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The Beginning of Everything by  Robyn Schneider ★★★☆☆ Release Date: 2013 Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books Age: YA Genre: Contemporary Romance, Tragedy, Love, Coming of Age, High School Format: ebook Source: Library Buy it: Amazon | Barnes and Noble Golden boy Ezra Faulkner believes everyone has a tragedy waiting for them—a single encounter after which everything that really matters will happen. His particular tragedy waited until he was primed to lose it all: in one spectacular night, a reckless driver shatters Ezra’s knee, his athletic career, and his social life. No longer a front-runner for Homecoming King, Ezra finds himself at the table of misfits, where he encounters new girl Cassidy Thorpe. Cassidy is unlike anyone Ezra’s ever met, achingly effortless, fiercely intelligent, and determined to bring Ezra along on her endless adventures. But as Ezra dives into his new studies, new friendships, and new love, he learns that some people, like books, are easy to misread. And now ...

Screwed by Laurie Plissner Release Date: May 2013 Publisher: Merit Press Age: Mature Young Adult Genre: Contemporary, Coming of Age, Teen Pregnancy, High School Format: Hardback Source: Publisher for Review Buy it: Amazon | Barnes and Noble Flattered by the attentions of Nick, the cutest guy in school, seventeen-year-old Grace Warren, captain of the math team, lets down her guard and gets pregnant the night she loses her virginity. Hopeful that Nick will drop to one knee and propose when she breaks the baby news to him, Grace is heartbroken - Nick wants nothing to do with her. Her best friend, Jennifer, thinks she should get an abortion, but Grace is certain that her morally upright parents will insist that she keep the baby. After she comes clean to her super-religious, strait-laced parents, they surprise her by insisting that she terminate the pregnancy to avoid humiliating the family. But when she sees the fetus on the ultrasound, she decides she can't get rid of it. Deciding ...

Dare You To (Pushing the Limits #2) by Katie McGarry ★★★★★ Release Date: May 28, 2013 Publisher: Harlequin Teen Age: Mature YA Genre: Contemporary Romance, Abuse, High School, Relocation, Opposites Format: ebook Source: Author via Netgalley Buy it: Amazon |  Barnes and Noble Ryan lowers his lips to my ear. "Dance with me, Beth." "No." I whisper the reply. I hate him and I hate myself for wanting him to touch me again.... "I dare you..." If anyone knew the truth about Beth Risk's home life, they'd send her mother to jail and seventeen-year-old Beth who knows where. So she protects her mom at all costs. Until the day her uncle swoops in and forces Beth to choose between her mom's freedom and her own happiness. That's how Beth finds herself living with an aunt who doesn't want her and going to a school that doesn't understand her. At all. Except for the one guy who shouldn't get her, but does.... Ryan Stone is the town golden boy...

The Truth About You and Me by Amanda Grace ★★★☆☆ Release Date: September 8, 2013 Publisher: Flux Age: Young Adult Genre: Coming of Age, Contemporary Romance, Drama, Teacher, Love, High School, College Format: ebook Source: Publisher via Netgalley Preorder it: Amazon | Barnes and Noble Smart girls aren't supposed to do stupid things. Madelyn Hawkins is super smart. At sixteen, she's so gifted that she can attend college through a special program at her high school. On her first day, she meets Bennet. He's cute, funny, and kind. He understands Madelyn and what she's endured - and missed out on - in order to excel academically and please her parents. Now, for the first time in her life, she's falling in love. There's only one problem. Bennet is Madelyn's college professor, and he thinks she's eighteen - because she hasn't told him the truth. The story of their forbidden romance is told in letters that Madelyn writes to Bennet - both a heart-searing od...

Losing Hope (Hopeless #2) by Colleen Hoover ★★★★★ Release Date: July 8, 2013 Publisher:  Atria Books Age: New Adult Genre: Contemporary Romance, Abuse, Love, High School, Realistic Fiction Format: ebook Source: Publisher via Netgalley Preorder it: Amazon | Barnes and Noble In the follow-up to Colleen Hoover’s #1 New York Times bestseller Hopeless, the charming and irresistible Dean Holder tells the passionate story that has melted thousands of hearts. In Hopeless, Sky left no secret unearthed, no feeling unshared, and no memory forgotten, but Holder’s past remained a mystery. Still haunted by the little girl he let walk away, Holder has spent his entire life searching for her in an attempt to finally rid himself of the crushing guilt he has felt for years. But he could not have anticipated that the moment they reconnect, even greater remorse would overwhelm him… Sometimes in life, if we wish to move forward, we must first dig deep into our past and make amends. In Losing Hope, bes...

Going Under by S. Walden ★★★★★ Release Date: March 14, 2013 Publisher: Penny Press Age: New Adult, 17+ Genre: Contemporary Romance, Drama, Suspense, Abuse, High School, Love, Rape Format: ebook Source: purchased Buy it: Amazon | Barnes and Noble Brooke Wright has only two goals her senior year at Charity Run High School: stay out of trouble and learn to forgive herself for the past. Forgiveness proves elusive, and trouble finds her anyway when she discovers a secret club at school connected to the death of her best friend. She learns that swim team members participate in a “Fantasy Slut League,” scoring points for their sexual acts with unsuspecting girls. Brooke, wracked with guilt over her friend’s death, decides to infiltrate the league by becoming one of the “unsuspecting girls,” and exact revenge on the boys who stole away her best friend. An unexpected romance complicates her plans, and her dogged pursuit of justice turns her reckless as she underestimates just how far the boys...

Tempestuous by Kim Askew and Amy Helmes A Twisted Lit Novel ★★★★☆ Release Date: December 18, 2012 Publisher: Merit Press Age: YA Genre: Contemporary Romance, Retelling, Realistic Fiction, High School Format: Hardback Source: Publisher for Review Buy it: Amazon | Barnes and Noble Recently banished, unfairly, by the school’s popular crowd, former “it girl,” Miranda Prospero, finds herself in a brave new world: holding dominion amongst a rag-tag crew of geeks and misfits where she works at the Hot-Dog Kabob in the food court of her local mall. When the worst winter storm of the season causes mall workers and last-minute shoppers to be snowed-in for the night, Miranda seizes the opportunity to get revenge against the catty clique behind her social exile. With help from her delightfully dweeby coworker, Ariel, and a sullen loner named Caleb who works at the mall’s nearby gaming and magic shop, Miranda uses charm and trickery to set things to right during this spirited take on Shakespeare’...

The Sea of Tranquility by Katja Millay ★★★★★ Release Date: ebook available now! Publisher: Atria Books Age: Mature YA/New Adult Genre: Contemporary Romance, Issues, Drama, High School, Death, Illness Format: ebook Source: Purchased Buy it: Amazon | Barnes and Noble I live in a world without magic or miracles. A place where there are no clairvoyants or shapeshifters, no angels or superhuman boys to save you. A place where people die and music disintegrates and things suck. I am pressed so hard against the earth by the weight of reality that some days I wonder how I am still able to lift my feet to walk. Full of rage and without a purpose, former pianist Nastya Kashnikov wants two things: to get through high school without anyone discovering her past and to make the boy who took everything from her pay. All 17 year-old Josh Bennett wants is to build furniture and be left alone, and everyone allows it because it’s easier to pretend he doesn’t exist. When your name is synonymous with dea...

Stalk Me (Keatyn Chronicles #1)  by Jillian Dodd ★★★★☆ Release Date: September 1, 2012 Age: Mature YA Genre: Romance, High School, Drama, Actors, Stalker Format: ebook Source: AToMR Tours Buy it: Amazon | Barnes and Noble | Kobo  | iBookstore Extra:  Pinterest Board  | Keatyn Chronicles Fanpage  | Keatyn Chronicles Twitter Gossip girl meets Hollywood in this new series by Jillian Dodd Keatyn has everything she ever dreamed of. Her life is following the script she wrote for the perfect high school experience. She’s popular, goes to the best parties, dates the hottest guy, and sits at the most coveted lunch table. She’s just not sure she wants it anymore. Because really, things aren’t all that perfect. Her best friend is threatening to tell everyone her perfect relationship is a scam. Her perfect boyfriend gets drunk at every party they go to. It’s exhausting always trying to look and act perfect. And deep down, she isn’t sure if she has any true friends. To add...