Long Live Evil
★☆☆☆☆
A terminally ill girl is given the chance to enter the universe of her favourite book and perform a task in exchange for recovery
Romance is so frequently used as a subplot that it can sometimes be tricky to know whether or not a book is indeed of this genre. The key thing to remember is that in a romance novel, the romantic relationship must be the center point of the plot.
Apprentice to the Villain
★★★☆☆
Evie stages a daring rescue of the boss from a public event, and they start a hunt to uncover her mother's legacy
Throne of Glass
★★☆☆☆
In a world where magic is dying, a young assassin is rescued from prison to be a champion in a tournament
It Ends With Us
★★☆☆☆
Lily is a young florist, with a traumatic past. She meets a neurosurgeon and they hit it off... but there is something not quite right.
City of Bones
★☆☆☆☆
A young girl accidentally steps into a world of magic and discovers a lot about herself and her family
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
★★★★★
A delightful and charming story set in the aftermath of WW2, presented as a collection of correspondences between Juliet Ashton, an author, and the residents of the Channel island of Guernsey
To All the Boys I've Loved Before
★☆☆☆☆
Lara Jean never spoke about her crushes. She just writes letters to them as a way of coping, and hides the letters under her bed. But when those letters suddenly get sent out, havoc!
Norwegian Wood
★★☆☆☆
Toru, a young college student in Tokyo, is devoted to Naoko, but their mutual passion is marred by the death of their beir friend years before...
Memoirs of a Geisha
★★★★☆
A world where women's artistry is to entice the most powerful men; where their virginity is auctioned to the highest bidder, and where love is scorned...
Beautiful Creatures
★☆☆☆☆
An unholy mess involving witches & wizards, reincarnation, American civil war, its re-enactment, a teenage romance and the insular mindset of deep south America.
The Fault in our Stars
★★★☆☆
A romance involving a young girl and boy, both in remission from cancer, told from the perspective of the girl Hazel