendship with one of his team-mates. The only thing is, no one knows Spencer is trans - he’s passing.

So when a discriminatory law forces his coach to bench him, Spencer has to make a choice: cheer his team on from the sidelines or fight for his right to play, even if it means coming out to everyone, including the guy he’s falling for …

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The Verdict:

Isaac Fitzsimon’s debut YA novel mixes trans rights, romance and sports fiction to mixed effect. It’s great to read something with a black trans boy main character and although the romance is a little predictable, Fitzsimon sensitively shows the anxieties and issues he has to navigate. However there is a lot going on plot and character wise so that some elements, notably Spencer’s autistic brother and Justice’s religious family, feel tacked on.

THE PASSING PLAYBOOK was released in the United Kingdom on 3rd June 2021. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.

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Do you belong?

Norah Whittaker has grown up on a houseboat, spending lazy days swimming in the river and helping on her mum’s vintage market stall. But when her chaotic dad’s latest get-rich-quick plan ends up getting him arrested, everything changes.

Grandparents (incredibly rich ones) that Norah never knew existed enrol her at exclusive Chelsea High. There are polo lessons, ski trips and parties photographed by glossy magazines. Norah has never felt so out of place. And everyone else there thinks so, too.

That is, until she’s cast opposite Ezra Montgomery in the school play. Suddenly Norah discovers a reason to belong, after all …

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The Verdict:

Jenny Oliver’s YA romance set in the privileged world of the rich and powerful uses its fish-out-of-water main character to make some smart observations about the downsides of wealth while also playing with some of the typical YA romance tropes. It’s not without some cliches though and as the first in a series there’s a lot of set up but if you’re looking for YA romance that’s not just privilege porn, then this is definitely worth a look.

CHELSEA HIGH was released in the United Kingdom on 6th August 2020. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.

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Jaci Patterson was sixteen when she found the first locket on her porch.

Inside were a few strands of hair wrapped around a scrap of bloodstained ribbon. Though the ‘gifts’ kept arriving, no one believed her hunch that a serial killer was at work.

Now Jaci has finally returned home - only for bodies of strangled victims to start appearing years after the disappeared.

Her nightmare is beginning all over again. And this time it won’t end until the murderer makes Jaci his ... for ever.

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The Verdict:

To be honest, had I know this was a romantic thriller (with an emphasis on the romance), then I probably wouldn’t have picked it up. Although Alexandra Ivy hits the usual romance beats in a way that will please fans of the genre, I found Jaci too passive who’s there to be rescued and told what to do by alpha males who know better, the plot is a little silly at times and the antagonist two dimensional. Ultimately this just isn’t for me.

Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.

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When you’re hiding from a world that hates you, who would make you risk everything to be seen again?

It’s the year after 9/11, and Shirin has just started at yet another new high school. It’s a difficult time, but especially so for a sixteen-year-old Muslim girl who wears hijab. Shirin is never surprised by how horrible people can be.

She hides away, drowning her frustrations in music, and spending her afternoons break-dancing with her brother. But then Shirin meets Ocean James. He’s the first person in forever who really seems to want to get to know her – and it terrifies her. He’s not like everyone else – but Shirin has had her guard up against the world for so long that she’s not sure she’ll ever be able to let it down …

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The Verdict:

Tahereh Mafi’s historical YA romance combines fierce anger with a steamy, intense relationship and is based on her experiences of being a Muslim teenager wearing hijab in post 9/11 America. The behaviour displayed towards Shirin is sadly believable and although I think some of the supporting characters are thinly drawn, the passion between the central characters carries you through such that I’d definitely check out Mafi’s other work.

A VERY LARGE EXPANSE OF SEA was released in the United Kingdom on 18th October 2018. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.

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They can’t send you away. What will we do? We need us. I stop your angry, Jack. And you make me strong. You make me Rosie.

Rosie loves Jack. Jack loves Rosie.

So when they’re separated, Rosie will do anything to find the boy who makes the sun shine in her head.

Even run away from home.

Even struggle across London and travel to Brighton, though the trains are cancelled and the snow is falling.

Even though people might think a girl with Down’s syndrome could never survive on her own.

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The Verdict:

It’s difficult to review Mel Darbon’s debut YA contemporary romance. Although she convincingly portrays a young girl with Down’s syndrome as a person with ambitions and emotions, a sex trade plotline struck me as implausible and seemed to show Rosie more as a victim driven by others than by her own desires, which undermined her agency such that the book ends up being about the reactions to Rosie and how they drive her than about Rosie herself.

ROSIE LOVES JACK was released in the United Kingdom on 6th September 2018. Thanks to Usborne Books for the review copy of this book.

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The Wicked Lies Of Habren Faire by Anna Fiteni
Nate Plus One by Kevin Van Whye
While We’re Young by K. L. Walther
The Exes by Anam Iqbal
Romancing Mr Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
Redsight by Meredith Mooring
Straight Expectations by Calum McSwiggan
The First Move by Jenny Ireland
Chaos & Flame by Tessa Gratton and Justina Ireland
The Shattered Lands by Brenna Nation
Whiteout Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, Nicole Yoon
Only On The Weekends by Dean Atta
You’re The One That I Want by Simon James Green
Blackout - Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany Jackson, Nic Stone, Ashley Woodfolk, Angie Thomas, Nicole Yoon
An Emotion Of Great Delight by Tahereh Mafi
The Passing Playbook by Isaac Fitzsimons
Chelsea High by Jenny Oliver
Pretend You’re Safe by Alexandra Ivy
A Very Large Expanse Of Sea by Tahereh Mafi
Rosie Loves Jack by Mel Darbon

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Entries tagged with romance

The Wicked Lies Of Habren Faire by Anna Fiteni

Nate Plus One by Kevin Van Whye

While We’re Young by K. L. Walther

The Exes by Anam Iqbal

Romancing Mr Bridgerton by Julia Quinn

Redsight by Meredith Mooring

Straight Expectations by Calum McSwiggan

The First Move by Jenny Ireland

Chaos & Flame by Tessa Gratton and Justina Ireland

The Shattered Lands by Brenna Nation

Whiteout Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, Nicole Yoon

Only On The Weekends by Dean Atta

You’re The One That I Want by Simon James Green

Blackout - Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany Jackson, Nic Stone, Ashley Woodfolk, Angie Thomas, Nicole Yoon

An Emotion Of Great Delight by Tahereh Mafi

The Passing Playbook by Isaac Fitzsimons

Chelsea High by Jenny Oliver

Pretend You’re Safe by Alexandra Ivy

A Very Large Expanse Of Sea by Tahereh Mafi

Rosie Loves Jack by Mel Darbon