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YA Reads: Enemies to Lovers

They hate each other. They love each other. From dystopian fantasies to contemporary romance and realistic fiction, here is a list of YA reads that feature the characters that turn rivarly into romance.

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  • After an embarrassing loss to her ex-girlfriend in their first basketball game of the season, seventeen-year-old Scottie Zajac gets into a fender bender with her nemesis, Irene Abraham, head cheerleader for the Fighting Reindeer. When the accident…
    Book, 2021New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2021. — YA Fiction Quind.K
  • When two young rival journalists find love through a magical connection, they must face the depths of hell, in a war among gods, to seal their fate forever.
    Book, 2023New York : Wednesday Books, 2023. — YA Fiction Ross.R
  • Jude was seven years old when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to belong there, despite her mortality. But many of…
    Book, 2018New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2018. — YA Fiction Black.H
  • After losing the editor-in-chief job of the student newspaper to inexperienced newcomer Len, Eliza inadvertently starts a feminist movement in her school, but amid growing tensions within the school, she begins developing feelings for Len.
    Book, 2021New York, NY : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2021. — YA Fiction Quach.M
  • The classic tale of Pride and Prejudice gets remixed in this smart, funny, gorgeous retelling of the classic, starring all characters of color.
    Book, 2018New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018] — YA Fiction Zoboi.I
  • Forced to work as a team for the chance to win a grand prize, these two teens must trudge through not just mud and dirt but their messy past.
    Book, 2023New York : Joy Revolution, 2023 — YA Fiction Hibbe.T
  • Annika is a princess from a wealthy kingdom, and Lennox, a hardened soldier from a rival nation who is determined to reclaim his people's stolen throne; despite being sworn enemies, they are drawn together by an undeniable attraction, leading to a…
    Book, 2022New York, NY : HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2022. — YA Fiction Cass.K
  • Sixteen-year-old Emilie, stuck in a cosmic Groundhog/Valentine's Day nightmare where she discovers her family is splitting up and her boyfriend is cheating on her, decides to embark upon The Day of No Consequences, but when her repetitive day…
    Book, 2022New York : Simon & Schuster BFYR, 2022. — YA Fiction Paint.L
  • Jules is on a mission, and nothing can stop her. Except maybe… Liam? In a land where time is money, Jules takes a job at the Everless estate to help her dying father. A prince at Everless, Liam, comes off cold and staunch—and even dangerous—from…
    Book, 2018New York, NY : HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018] — YA Fiction Holla.S
  • In the aftermath of a war where Automae took over the kingdom of Rabu and bent humanity to their will, Ayla takes a job as a servant in the house of the sovereign for one purpose: to get revenge for her family's death by killing his daughter. Lady…
    Book, 2019New York : HarperTeen, [2019] — YA Fiction Varel.N
  • Maya, a young woman who joins a reality dating show called "Second Chance Romance" with the sole intention of publicly humiliating her cheating ex-boyfriend, Jordy, by rejecting him on national television; however, as she navigates the show…
    Book, 2022New York : Wednesday Books, 2022. — YA Fiction Gonza.S
  • Prince Tal possesses forbidden magic he must keep secret, and embarks on a coming-of-age tour across his kingdom, only to be kidnapped by pirates during the journey. There, he forms a connection with a mysterious stranger named Athlen, who may be…
    Book, 2021New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2021 — YA Fiction Luken.F
  • At the Medio School for Girls, distinguished young women are trained for one of two roles in their polarized society. Depending on her specialization, a graduate will one day run her husband's household or raise his children, but both wives are…
    Book, 2019New York, NY : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019] — YA Fiction Mejia.T
  • Two teenage boys, Ambrose and Kodiak, from opposing nations, are forced to team up on a perilous space mission to rescue Ambrose's sister, Minerva, who went missing while colonizing Titan, a moon of Saturn; as they navigate the mysteries of the ship…
    Book, 2021New York, NY : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2021] — YA Fiction Schre.E
  • The Renegades are human, but with extraordinary abilities. They emerged from the ruins of a crumbled society and established peace and order where chaos reigned. As champions of justice, they remain a symbol of hope and courage to everyone... except…
    Book, 2017New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2017. — YA Fiction Meyer.M
  • A sixteen-year-old homeschooled math genius finds herself out of her element at a theater summer camp and learns that life--and love--can't be lived by the (text)book.
    Book, 2022New York : Wednesday Books, 2022. — YA Fiction Kaylo.S