Like, Try, Why #75
If you liked We Were Liars, try The Fixes by Owen Matthews
Here’s why: Just like We Were Liars, The Fixes offers its reader a sophisticated suspense novel. Eric Connelly is crumbling under the weight of his dad’s expectations. But when he meets the mysterious, free-spirited Jordan Grant, his dad’s rules seem so much less important than they used to. Jordan and Eric—now “E”—join up with two of the most popular girls in school to combat their rich-kid boredom. But as Jordan seduces E further, the group starts to kill time in more nefarious ways. It’s Jordan who escalates the pack’s dares from mostly harmless jaunts like joyrides in boosted cars and Bling Ring–style luxury shoplifting sprees into more violent activities. Eric is intoxicated … swept up in the pack’s activities. When Jordan starts talking bigger—what’s a little bomb building between friends?—E must decide if he’s just too far down the rabbit hole to back out. From the author of How to Win at High School comes a wicked, irreverent story of rich kids gone amok that will leave readers at the edge of their seats.
If you liked Dumplin’, try Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown
Here’s Why: Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit is the next must read southern romance. Joanna Gordon has been out and proud for years, but when her popular radio evangelist father remarries and decides to move all three of them from Atlanta to the more conservative Rome, Georgia, he asks Jo to do the impossible: to lie low for the rest of her senior year. And Jo reluctantly agrees. Although it is (mostly) much easier for Jo to fit in as a straight girl, things get complicated when she meets Mary Carlson, the oh-so-tempting sister of her new friend at school. But Jo couldn’t possibly think of breaking her promise to her dad. Even if she’s starting to fall for the girl. Even if there’s a chance Mary Carlson might be interested in her, too. Right? Now Joanna must decide whether to break a promise that could change everything for her and her family or lose out on love in this charming young adult romance.