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YA Love Stories to Make You Laugh and Cry
From fake partner romances to enemies-to-lovers, some favorite YA love stories.
Publicado em 16 de Junho de 2023
What If It's Us
Becky AlbertalliYA darlings Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera team up for one of the sweetest meet-cute stories you’ll ever read. Arthur and Ben regret not getting each other’s contact info when they meet at the post office. Chance encounters (is it fate?) and multiple first dates ensue.
Tweet Cute: A Novel
Emma LordA fantastic cheesy romance for this digital day and age. Perfect Pepper Evans, running the Twitter account for her family’s fast-food chain, ends up getting into a feud with a local deli, whose Twitter is run by classmate and nemesis Jack Campbell. On a separate, anonymous app, though, they’re falling in love with each other. How can they quell the fire of public passion and private desire?
When Dimple Met Rishi
Sandhya MenonUnbeknownst to Dimple, who believes she’s been freed from the shackles of tradition, her parents only send her to a summer coding bootcamp so she can meet Rishi, whom they’ve arranged for her to marry. Dimple, of course, is not totally on board with this plan. But watching Dimple and Rishi genuinely fall for each other over the summer is the sweet, sweet romance we all need. Netflix released an adaptation of the series under the title “Mismatched,” starring Prajakta Koli and Rohit Suresh Saraf.
Love and Other Train Wrecks
Leah KonenThis whirlwind romance adventure is for anyone who’s ever been stuck on Amtrak in a snowstorm in New York hoping they find their one true love. (Note: Our editor Ashley has been stuck on Amtrak in that scenario, minus the true love bit.) Read this on your next train ride and hope for more meet-cutes and fewer weather-related delays.
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
Becky AlbertalliYou’ll love this book if you’re a champion of more LGBTQ+ representation in YA and if you generally enjoy quippy teenage wit. Simon’s coming out story is a great blend of lovable teenage hijinks, mystery, and cute romance.
Opposite of Always
Justin A. ReynoldsA cute YA time-travel romance full of charm, humor, and heart. Jack King falls hard for a girl with a genetic disorder that ends in her death, and begins Jack’s turbulent time traveling existence, where he goes back to the recent past and falls in love over and over.
Five Feet Apart
Rachael LippincottLiving with cystic fibrosis is difficult enough without also falling in love with another CFer — one that you can’t touch. Stella and Will’s heartrending story of trying to live life to the fullest while their lung function deteriorates is for anyone who loves John Green’s “The Fault in Our Stars.”
Love & Gelato
Jenna Evans WelchWhat could be more romantic than a summer trip to Tuscany? This “New York Times” bestseller is a light, charming romp through young love, dotted with some mysterious discoveries along the way. You’ll want to book a flight to Italy as soon as you’re done.
Today Tonight Tomorrow
Rachel Lynn SolomonCan bitter rivals become friends? Or even something more? Rowan and Neil are about to find out in this intimate, enemies-to-lovers romance. After years of competing for top billing in high school academics, the two are forced to team up in a class-wide game that takes them all over Seattle. The reluctant allies find that they have more in common than they think in this exciting, romantic romp.
What I Like About You
Marisa KanterMarisa Kanter’s debut novel is an endearing tale of star-crossed online lovers. When Halle, known online as Kels, the author of a popular blog that pairs book reviews with cupcakes, meets her online crush, Nate, in real life, things get complicated. Halle’s crush on Nate is real, but so is Nate’s crush on Kels. Who will emerge the victor? Find out in this funny, charming love story.
Rise to the Sun
Leah JohnsonJohnson’s sophomore novel from “You Should See Me in a Crown” is another chart-topping hit. A summer music festival creates a serendipitous setting for two hurt and grieving Black girls to fall in love with each other and work through their losses, one heartbreaking song at a time.
By the Book
Amanda SelletA smart and lighthearted read for fans of contemporary romance and classic literature. Mary, armed with advice from her beloved 19th-century novels, creates a Scoundrel Survival Guide to help her friends identify and avoid brooding bad boys. However, as she falls for the very same boy she wanted to help her friends avoid, she quickly learns that real life doesn’t always follow plotlines in the classics.
The Upside of Falling
Alex LightBecca is tired of her former best friend teasing her for not having a boyfriend. Brett wants people to get off his back about not having a meaningful relationship. It’s a match made in fake relationship heaven. However, to act like the perfect couple, they’ll have to get to know each other — and maybe even fall for one another in the process.
Rent a Boyfriend
Gloria ChaoDesperate for an intervention that will get her out of an arranged marriage, Chloe turns to Rent for your ‘Rents, a company that specializes in providing fake boyfriends. “Rent a Boyfriend” indulges in the tried-and-true fake relationship rom-com trope (think “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” and “Adorkable”) and also serves as a heartfelt examination of the warring pressures felt by Asian-American young adults.
Our Year of Maybe
Rachel Lynn SolomonThe author of “You’ll Miss Me When I’m Gone” gives readers another poignant and searing stunner in “Our Year of Maybe.” Sophie would do anything for Peter, including giving him a kidney. She can’t help but hope that he’ll love her back after the transplant. However, things don’t go according to Sophie’s plan.
The Lucky List
Rachael LippincottA lovely, sapphic coming-of-age novel that does a tremendous job balancing serious and lighthearted moments. After losing her mom to cancer, Emily’s world falls apart. Her relationship with her boyfriend ends and her father sells their home. One bright spot in her summer is the arrival of a new girl in town, Blake. With Blake’s help, Emily decides to complete her mom’s bucket list. In doing so, Emily forms an unexpected connection with Blake and finds the courage to be true to herself.
How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe
Raquel Vasquez GillilandMoon Fuentez is sure she’s bound to live in the far prettier shadow of her twin sister. She also knows this summer on a tour bus full of influencers just like her sibling will be hell. But with the help of hottie Santiago, Moon soon sees this narrative is far from written in the stars. Her story is a satisfying journey of self-discovery where she unlearns the harmful narratives perpetuated by social media.
Not Here to Be Liked
Michelle Quach“To All the Boys I've Loved Before” meets “Moxie” in this adorable enemies-to-lovers story. Eliza Quan is poised to become the next editor-in-chief of her school newspaper. The last thing she expects is tall, athletic, handsome Len swooping in at the last second to win the election. Eliza pours her frustrations and anger into an essay that was meant to be private but goes viral, accidentally sparking a feminist movement at school.
Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World
Benjamin Alire SáenzAristotle and Dante, who stole our hearts in the original entry of Sáenz’s series, are determined to figure out their future and build a relationship together, despite the difficulties inherent in young love, and the added adversity of being gay in the 1980s. This is the rare sequel that challenges genre conventions and still matches (and perhaps even surpasses) its multi-award-winning predecessor.