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

• Sarah J Maas
• Silvia Moreno Garcia
• NK Jemisen
• Octavia E. Butler
• George RR Martin
• JRR Tolkien

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