Theo making fun of Atlas was funny, I actually loved that because THE KEEP SWIMMING LINE WAS CORNY AS SHIT I DON’T CARE This novel follows the little-bit-strange Voss family, who live in a repurposed church, through the eyes of Merit Voss, the youngest Voss child. Her mother, having recovered from cancer, lives in the basement while her father lives upstairs with his new wife, her mother’s former nurse. When Merit meets the witty Sagan at an antique shop, she is pushed to reveal her family’s dark secrets and choose herself.

Sydney is living an amazing life with her best friend and has a caring and loving boyfriend. But Sydney's idyllic bubble is about to burst when she discovers her boyfriend is actually a cheat. Thrown into the arms of musician Ridge, Sydney does her best to move on, but it's not as easy as she'd hoped. A real-life fairytale unfolds for eighteen-year-old Daniel and a mysterious girl one dark night, which after an hour of intimate make-believe, she disappears without a trace, just like Cinderella. After a year of wondering what happened to her, Daniel's Cinderella reappears in the form of Six, an enchanting girl who could be his dream woman or his worst nightmare.

A couple who once told each other everything – Graham even used to beg Quinn to tell him about her dreams every morning – Quinn and Graham begin keeping secrets and hiding their feelings until their once-perfect marriage is on the verge of collapse. Although neither wants to lose the other, it seems almost inevitable and that’s when they realise the one promise made long ago, that might just be able to save them. They say there's a fine line between love and hate. Well, Warren is willing to test the theory with a fiery new roommate, Bridgette. The pair move in together with visions of an exciting new connection but soon realise they can't stand to be in the same room. Can Will turn Bridgette's passion into love? Maybe. Beyah has had to make her own way in life after an upbringing of poverty and neglect. A death in the family means Beyah has to spend her summer in the mountains with her estranged father, where she meets Samson, the privileged boy next door. Unlikely lovers, the pair are drawn to each other, with dramatic, romantic consequences. Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, the husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish. There’s a parlour game I remember from being really small: unfortunately, I fell out of a plane; fortunately, I had a parachute; unfortunately, it had a hole in it etc. Potboiler fiction has always been an exercise in taking that “Oh no! Thank God!” emotional journey and complicating and finessing it. But what if you don’t complicate and finesse it? What if it’s absolutely bare bones: “Oh no, your dad is dead”; “Thank God, because he was violent and abusive”; “Oh no, your mum is sad”; “Thank God, now she’s happy you have a boyfriend”; “Oh no, your boyfriend is violent and abusive” (OK, I have now ruined It Ends With Us, but don’t sweat it, there are tons of Colleen Hoovers). What if you can see joins, and the lurch is part of the enjoyment?

alternatively titled: a bland man does the bare minimum and people eat it up like he’s an austen character. I understand that it would be very hard for Lily to win over Ryle in court, and the ending was probably more realistic with him still being involved; but if that’s the case, it doesn’t “end” with you and your daughter! If Ryle doesn’t have Lily in his life to abuse, guess who his next victim is going to be? All of the authors showcased in this anthology were featured in The Bookworm Box charity during 2019.

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The first installment of the Maybe trilogy, Maybe Someday follows a 22-year-old college student who, after discovering her boyfriend is cheating on her, finds herself interested in her mysterious, guitar-playing neighbor Ridge. If BookTok is doing its job right, you’ve heard of Colleen Hoover many, many times over. The bestselling author is the reigning queen of the young adult romance genre, with hits like Verity and It Ends With Us. The latter is currently being adapted into a feature film starring Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni—but production is currently on hold due to the writer’s strike. Solidarity, hooray!