(3) YA Senior Lara Jean (To All the Boys I've Loved Before; P.S. I Still Love You) is planning her dad's wedding and looking forward to attending UVA with boyfriend Peter. When she doesn't get accepted, she's forced to reevaluate her future. Readers say a bittersweet goodbye to Lara Jean--and her memorable family members and friends--in this fittingly nostalgic trilogy-ender.

Reviewer: Rachel L. Smith

(3) YA When Lara Jean's love letters were accidentally mailed in To All the Boys I've Loved Before, John McClaren was the boy who never wrote back. Now, John reappears, complicating Lara Jean's already strained relationship with Peter. With refreshing honesty about high school love and heartbreak in the age of social media, this contemplative sequel is just as good as its predecessor.

Reviewer: Rachel L. Smith

(3) YA Lara Jean writes letters to boys she's liked without thinking they'll ever be sent. When she discovers that the letters have been mailed, she pretends to date one of those boys to save face in front of another (who also dated her studying-abroad sister). What follows is a sweet, honest, and beautifully written story about sisterly bonds and true first love.

Reviewer: Rachel L. Smith

(4) YA Burn for Burn series. Mary (abruptly revealed to be a ghost at the end of Fire with Fire) takes her vengeance on Reeve, who drove her to suicide years ago, to a new level, and Kat and Lillia must set things right. Though some plot holes remain, several of the frustrating or confusing questions left dangling in the first two installments are answered in this trilogy-ender.

Reviewer: Katrina Hedeen

(3) YA Now eighteen, Belly (The Summer I Turned Pretty, It's Not Summer Without You) has accepted her boyfriend Jeremiah's proposal and is planning their wedding. But Conrad, Belly's first love and Jeremiah's brother, reveals he still has feelings for her. In this multifaceted trilogy's conclusion, the love triangle sparks with tension as still-childish Belly must make some unenviable adult decisions.

Reviewer: Rachel L. Smith

(2) 1-3 Illustrated by Julia Kuo. Korean American Clara Lee wants to be her town's Little Miss Apple Pie Princess. She hopes the lucky day she's having will help her win. What she learns, related through natural language without any didacticism, is that individuals make their own good fortune. Numerous black-and-white illustrations provide newly independent readers with both plot clues and speedy page turns in this winning chapter book.

Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2011

(3) YA In this melancholy sequel to The Summer I Turned Pretty, Belly faces a breakup with longtime crush Conrad and the death of Conrad's mother. While appealing Belly remains the central voice, Conrad's kind-hearted brother, Jeremiah, occasionally narrates, revealing his secret feelings for Belly. The heightened emotions surrounding the love triangle keep readers guessing which brother gets the girl until the very end.

Reviewer: Marika Jeffrey

(3) YA Belly has always loved summers at the beach house with her mother's friend Susannah and Susannah's sons Jeremiah and Conrad. For years, the boys have seen Belly as a little girl, but the summer she turns sixteen marks a new beginning, with everyone noticing Belly's blossoming prettiness. In this breezy summer romance, Belly is a believable character--childish at times, empathetic, and effervescent.

Reviewer: Marika Jeffrey