Raging Romantics
#40 What the Trope? Some of our favorite YA romance books
Content warning for brief discussion of sexual assault in fantasy books at 9:24 - 9:56
Thanks again to our awesome intern Madi for joining us with this discussion about Young Adult Romance books! Don't forget to email us at ragingromantics@nopl.org by April 30 to be entered in our Ruby Dixon giveaway; let us know your favorite Ice Planet couple/factoid/books/etc.! Winners will be announced on the first full-length episode in May!
*May* the odds be ever in your favor.
Authors from Jackie's rant
Enemies to Lovers
- Serpent and Dove by Shelby Mahurin
- The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh
- Better than the Movies by Lynn Painter
- A Curse So Dark and Lonely (Cursebreakers #1) by Brigid Kemmerer
- The Guinevere Deception (Camelot Rising #1) by Kiersten White
- Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
Friends to Lovers
- Shadow and Bone series by Leigh Bardugo
- Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
- Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell
- Heartstopper by Alice Oseman
Star-Crossed Lovers
- Strange the Dreamer (duology) by Laini Taylor
- Daughter of Smoke and Bone (also) by Laini Taylor
- Like No Other by Una LaMarche
- The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
- These Violent Delights (duology) by Chloe Gong
- The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
- Twilight by Stephanie Meyers
- Shadowhunter Chronicles/ Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare
Love Triangles
- The Red Queen series by Victoria Aveyard
- Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
- Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
- Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
- Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan
Meet Cute
- The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith
- A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmares by Krystal Sutherland
- A Far Wilder Magic by Allison Saft
- What if it's us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
- When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
- Fangirl and Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
- Katie McGarry
Stuck Together
- Six of Crows duology by Leigh Bardugo
- Love and Other Train Wrecks Leah Konen
- Two Way Street by Lauren Bernholdt
Fake Dating
- To All the Boys I've Loved Before (series) by Jenny Han
- Frankly in Love by David Yoon
- Things I Hate About Pinky by Sandhya Menon
- Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee