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…
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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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- 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.
- 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…
- 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.
- The classic tale of Pride and Prejudice gets remixed in this smart, funny, gorgeous retelling of the classic, starring all characters of color.
- 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.
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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.
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