Everything, Everything by N. Yoon

Summary:  My disease is as rare as it is famous. Basically, I’m allergic to the world. I don’t leave my house, have not left my house in seventeen years. The only people I ever see are my mom and my nurse, Carla.

But then one day, a moving truck arrives next door. I look out my window, and I see him. He’s tall, lean and wearing all black—black T-shirt, black jeans, black sneakers, and a black knit cap that covers his hair completely. He catches me looking and stares at me. I stare right back. His name is Olly.

Maybe we can’t predict the future, but we can predict some things. For example, I am certainly going to fall in love with Olly. It’s almost certainly going to be a disaster.

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Quote:  “In my head I know I've been in love before, but it doesn't feel like it. Being in love with you is better than the first time. It feels like the first time and the last time and the only time all at once.”

You'll like this if you liked:  All American Boys by J. Reynolds, Written in the Stars by A. Saeed

Genre:  realistic fiction; romance

The Darkest Part of the Forest by H. Black

Summary:  Children can have a cruel, absolute sense of justice. Children can kill a monster and feel quite proud of themselves. A girl can look at her brother and believe they’re destined to be a knight and a bard who battle evil. She can believe she’s found the thing she’s been made for.

Hazel lives with her brother, Ben, in the strange town of Fairfold where humans and fae exist side by side. The faeries’ seemingly harmless magic attracts tourists, but Hazel knows how dangerous they can be, and she knows how to stop them. Or she did, once.

At the center of it all, there is a glass coffin in the woods. It rests right on the ground and in it sleeps a boy with horns on his head and ears as pointed as knives. Hazel and Ben were both in love with him as children. The boy has slept there for generations, never waking.

Until one day, he does…

As the world turns upside down, Hazel tries to remember her years pretending to be a knight. But swept up in new love, shifting loyalties, and the fresh sting of betrayal, will it be enough?

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Quote:  “I wanted to be in love like in the storybooks and songs and ballads. Love that hits you like a lightning bolt. And I'm sorry, because yeah, I get that you think I'm ridiculous. I get that you think I'm hilarious. I know, I get that you're mocking me. I get how stupid I am, but at least I know.” 

You'll like this if you liked:  Beastkeeper by C. Hellisen, Otherbound by C. Duyvis

Genre:  fantasy

Beastkeeper by C. Hellisen

Summary:  Sarah is always on the move.  Her mom hates the cold, so her family (her mom, dad, and Sarah) are constantly packing up and heading for warmer climates.  Sarah has very little time to make friends at the many schools she has attended.  One night, Sarah awakens to the sounds of her father persuading his wife to stay with the family.  Sarah's mom refuses and heads out the door, much to Sarah's dismay.  Almost immediately, things begin to change at home.  Sarah's dad becomes almost beast-like, becoming hairy and eating rare meat.  He takes Sarah to stay with her grandparents, who she has never met.  They live in a dank, dark forest in a crumbling castle, which would be exciting if it wasn't so creepy.  Sarah learns the truth about her bloodlines, which hold a curse that will turn her into a beast as soon as she falls in love.  Sarah has to figure out a way to keep the change of happening as her world dissolves around her.

Quote:  “Sarah had discovered that while she liked to ask questions in the hopes that someone or other could answer them, adults liked to ask questions they already knew the answers to. She wasn't sure why exactly that was, and had finally decided that as people grew older, the more important something was the easier it becomes for them to forget. They had to keep asking as a way to help them remember.”

You'll like this if you liked:  Valiant by S. MacGuire, Monstrous by M. Connolly

Genre:  fantasy