Romance Book Recommendations
A season all about love! This Valentine’s week, enjoy romance book recommendations from Pixel Journal.
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han
A series of romantic mishaps take place after a box of old letters addressed to Lara Jean Covey’s crushes gets mailed. Fake dating and other romantic mishaps occur. A must read for any lovers of the fake dating trope.
Tweet Cute by Emma Lord
Pepper and Jack both detest each other in real life due to the fact that their parents own competing restaurants, but online, their anonymous alter egos are falling in love. Can they see through their differences and end the rivalry between the two businesses?
These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong
Another modern adaption of a classic story, Chloe Gong’s These Violent Delights is a retelling of Romeo and Juliet set in 1926. Juliette Cai and Roma Montagov are heirs to rival gangs, and have a sordid past. When people start mysteriously dying, Juliette and Roma must overcome their past differences and work together to solve the mystery.
The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar
A must-read for anyone who adores the enemies-to-lovers trope. Two teenagers: Flávia and Nishat, start henna businesses for a school competition. Their rivalry is fierce, but there’s just one problem: Nishat had feelings towards Flávia before the rivalry started, and those feelings are still there.
Somewhere Only We Know by Maurene Goo
Lucky is a major K-pop star about to make her American debut, and Jack is a tabloid photographer. When they bump into each other during Lucky’s search for a hamburger, they decide to embark on an all-night adventure all over Hong Kong, during which they might just fall in love.
I Wanna Be Where You Are by Kristina Forest
In I Wanna Be Where You Are, when Chloe Pierce sneaks out to audition for the ballet conservatory of her dreams, she’s not expecting her neighbor Eli to insist on coming with her on her two hundred mile road trip. Of course, everything doesn’t go as planned with addition of an unexpected passenger.
Geekerella by Ashley Poston
Geekerella is a reimagining of the fairytale Cinderella. Set in the modern day, Geekerella follows Elle, a girl trying to win a cosplay competition for a movie based on her favorite show. Meanwhile, Darien is slated to play the lead of the movie-and finds himself falling in love with a mysterious person on the other end of his phone…
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
In Cemetery Boys, Yadrial accidentally ended up summoning the wrong spirt when trying to solve his cousin’s murder, in an attempt to prove himself to his family. He, his best friend Maritza, and Julian; the spirit that he summoned band together to solve both Julian and his cousin’s murders.