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It's summer, which means time to sit in front of your AC, eat frozen grapes, and catch up on your reading lists! But how does one decide where to start??

What 2020 YA Romance Should You Read This Summer?

Choose a trope!

Pick a setting!

What level of swoon are you looking for, on a scale of 1-5?

Plan a date!

Choose a song!

Pick a random object!

And lastly, how much do you want to cry?

Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon is a fast-paced and swoony romance set in 24 hours on the last day of senior year! Rowan and Neil have been rivals since freshman year of high school and the senior scavenger hunt is her last chance to beat him once and for all. But what happens when she realizes all this rivalry might be hiding what they're actually feeling for each other?

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Today Tonight Tomorrow

Only Mostly Devastated by Sophie Gonzalez is the Grease retelling you've been waiting for! Ollie has to move to North Carolina to help with a family emergency, still thinking about his summer fling with Will over the summer at the lake. Will won't text him back and Ollie is still waiting for his Happily Ever After. And then Ollie learns he doesn't need to get a text back from Will to win him over--he goes to this same school.

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Only Mostly Devasted

You should read What I Like About You by Marisa Kanter next! What do you call a love triangle with only two people in it? Halle is about to find out what happens when her online persona--book blogger and cupcake creator Kels--has to be kept a secret from Kels' best internet friend, who is now falling for Halle IRL after she moves to his hometown.

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What I Like About You

You should pick up The Best Laid Plans by Cameron Lund! Keely Collins is determined to not feel behind her friends who have reached more milestones than her, so when she meets Dean in her small town she knows he's perfect. But first she needs to convince her best guy friend to help her practice her moves before she uses them on the college boy...because that's what friends do, right?

A boy and a girl cuddle on a bright yellow cover with pizza and a bra hanging off the title's letters.

The Best Laid Plans

You should read It Sounded Better in My Head by Nina Kenwood this summer! This sparkling debut is set during the summer and is full of awkward times, first love, and there's only one bed-- with a twist! Natalie is insecure about her body and her future plans for uni, sick of playing third wheel to her two best friends in love. But when she spontaneously attends a party and forms a connection she didn't expect, she knows she won't forget this summer.

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It Sounded Better in My Head

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What 2020 YA Romance Should You Read This Summer?

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