Action-packed and hilarious, this was like Buffy for the 2010s. High school student Genie Lo has to battle Chinese demons and run the college admissions gauntlet. I'm a sucker for a funny book! 😂📘👹#summerreads #yarreads #jenryland #amuletbooks

A diverse YA coming age story -I've read a few this spring and enjoyed them all. This one tackles family, friendship and fitting in. The protagonist is Iranian- American, with a close knit family and eclectic group of friends. #yareads #contemporary #summerrreading

Another YA amnesia book? Yep. But I enjoyed this one all the same. The ending was a bit rushed but the rear was really well done. 📚👍🏻

Kasie West is a dependable source of cute PG rated YA contemporaries. This book is no exception. It looks at a girl whose entire life changes - for both the + and the - -- when she wins the lottery. I wished there had been more of a romantic spark between Maddie and her love interest but all in all a good summer read. #summerreads #summerromance #yalit

If you love books about space travel and parallel universes 👽then this is for you. If, like me, you're a little hazy on astrophysics, this book is also hilarious and has a lot of ❤️ #sci-fi #aliens #paralleluniverse

Adorable! Thought I was so over fairy tale retellings but I thought this was clever and charming! Food trucks, cosplay, and a reluctant prince all make a really fun story!

I wasn't sure about this book at first - another YA amnesia story?! - but in the end I really liked it. It tackles a lot of topics, including the internet and how it both connects us and torments us!
Have you read this? Tell me what you thought. Also loved the National Park setting 🌲🌿🐾🍃

On the plus side Summer Unscripted featured a main character who showed real growth and a nice subplot about friendship. On the minus side, there wasn't a lot of plot besides the boy drama, so this isn't the meatier kind of YA contemporary I prefer.
#summerreading #yareads #contemporary #romance ❤️☀️

"My name is Gen," I say, hoping he'll assume it's J-E-N as in Jennifer. That's got to be one of the most common names ever"
lol tell me about it!!!

Weird that there are two July books with the same title and similar covers. On the left hand, women's fiction about a famous food personality who is outed as a fraud. On the right, a YA about a girl trying to make it in LA. I've read one and want to read the other. Have you??

This is a cute YA contemporary about a girl following her dreams in LA - and finding a lot of bumps in the road along the way. 😎☀️🤸‍♂️👙🏄‍♀️ Perfect summer read! #bookish #yareads #summerreads #hellosunshine #disneyhyperion

Thought this was a suspenseful and twisty YA thriller with even a bit of romance 🔎👻❤️. Check out my full thoughts on my blog but definitely one to try if you're sad about the end of #prettylittleliars! #yareads #thrillers #summerreading

This is my cover of the week! Looked up the book on Goodreads and it tackles some difficult topics but got great reviews. What are you reading today?
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Really enjoyed this YA read about swimming, a friendship turned to love, and female frenemies. Part of a set of companion books that tackle a lot of issues that other YAs shy away from.
Have you read any of these? You can check out my full review on the blog!
🥇🏊🏻🎊👍🏻😀❤️ #summerreading #romance #sourcebooks

Today on the blog I'm featuring all the new YA releases - here is my Cover of the Week. Photo taken for my Instagram - same username 😀 What do you think of the pink? @RivetedLit #newreleases #coveroftheweek

Funny/sad YA coming of age story about a Muslim girl trying to find her place the her community and the world.

A fun locked room YA mystery with a Breakfast Club vibe. A group of kids walks into detention and one ends up dead. Whodunnit?

Light sci-fi story perfect for Orphan Black fans - full review on the blog!

Page-turning, futuristic romantic suspense! Giving away a copy on my blog - ends midnight on 6/19!

Literary, love triangle, historical fiction, coming of age. A beautiful and tragic story set in the 70s

Trope-y though it may be I do love a good romance!

Loved the inventive and well written gritty story world but wasn't feeling the romance.

I can see that others have liked this. I'm a lifelong fan of thrillers and a picky reader of them. I thought this had a lot of flaws but am willing to give the author's next book a chance!

All Kat Spears books feel old-school to me - in a good way, like watching Stand By Me. In this book, a preacher's kid stands up to a small town bully with surprising results...

Story of two families connected in a tragic way -- each of them had a son who was kidnapped and then returned. One of the kidnapping victims forms a tentative bond with the sister of the other victim, who blames herself. Really moving!

Moving and thought-provoking story of a teen girl diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Recommended for fans of Perks of Being a Wallflower.

Didn't love the writing or the main characters so taking a pass for now.

Cute LGBT love story. I wasn't a fan of having four first person POVs in a romance and found the extreme supportiveness of the gay characters ideal but perhaps unrealistic. Not as adorable as Simon and the Homo Sapiens Agenda but charming in its own way.

Enter Plot Here? This book wasn't funny enough to be a black comedy like Perrotta's Election, wasn't serious enough to be an issue book, and didn't commit fully to being meta (as a book written by a character who is writing a book.) Would try this author's future books but this one was a miss for me

Eerily similar to The Nest in premise, setting, and characters. WCBB's Catherine is more ... Basic than TN's Beatrice but I thought WCBB was better written and had some nice suspense (think a yuppie Patricia Highsmith novel.) Warning: whiny rich characters of both books may drive readers up a wall

Super dark and possibly triggering for readers who are sensitive to reading about addiction, self-harm and abuse. But a moving and well-written story about a girl learning how to put her pieces back together.

A sweet going back into the closet story about a girl who agrees to tone her "out and proud" self down when she moves to a conservative Southern town. It's not perfect but has a lot to say about tolerance, religion and family.

Based on the cover and title I was expecting a political thriller. But this was more like a rich boy/poor girl romance set in a DC private a school. The romance had its moments but I was missing the thrills I'd been hoping for!

This was a mixed reading experience. Page-turning suspense but characters that felt a little flat to me. I wanted more psychological depth but if you're looking for a quick summer read, give this a try

If, like me, you read a lot of chick lit back in the day, you may find this story of a high school intern at a NYC fashion magazine a bit BTDT. If you loved The Devil Wears Prada and How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days, you might want to give this YA version a trial subscription.

Love this cover but found the inside (think a futuristic Gossip Girl) underwhelming. A huge cast of teenagers in love with people who are, of course, in love with someone else. Saw that this Alloy title has been optioned for TV - maybe it will make a better show. Except there's no Chuck or Blair 😭

Good suspense but not all the dots connected at the end. Liked the question about whether fear could be inherited but it wasn't explored as much as I hoped.

I'm a bit over YA amnesia books but this one uses the plot device cleverly and effectively. Jill wakes up in a hospital with no memory of the accident that landed her there. Though her memory's shaky, the book includes blog posts and police interviews that slowly fill in details. Fun summer read!

This pre-apocalyptic fish-out-of water story definitely had its charms. Loved the protagonist, though the love interest was a bit too MPDG for my taste. Overall a fun read if you don't mind a story with quirk.

I'm a thriller fan but am seriously underwhelmed with most YA thrillers. This second installment of The Fixer series was awesome, veering a bit away from the Olivia Pope-inspired shenanigans of book one and zooming into political thriller category. Highly recommend!

Think John Green (witty nerd banter) meets Shakespeare (this is a Much Ado retelling) meets Rajnbow Rowell (fandom). For me this took a bit of time to get going (and YA contemporary books should NOT be 450 pages) but enjoyed the retelling choices and can't resist a good hate-to-love romance

Just wasn't feeling this!

I love psychological thrillers and thought this was a fun summer read. It had a fantastic claustrophobic setting (a small luxury yacht cruising the North Sea) a slightly off-balance heroine who sees a murder and then can't convince her fellow passengers to take her seriously.

While this book isn't for readers who crave a strong plot, I liked the drifty feel and LA setting. Anna is young for a YA protagonist and her takeaway of the Manson girls as regular girls who made bad choices is questionable. Overall a book I enjoyed.