Love is in the Air

Don’t you just love love? Being with someone who gets you, that treats you right and knows how to make you feel happy and safe? Loving someone does not always mean it is a romantic kind of love. You can love your friends, family, your pets and the people you work with. Love is a universal emotion that everyone can feel one way or another.

As we all know, February is the month of love because February 14^th is Valentines day! And what better way to celebrate this month of love then to cuddle up in a blanket and read a book that has romance in it? I am not talking about only those romance books with the shirtless heroes and damsels in distress on the cover, but also about romance books that are for our Young Adult (YA) readers!

In the Mercer County Library System, we pride ourselves in having a plethora of book genres available, and that includes the romance genre for YA readers. Take a look at just some of the YA romance books available in our library system.

I sincerely hope that you enjoy some of the book suggestions made in this blog, and Happy Valentine’s Day!

No Filter By Orlagh Collins

ISBN: 9781681197241

“Emerald's seemingly perfect life is shattered and she is sent to spend a summer with her grandmother in an isolated beach town, where she connects with Liam, who has secrets of his own.”

Color Outside the Lines: Stories About Love-Collection of Short Stories

ISBN: 9781641290463

Contents: The Agony of a Heart's Wish by Samira Ahmed -- The Boy Is by Elsie Chapman -- What We Love by Lauren Gibaldi -- Yuna and the Wall by Lydia Kang -- Gilman Street by Michelle Ruiz Keil -- Starlight and Moondust by Lori M. Lee -- Five Times Shiva Met Harry by Sangu Mandanna -- Your Life Matters by L.L. McKinney -- Turn the Sky to Petals by Anna-Marie McLemore -- Prom by Danielle Paige -- Faithfull by Karuna Riazi -- The Coward's Guide to Falling in Love by Caroline Tung Richmond -- Giving Up the Ghost by Tarun Shanker and Kelly Zekas -- Something Gay and Magical by Adam Silvera -- Death and the Maiden by Tara Sim -- Sandwiched in Between by Eric Smith.

Between You, Me, and the Honeybees By Amelia Diane Coombs

ISBN: 9781534453005

“Josie wants to take over her family's business, Hazeldine Honey, but is lying to her mother and best friend about starting college in the fall, and secretly dating Ezra, the grandson of her mother's nemesis.”

How to Keep Rolling after a Fall By Karole Cozzo

ISBN: 9781250079282

“Mean girl Nikki Baylor, accused of a cyberbullying incident that nearly resulted in a classmate's suicide, is expelled from school, abandoned by her friends, and distrusted by her parents. But she gets a second chance after meeting Pax, a spirited wheelchair rugby player.”

Tokyo Ever After By Emiko Jean

ISBN:9781250766601

“After learning that her father is the Crown Prince of Japan, Izumi travels to Tokyo, where she discovers that Japanese imperial life--complete with designer clothes, court intrigue, paparazzi scandals, and a forbidden romance with her handsome but stoic bodyguard--is a tough fit for the outspoken and irreverent eighteen-year-old from northern California.”

Today, Tonight, Tomorrow By Rachel Lynn Solomon

ISBN: 9781534440241

"Throughout the years both Rowan and Neil have been at competition with one another on everything from who has the best ideas for school functions to which one will be their graduating class's valedictorian. However, in the twenty-four hours left they have as high school students, the two learn they share something much deeper than a rivalry"

What If It’s Us By Becky Albertalli

ISBN: 9780062795250

“Told in two voices, when Arthur, a summer intern from Georgia, and Ben, a native New Yorker, meet it seems like fate, but after three attempts at dating fail they wonder if the universe is pushing them together or apart.”

- By Rebecca E, West Windsor