Not sure what to read next? We’ve picked some young adult romance recommendations based on some of our favourite young adult books!
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A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown
![A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown](https://i0.wp.com/baneslibraries.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/23-1.png?resize=642%2C1024&ssl=1)
For Malik, the Solstasia festival is a chance to escape his war-stricken home and start a new life with his sisters in the prosperous desert city of Ziran. But when a vengeful spirit abducts his younger sister, Nadia, as payment to enter the city, Malik strikes a fatal deal—kill Karina, Crown Princess of Ziran, for Nadia’s freedom.
But Karina has deadly aspirations of her own. Her mother, the Sultana, has been assassinated; her court threatens mutiny; and Solstasia looms like a knife over her neck. Grief-stricken, Karina decides to resurrect her mother through ancient magic . . . requiring the beating heart of a king. And she knows just how to obtain one: by offering her hand in marriage to the victor of the Solstasia competition.
When Malik rigs his way into the contest, they are set on a heart-pounding course to destroy each other. But as attraction flares between them and ancient evils stir, will they be able to see their tasks to the death?
Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar
![Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar](https://i0.wp.com/baneslibraries.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/24-1.png?resize=642%2C1024&ssl=1)
Everyone likes Hani Khan – she’s easy going and one of the most popular girls at school. But when she comes out to her friends as bisexual, they don’t believe her, claiming she can’t be bi if she’s only dated guys.
Panicked, Hani blurts out that she’s in a relationship – with a girl her friends can’t stand – Ishu Dey. Ishu is the polar opposite of Hani. An academic overachiever, she hopes that becoming head girl will set her on the right track for university. Her only problem? Becoming head girl is a popularity contest and Ishu is hardly popular.
Pretending to date Hani is the only way she’ll stand a chance of being elected. Despite their mutually beneficial pact, they start developing real feelings for each other. But some people will do anything to stop two Bengali girls from achieving happily ever after.
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Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber
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Evangeline Fox was raised in her beloved father’s curiosity shop, where she grew up on legends about immortals, like the tragic Prince of Hearts. She knows his powers are mythic, his kiss is worth dying for, and that bargains with him rarely end well.
But when Evangeline learns that the love of her life is about to marry another, she becomes desperate enough to offer the Prince of Hearts whatever he wants in exchange for his help to stop the wedding. The prince only asks for three kisses.
But after Evangeline’s first promised kiss, she learns that the Prince of Hearts wants far more from her than she’d pledged. And he has plans for Evangeline that will either end in the greatest happily ever after, or the most exquisite tragedy.
To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo
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Princess Lira is siren royalty and the most lethal of them all. With the hearts of seventeen princes in her collection, she is revered across the sea. Until a twist of fate forces her to kill one of her own. To punish her daughter, the Sea Queen transforms Lira into the one thing they loathe most – a human.
Robbed of her song, Lira has until the winter solstice to deliver Prince Elian’s heart to the Sea Queen or remain a human forever. The ocean is the only place Prince Elian calls home, even though he is heir to the most powerful kingdom in the world. Hunting sirens is more than an unsavoury hobby – it’s his calling.
When he rescues a drowning woman in the ocean, she’s more than what she appears. She promises to help him find the key to destroying all of sirenkind for good. But can he trust her?
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She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen
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After an embarrassing loss to her ex-girlfriend in their first basketball game of the season, seventeen-year-old Scottie Zajac gets into a fender bender with the worst possible person: her nemesis, Irene Abraham, head cheerleader for the Fighting Reindeer.
Irene is as mean as she is beautiful, so Scottie makes a point to keep her distance. When the accident sends Irene’s car to the shop for weeks’ worth of repairs and the girls are forced to carpool, their rocky start only gets bumpier.
But when an opportunity arises for Scottie to get back at her toxic ex, and climb her school’s social ladder, she bribes Irene into an elaborate fake dating scheme that threatens to reveal some very real feelings.
She Gets the Girl by Rachael Lippincott
![She Gets the Girl by Rachael Lippincott](https://i0.wp.com/baneslibraries.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/32-1.png?resize=642%2C1024&ssl=1)
Alex Blackwood is a little bit headstrong, with a dash of chaos and a whole lot of flirt. She knows how to get the girl. Keeping her on the other hand – not so much. Molly Parker has everything in her life totally in control, except for her awkwardness with just about anyone besides her mum.
She knows she’s in love with the impossibly cool Cora Myers. She just hasn’t actually talked to her yet. Alex and Molly don’t belong on the same planet, let alone the same college campus, but when their paths cross unexpectedly, and Alex discovers Molly’s hidden crush, they realise they might have a common interest after all.
Because maybe if Alex can help Molly to get her dream girl, she can prove to her ex that she’s serious about love. As the two embark on their five-step plans to get their girls to fall for them, though, they both begin to wonder if maybe they’re the ones falling – for each other.
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We Are Totally Normal by Naomi Kanakia
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Nandan’s got a plan to make his junior year perfect, but hooking up with his friend Dave isn’t part of it—especially because Nandan has never been into guys.
Still, Nandan’s willing to give a relationship with him a shot. But the more his anxiety grows about what his sexuality means for himself, his friends, and his social life, the more he wonders whether he can just take it all back.
Is breaking up with Dave—the only person who’s ever really gotten him—worth feeling “normal” again?
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Love is for Losers by Wibke Brueggemann
![Love is for Losers by Wibke Brueggemann](https://i0.wp.com/baneslibraries.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/39-1.png?resize=642%2C1024&ssl=1)
As far as Phoebe Davies is concerned, love is to be avoided at all costs. Why would you spend your life worrying about something that turns you into a complete moron?
If her best friend Polly is anything to go by, the first sniff of a relationship makes you forget about your friends (like, hello?), get completely obsessed with sex (yawn) and bang on constantly about a person who definitely isn’t as great as you think they are.
So Phoebe isn’t going to fall in love, ever. But then she meets Emma.
Get a Life Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
![Get a Life Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert](https://i0.wp.com/baneslibraries.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/40-1.png?resize=642%2C1024&ssl=1)
Chloe Brown is a chronically ill computer geek with a goal, a plan and a list. After almost – but not quite – dying, she’s come up with a list of directives to help her ‘Get a Life’.
But it’s not easy being bad, even when you’ve written out step-by-step guidelines. What Chloe needs is a teacher, and she knows just the man for the job: Redford ‘Red’ Morgan. With tattoos and a motorbike, Red is the perfect helper in her mission to rebel, but as they spend more time together, Chloe realises there’s much more to him than his tough exterior implies.
Soon she’s left wanting more from him than she ever expected – maybe there’s more to life than her list ever imagined?