When I first heard about Stewart Lewis’ You Have Seven Messages, the first thing that came to mind was the movie One Missed Call. Now, I have not seen One Missed Call, but I think I can safely say that You Have Seven Messages is, in fact, nothing like it. For those of you whose [...]

Tags: coming of age, dating, death, family problems, grief, music, mystery, photography
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While planning for her senior year at boarding school, Leena uses her connections with the Dean to have Frost House converted into a girls’ dormitory for the year. Leena’s interest in Frost House is more than casual; she’s obsessed with the place, and with architecture in general. She plans to live in the charming little [...]

Tags: boarding schools, dating, friendship, ghosts, psychological fiction
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Anyone who has seen an episode of Toddlers and Tiaras or Dance Moms knows that stage parents can get out of control. There is little so intense as a parent’s ambitions for their child. In Jessica Martinez’s Virtuosity, Carmen is a violin prodigy with a stage mom to beat all stage moms. Diana, a former [...]

Tags: competition, dating, identity, mothers and daughters, music, secrets
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There are a lot of tales of forbidden love. Love between two warring families. Love between vampires and mortals. Werewolves and humans. Angels and humans. Faeries and humans. (People really need to stop trying to hook up with paranormal creatures; clearly it was NOT meant to be.) Anyhow, you get the idea. It is not [...]

Tags: dating, historical, humor, identity, summer
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Frustrated with the rivalry between her high school’s soccer and football teams, Lissa organizes the athletes’ girlfriends together in a sex strike. The strike, though, becomes more than a means to an end, as both the guys and girls learn about themselves and their relationships. As with her previous novel, The Duff, Kody Keplinger brings [...]

Tags: dating, feminism, high schools, retelling, sex
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