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Six readers met on April 3rd to share YA romance novels, a genre we had overlooked -- and thoroughly enjoyed. Books we read and recommend are listed below.
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The fortunes of Indigo Skye
by Deb Caletti
Certain of herself and the person she believes herself to be, Indigo's world turns on a dime after she receives a major amount of money from a guy she works with at the restaurant and causes her to lose sight of what has always mattered most to her.
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Essential maps for the lost
by Deb Caletti
After discovering a dead body in the lake, Mads obsesses over why the woman committed suicide and fixates on the deceased's grieving son, with whom she pursues a relationship, despite his being ignorant of Mads' connection to his mother.
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Drizzle, dreams, and lovestruck things
by Maya Prasad
"When their family's Songbird Inn on dreamy, drizzly Orcas Island in the Pacific Northwest is named the Most Romantic Inn in America, the Singh sisters each question their own idea of love and who they are meant to be with."
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Night of cake & puppets
by Laini Taylor
"Set in the same time period as Daughter of Smoke & Bone, Night of Cake & Puppets is the story of Zuzana and Mik's first date, an elaborate scavenger hunt that takes them through the streets of Prague on a cold winter's night"
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Everything, everything
by Nicola Yoon
Confined to her home because she is allergic to the outside world, a teenage girl's life changes when she begins a romance with the new boy next door that challenges everything she's ever known.
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Salaam, with love
by Sara Sharaf Beg
Dua struggles to find her place in her conservative family's household, but as she spends the month of Ramadan with her cousin in Queens, Dua finds herself learning more about her faith, relationships, and place in the world.
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My fine fellow
by Jennieke Cohen
"In 1830s England, where the Culinarians, who create gorgeous food and confections, are the cráeme de la cráeme of high society, three individuals combine forces to pull off a delectable caper that will bring them fame, fortune, and a little romance, in a gender-reversed reimagining of "My Fair Lady"
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Gwen & Art are not in love
by Lex Croucher
Forced to spend the summer together at Camelot in the run up to their nuptials, Arthur and Gwendoline, betrothed since birth, discover they make better allies than enemies as they cover for each other so they can pursue their real romantic interests.
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The Blue Sword
by Robin McKinley
Harry Crewe, an orphan girl bored with her sheltered life in the remote orange-growing colony of Daria, discovers magic in herself when she is kidnapped by a native king with mysterious powers.
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