Jordan's Underrated YA Picks!
"Everyone thinks if you fix a male dog, it will lower his aggression, but most of the biters are female. It’s basic instinct to protect their womb. You see it in all animals - the female of the species is more deadly than the male." --Mindy McGinnis, The Female of the Species
As a lover of YA, I know all about the hype of Sarah J. Maas, I love her books but there is more out there, and these are just a few of them.
You've Reached Sam by Justin Thao
This book wrecked me, it’s about a young girl named Julie whose boyfriend died in a car accident and one day she gets a call from said boyfriend. A story about grieving. This had me crying on the metro I must admit.
There's No Way I'd Die First by Lisa Springer
Noelle is an expert at all things horror, so for her birthday party she decides to throw a spooky private party for all the top people in her school. What she and her guest don’t expect is for her party to become just like one of those said horror movies. They all fight for their lives hoping to make it through the night.
Dear Medusa by Olivia A. Cole
Told in verse we live through a year of Alicia’s high school life as she writes to Medusa as she struggles through her trauma after being sexually assaulted by a teacher who is loved by all.
Stars, Hide Your Fires by Jessica Mary Best
Cass, an expert thief from a minor moon, decides to head to the emperor's ball to try to pull off the biggest heist of her life. What she doesn’t expect is for the emperor to be murdered at said party and for herself to become the prime suspect. With the help of an annoyingly cute girl will she be able to prove her innocence?
An Improbable Season by Rosalyn Eves
BWhen Thalia, Kalliope, and Charis set off to Regency London for their first Season. Nothing goes according to plan. Scandals, unplanned loves and some shady ones as well. There first season is sure to be a busy one with not a dull moment in sight.
Their Vicious Games by Joelle Wellington
Adina is desperate to get her ivy league school scholarship back after it was taken away. She gets her opportunity in the way of joining a game for young women who all play for the chance at the Edgewater’s founding family fare. With that she can do anything, she just didn’t expect the game to be so... deadly. Will she make it to the end, or will she die trying?
City of Nightmares by Rebecca Schaeffer
In this world you turn into your worst nightmare, and Tess will do anything to avoid that after seeing her sister turn into a man-eating spider and killing her dad. Even if that means joining a group that definitely isn’t a cult. But when she is almost assassinated, she and companion she never expected to work with try to unravel the truth behind everything.
The Wild Ones by Nafiza Azad
There are the wild one's girls who travel through the world after being freed from their lives of being abandoned, hurt and betrayed. It all started with Paheli who ran into a boy who gave her a box of stars that gave her access to the between a place of pure magic. She starts saving girls just like her until one day she runs into the boy with the stars who’s in danger and needs all the help he can get.
The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis
Alex knows how to kill someone and get away with. After her sister’s murderer gets away with killing her sister, she takes justice into her own hands. Worried that she may do it again, she tries to spend her last year of high school avoiding everyone but when the star athlete and the preacher's kid both decided to befriend her. Their lives will be changed forever.
Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron
200 years after happily ever after, Cinderella’s story is over. But Teen girls are now required to attend an annual ball in hopes to find their own true love. Except everything is not what it seems, and Sophia will do anything to not have to marry a man she most certainly doesn’t want.
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