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A Silent Voice Vol. 3 by Yoshitoki Oima
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 35 ratings"ARE YOU AFRAID OF HER?Shoya's decided to do everything he can to make up for how terribly he treated Shoko, his former classmate who can't hear. But more than the challenge of learning to communicate, it means facing a past he thought he'd left behind forever. Now a reunion with old friends will transform Shoya, and his relationship with Shoko... -
Paradise Kiss, Vol. 4 by Ai Yazawa
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsWhen Yukari is asked to be the runway model for the clothing label Paradise Kiss, her life is turned upside down as she juggles college and career... -
That Promise by Jillian Dodd
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWhat happens to childhood promises when you grow up?Growing up, Devaney Diamond and Chase Mackenzie promised to go to college together. But it’s been three years since the summer that changed everything between them, and their friendship hasn’t recovered... -
ラストゲーム 1 by Shinobu Amano, 天乃 忍
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsHe's rich, he's smart, girls gather around him all the time, and he has always gotten first place on his exams... well, until Kujou transferred in his primary school class... -
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Scarlett and the Kiss Thief by Ivy Smoak
I’ve never been kissed.I know…it’s a huge problem.It all started because I fell in love with my best friend, Axel Stevens. I decided to save my first kiss for him. But…he didn’t fall in love with me back.For the first time in years, he’s finally single though. And I have the perfect plan.I reinvented myself over the summer...Categorized as:
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Paradise Kiss, Vol. 3 by Ai Yazawa
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsWhen Yukari is asked to be the runway model for the clothing label Paradise Kiss, her life is turned upside down as she juggles college and career... -
Last Game 01 by Shinobu Amano
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsHe's rich, he's smart, girls gather around him all the time, and he has always gotten first place on his exams... well, until Kujou transferred in his primary school class... -
Meeting Sang: Victor by C.L. Stone
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsVictor Morgan hides from the public whenever he can. It's not that he's a recluse; he hides to avoid rumors and throngs of teen girls throwing themselves at him because of his fame. When his team of friends is assigned a job at a new school, it's his one chance to finally be just Victor; not a local celebrity, or that guy whose parents have a huge house and lots of money...Categorized as:
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Rules of Attraction by Simone Elkeles
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 62 ratingsCarlos Fuentes doesn't want any part of the life his older brother, Alex, has laid out for him in Boulder, Colorado. He wants to keep living on the edge, and carve his own path-just like Alex did. Unfortunately, his ties to a Mexican gang aren't easy to break, and he soon finds himself being set up by a drug lord...Categorized as:
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The Complete Jessica Darling Series: Sloppy Firsts, Second Helpings, Charmed Thirds, Fourth Comings, Perfect Fifths by Megan McCafferty
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsGrowing Up Can Be Perfect in Its Imperfection The Jessica Darling series chronicles one young woman’s coming-of-age in the first decade of the 21st century. Over five books and ten years, Jessica Darling fumbles her way into adulthood... -
Illegal My Ass by Makeandoffer
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsMia Hastings was never one to follow the rules. Her brother knew it, her best friend knew it. Everyone knew it. She lives for the moment, doing whatever she feels and thinking of the consequences later. Her main goal in life is to live it.Mia’s brother’s best friend Drake O’Connell was never big on rules.The judge who sentences him to 2 years in prison knew it...Categorized as:
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The Sign for Home by Blair Fell
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsLonglisted for The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize When a young DeafBlind man learns the girl he thought was lost forever might still be out there, he embarks on a life-changing journey to find her—and his freedom.Arlo Dilly is young, handsome, and eager to meet the right girl. He also happens to be DeafBlind, a Jehovah’s Witness, and under the strict guardianship of his controlling uncle...Categorized as:
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After Ever After by Jordan Sonnenblick
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsJeffrey isn't a little boy with cancer anymore. He's a teen who's in remission, but life still feels fragile. The aftereffects of treatment have left Jeffrey with an inability to be a great student, or to walk without limping. His parents still worry about him. His older brother, Steven, lost it and took off to Africa to be in a drumming circle and 'find himself'...Categorized as:
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Perfect World Volume 2 by Rie Aruga
Perfect World 2How can I accept the sadness that is transmitted through body temperature? Kawana Tsukumi who became acquainted with his first love in wheelchair, Ayukawa Izutsu... -
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Eden High: Book 5 by Jordan Silver
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSian might have seen something she shouldn't have. How will she deal with her suspicions and who can she share them with? If what she suspects gets out, it can destroy a lot of lives, but she's tired of spending so much time on her arch enemy...Categorized as:
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Falling for Hadie by Komal Kant
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 27 ratings“Sometimes there is a single moment that changes your life forever.” Hadie Swinton is giving up on boys. After a disastrous relationship, she is convinced that all males are the same—arrogant, self-assured, and complete jerks. Lincoln Bracks is giving up on his old life. After moving to a new town to escape the problems plaguing him, he is set against ever getting close to anyone again...Categorized as:
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Holding Her Hand by Tammy Falkner
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsBoy meets girl. Boy falls in love with girl. Girl falls in love with boy… SCREECH! No. It can’t be that easy. (You knew that, right?) Boy meets girl. Boy can’t fall in love with girl, because girl comes from a different culture. She also has secrets. Lots of secrets he’s determined to uncover. He’ll try to uncover all her secrets... -
Before Ryan Was Mine by Kahlen Aymes
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWhen Ryan Matthews meets Julia Abbott for the first time at Stanford University, he immediately knows she will change his life. They have an instant, unbreakable connection that goes beyond partying and palpable attraction... -
The Youth & Young Loves of Oliver Wade by Ben Monopoli
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA novel in stories, by the author of "The Cranberry Hush"At the heart of these twelve interconnected stories is Ollie Wade, a gay guy navigating life and love from age 13 to 28.At a middle-school dance, a boy keeps a secret from his date; on a subway platform, he realizes a young green-eyed stranger has the same secret... -
Eden High: Book 4 by Jordan Silver
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsNow that he has staked his claim Jace and Sian are the new 'It' couple and there's love in the air , not only for these two lovebirds, but their friends seem to have been bitten by the bug...Categorized as:
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Perfect World, Vol. 1 by Rie Aruga
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsIN SEARCH OF PERFECTION...?A company get-together reunites 26-year-old Tsugumi with her high school crush, Itsuki. In the years they've been apart, Itsuki has realized his dream of becoming an architect--but along the way, he's also suffered a spinal cord injury that's left him in a wheelchair. Seeing Itsuki again rekindles Tsugumi's feelings for him...Categorized as:
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パーフェクトワールド 1 by Rie Aruga, 有賀リエ
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsインテリア会社に就職した川奈つぐみ(26歳)は建築会社との飲み会で、高校の時の同級生であり初恋の人・鮎川...Categorized as:
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Where You See Yourself by Claire Forrest
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsWhere You See Yourself combines an unforgettable coming-of-age tale, a swoon-worthy romance, and much-needed disability representation in this story about a girl who's determined to follow her dreams... -
Ali's Pretty Little Lies by Sara Shepard
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsBefore there was A, there was Alison DiLaurentis. Boys wanted to date her, girls wanted to be her, and somebody wanted her dead. . . .It's the end of seventh grade, and Alison DiLaurentis and her friends are the girls of Rosewood Day. Ali runs her clique with an iron fist, and she's got enough dirt on Hanna, Emily, Aria, and Spencer to keep them in line...Categorized as:
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Arabian Nights by Simone Shirazi
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsBlair Bakhtiar always wanted to be royalty. Zayn al-Haydar wanted to be anything but. When one fateful summer brings them together, the two discover that maybe it's not that much better on the other side... but the journey there is always full of surprises, with love being the biggest surprise of them all. [Book #2 in the Fairytale Series, but can be read as a standalone...Categorized as:
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Eden High : Series 2 Book 6 by Jordan Silver
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAfter the explosion that could've taken Sian's life, Jace is at the end of his rope. No longer willing to leave Mandy in the same town, he's set things in motion to see to her removal. But first he has to protect the people around him, some from Mandy's wrath once she's cornered, and others, from retaliating against her...Categorized as:
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Gabriel: Meeting Sang #5 - The Academy Ghost Bird Series by C.L. Stone
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe Academy: Ghost Bird series in a different look at the very beginning. Read Introductions with a whole new perspective--the boys'. Despite having eight great friends thanks to The Academy, what Gabriel Coleman really wants is a connection with someone special. However, he’s never had much luck with girls. He doesn't have the sleek looks, wealth, or charm like his friends... -
Say Car For Me – Bonus Brian POV Scene by Kelly Oram
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFor those of you who missed the party over the weekend, don't worry, you can still check out the new bonus material. Because I felt like you guys needed 29 new pages from the mind of Brian Oliver, here's the infamous scene where Brian and Ella first come face to face, told from Brian's perspective... -
Perfect World, Vol. 1 by Rie Aruga
Tsugumi Kawana (26 years old) reunites with her first crush from high school, Itsuki Ayukawa, at a get-together with an architecture firm and the interior design company she works at. He sends her heart aflutter, until she realizes he's now disabled, and in a wheelchair. At first she feels she couldn't date a guy in a wheelchair, but then her feelings begin to change.. -
Eden High Series 2 #4 by Jordan Silver
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsJace knows Sian is up to something. He suspects her sleepover is just a cover for her to get up to no good, so he stakes out her driveway to catch her at it. He'd no sooner pulled her out of her car when she did indeed try to sneak out of the house when there is an explosion. Track is miles away from home when he gets the sense that something is wrong and puts a call out to Valerie and Jace...Categorized as:
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Stay With Me by Jessica Cunsolo, Ava Violet
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsIt's finally winter break, which means Amelia, Aiden, and the rest of their friends get to enjoy a well deserved vacation at the beach house. After all the drama, the death of Aiden's step-father, and Aiden's arrest, it'll be good to take a break and just relax with friends.Unfortunately, Thea Kennedy, aka Amelia Collins, could never be so lucky...Categorized as:
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Mistrust by Margaret McHeyzer
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING YA NOVEL I'm the popular girl at school.The one everyone wants to be friends with.I have the best boyfriend in the world, who's on the basketball team.My parents adore me, and I absolutely love them. My sister and I have a great relationship too.I'm a cheerleader, I have a high GPA and I'm liked even by the teachers... -
Eden High Series 2 Book 2 by Jordan Silver
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMandy has decided to up the stakes now that Jace seems to be getting farther out of her reach. From the safety of her hospital bed, she has devised a scheme to get Jace just where she wants him, but everything and everyone keeps getting in her way. Jace is hell bent on proving that Mandy had something to do with the attack on Sian but can’t seem to get a bead on just what is going on...Categorized as:
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Unspoken Rules by Eliah Greenwood
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 21 ratings"I lost the fight. I lost her. But I don't care about my promise. I'm chasing that girl... again." Haze Adams and Winter Kingston were supposed to be a done deal. A onetime thing. The notorious street fighter had one goal and one goal only: make the girl fall in love, break her heart to hurt his enemies, and move on to the next best thing. Easy, right? Wrong... -
If There's No Tomorrow by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsLena Wise is always looking forward to tomorrow, especially at the start of her senior year. She's ready to pack in as much friend time as possible, to finish college applications and to maybe let her childhood best friend Sebastian know how she really feels about him. For Lena, the upcoming year is going to be epic—one of opportunities and chances...Categorized as:
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Don't Say a Word by Amber Lynn Natusch
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsKylene Danners’s ex-FBI agent father is in prison for murder and she’s hell-bent on getting him out. But trying to investigate in the small town where a defensive lineman is a hero no matter who he tries to kill and the girl who gets him locked up is public enemy number one is dangerous. Dark secrets are everywhere in Jasperville—the kind Ky can’t walk away from... -
Art for the Anarchist (The Rejected) by Jaycee Wolfe
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsDean:Another day in this godforsaken town, another painful reminder that we don’t fit in. People only see what they want to see and turn a blind eye to the rougher things in life. Rougher things like my brothers and me. Living the life I have, you come to realize just how weak and careless people can be. That’s why I prefer to stick to myself and my brothers...Categorized as:
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Promise Me Once by Paige Weaver
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFrom the highly acclaimed New York Times and USA Today bestselling Promise Me series comes a new story. A standalone novel. A race for survival and love. Once with him was never enough. I am the girl you dislike. The girl you snub at parties. I am the one who flirts with men and knows no boundaries. I am the one you whisper about. The one who has no rules... -
If There's No Tomorrow by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsA single choice can change everything.Lena Wise is always looking forward to tomorrow, especially at the start of her senior year. She’s ready to pack in as much friend time as possible, to finish college applications, and to maybe let her childhood best friend Sebastian know how she really feels about him. For Lena, the upcoming year is going to be epic—one of opportunities and chances...Categorized as:
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The Good Girl & the Bad Boy by M.L. Collins
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsWhat happens when Jackson High’s Good Girl and Bad Boy are forced to work together? I’ll tell you:I destroy his guitar. (Accidentally!)He uses my guilt to trick me into doing his work.For three weeks!Until I find out he lied. Oh, heck no. This bad boy has crossed the wrong girl.I call him out on it. In front of the whole school.Check mate, bad boy. “It feels good to be bad,” he whispers...Categorized as:
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There You'll Find Me by Jenny B. Jones
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsGrief brought Finley to Ireland. Love will lead her home.Finley Sinclair is not your typical eighteen-year-old. She’s witty, tough, and driven. With an upcoming interview at the Manhattan music conservatory, Finley needs to compose her audition piece. But her creativity disappeared with the death of her older brother, Will... -
Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley
Years ago, Rachel had a crush on Henry Jones. The day before she moved away, she tucked a love letter into his favorite book in his family’s bookshop. She waited. But Henry never came. Now Rachel has returned to the city—and to the bookshop—to work alongside the boy she’d rather not see, if at all possible, for the rest of her life. But Rachel needs the distraction, and the escape...Categorized as:
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Unbroken Rules by Eliah Greenwood
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLies, passion, betrayal. Discover the last book of the teen sensation that captured 30,000,000 hearts across the globe today! Haze and Winter’s relationship has been a fight from day one. From crazy exes, to psycho families, to heart-wrenching betrayal, the couple has been through hell and back and lived to tell the tale...Categorized as:
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Upstate by Kalisha Buckhanon
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 24 ratings"Baby, the first thing I need to know from you is do you believe I killed my father?"So begins Upstate, a powerful story told through letters between seventeen-year-old Antonio and his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Natasha, set in the 1990's in New York...Categorized as:
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Inspiring You by Jessica Sorensen
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsAyden knows it’s time to remember what really happened four years ago, so he can help save his sister. With the help of Lyric, he faces his past head on. But dealing with the truth is difficult... -
Kiss the Quarterback Next Door by Stephanie Street
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDid you know there were over 155 different ways to kiss? She figured it would only take 5 to teach the quarterback next door a lesson. Jamie Barnes loved kissing girls, no strings attached. Non-committal make-out session? Sign him up. Had he broken a few hearts? Sure. But it wasn't like those girls hadn't known what they were getting into...Categorized as:
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The Southern Nights Series by M. Never
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsKamdyn Ellis is the man. Mr. All-Star athlete and resident bad boy. #7 quarterback on the field, and #1 player off. Every guy at school wants to be him, and every girl at school wants to date him. Well, except Laney Summers that is. The sassy city girl is the only one immune to Kam’s clear blue eyes and arsenal of southern charm... -
Broken Beautiful Hearts by Kami Garcia
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsHer heart has to break before it can open.When star soccer player Peyton Rios receives an offer from her first-choice college, senior year starts off exactly as planned. But when Peyton uncovers her boyfriend’s dark secret, she confronts him―and finds herself falling down a flight of stairs. Peyton’s knee―and maybe her dream of going pro―is shattered... -
Believe Me, I'm Lying by Jordan Lynde
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsWhen seventeen-year-old Harley's parents are killed in a car crash, she's desperate to find work so that she can support her little brother, Elliott. Pretending to be twenty-one, Harley accepts a role as a teacher - at a school for delinquents. It's tough - but life gets even more complicated when Harley starts to have feelings for not one, but two of her students . .
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