May 2025 list by K. Pearson |
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Boys With Sharp Teeth
by Jenni Howell
Seventeen-year-old Marin infiltrates Huntsworth Academy to exact revenge for her cousin's death, but an attraction to a pair of dysfunctional boys coupled with her uncovering of otherworldly secrets jeopardizes her mission.
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The Enemy's Daughter
by Melissa Poett
It’s been thirty-seven years since the Republic was destroyed. Now two settlements—the five clans and the Kingsland—fight for control of the untainted land. Though the five clans are outnumbered, they’ve finally struck, killing Kingsland’s brutal leader. In the war that follows, Isadora, a healer, risks her life to help injured soldiers. But when she stops an attack from Tristan, a Kingsland assassin, his soldiers shoot her with a poisoned arrow. As Isadora lies dying, Tristan does the unimaginable: He offers to save her life using a rare magic.
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Fearless
by Lauren Roberts
Paedyn and Kai return to the Kingdom of Ilya where Paedyn faces a terrible decision that will determine her fate and the future of the entire kingdom.
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Firebred
by Julie Kagawa
Remy, Gem and Storm team up to evade the king's guards, learn hidden truths and face a villain no one saw coming as they discover what it means to be a good friend and what it takes to be a hero.
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The Floating World
by Axie Oh
An amnesiac sword-for-hire and a village girl with a strange magical power become entangled in worlds-altering events, and each other's destinies.
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Hyo the Hellmaker
by Mina Ikemoto Ghosh
Hyo Hakai is a hellmaker, hired to create customized hells and unlucky days for your worst enemies. When a demon destroys her village, Hyo and her brother flee to Onogoro ― an island where the gods of their land live among humans. The hellmakers' hereditary curse, however, won't allow Hyo to settle in quietly.
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Ice on Fire
by Geri Halliwell
On the brink of discovering who--or what--lies behind her mother's death, Rosie Frost begins a new adventure with a murder to solve, revenge on her mind, and more questions than she has answers. It's a new term at Heverbridge School, and Bloodstone Island is in turmoil: mutant animals are on the loose, jealous classmates want to bring Rosie down, and, even worse, there's a black hole to deal with.
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The Lost Queen
by Aimee Phan
Fifteen-year-old Jolie Lam's ordinary life in San Jose is upended when she learns of her connection to queens and goddesses of ancient Vietnam and now must master new powers before old enemies return to wage war.
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Murder Between Friends
by Liz Lawson
Told in three voices, Grace questions her eyewitness testimony that convicted Henry's brother in a murder trial, leaving former childhood friends Henry and Ally no choice but to join forces with her to prove Jake's innocence.
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My Return to the Walter Boys
by Ali Novak
Jackie Howard returns to the Walter ranch after a summer in New York. She needed space―and got it. But she doesn't know where things stand with her and Cole Walter after that goodbye kiss. Over the summer, she stopped texting him. She never stopped thinking about him.
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The Romance Rivalry
by Susan Lee
Irene Park loves romance novels—so much so she’s made a career of them as an online book reviewer with a massive following. But Irene’s real life dating story? Non-existent. So when she starts her freshman year of college, she sets her sights on finding true love using the one thing she really understands…romance book tropes.
If only it were that easy.
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Snowglobe 2
by So-yæong Pak
Seventeen-year-old Chobahm's discovery of the truth behind the Yibonn Media group sets off a chain of events that exposes dark secrets and raises the temperature, and when she is framed for murder, she must fight to clear her name with the help of Bonwhe, the disgraced Yibonn heir.
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Stuck Up and Stupid
by Angourie Rice
Lily has the whole summer stretched out before her—endless days of sunshine and friends at beautiful Pippi Beach. Then superstar Dorian Khan arrives, with his party of Hollywood types. While most of the locals, including Lily’s glamor-obsessed mum, are thrilled to be so close to the A-listers, Lily can’t help but see them as superficial and arrogant, especially Dorian, the most famous of them all.
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The Survivor Wants to Die at the End
by Adam Silvera
Paz Dario stays up every night, waiting for the Death-Cast call that would mean he doesn’t have to keep faking his way through this lonely life. After a devastating day, Paz decides he’s done waiting around for Death-Cast. If they say he’s not dying, he’ll just have to prove them wrong. But right before Paz can die, a boy saves his life.
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The Thrashers
by Julie Soto
Seventeen-year-old Jodi Dillon, the outsider in an exclusive high school group, is caught between loyalty and self-preservation after the mysterious death of a former friend, as strange events and unsettling truths begin to unravel about the group's dark secrets.
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Voice of the Ocean
by Kelsey Impicciche
As the youngest daughter of the siren queen, Celeste's life is tightly controlled. Desperate to prove her worth and escape her destiny--trapped in the palace as a royal figurehead--she intends to join the Chorus, an elite group of siren warriors. With the final test on the horizon, Celeste feels the pressure to finally gain control over her temperamental Song--a magic gifted by the Goddess herself. But when Celeste encounters a seemingly harmless ship in Staria's waters, helmed by the intriguing Prince Raiden Sharp, her path veers toward forbidden waters.
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Watch Me
by Tahereh Mafi
Ten years since the fall of The Reestablishment, it is ready to make a devastating move, in a journey through a dystopian landscape where enemies-to-lovers has never felt more impossible.
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When We Go Missing
by April Henry
After discovering a camera memory card with hundreds of photos of teenage girls, seventeen-year-olds Willow and Dare set out fine some of them who have gone missing.
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Wish Upon a K-Star
by Kat Cho
Told in alternating voices, when rising K-drama star Shin Hyeri and K-pop idol Moon Minseok are filmed having an argument, the two stars must participate in a fake dating show to keep their careers on track.
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