The other day I spoke about my favourite romance reads this year. Today I thought I would share my favourite YA reads so far this year. While I haven’t read as much YA as I normally have in past year, I still read a good amount of it.

Most of the YA books that I read this year I’ve really loved. And that has made reading them so enjoyable. I just like picking up a book and loving it. I’ve also read a wide range of YA this year, genre-wise. I think I will read more YA towards the end of the year. I think this is  because there are heaps of YA books that I am excited about coming out.

In saying that, here are my favourite YA reads so far this year like always these are in no order. Also if you have any YA books that you think I should pick up, please do tell me.  

 

The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air #1) by Holly Black: This has to be one of my favourite YA reads this year. It’s addicting, dark and messes with your emotions. It’s a world of court intrigue and the conflict between fae and humans. The Cruel Prince follows protagonist Jude ten years after she and her sisters witness their parents murder, kidnapped and taken to the fae world. Now they live in the High Court of Faerie and in a world that doesn’t accept them.  Jude doesn’t fit into the fae world and the fey don’t let her forget it. With the current King ready to step down, things are about to get more dangerous in the world that Jude lives | Full Review. 

 

 

 

Say You’ll Remember Me by Katie McGarry: It’s intense and takes you on a journey. It’s heartbreaking and uplifting. It explores family, social standards and second chances. Say You’ll Remember Me follows Drix a convicted teen who is now part of the Second Chance Program. When Drix was convicted of a crime that he didn’t commit he thought his life was over. But with this second chance, he wants to take. He wants to do something right with this life. Then he meets Elle and something about her changes Drix. But he also changed Elle. Elle’s a governor’s daughter and has had her life handed to her, but when she wants to do something more | Full Review. 

 

 

The Season of You & Me by Robin Constantine: It’s an emotional rollercoaster that really pulls at your heart. The Season of You & Me explores family, friendship and finding yourself. It’s a fantastic coming of age novel that explores disability, love and being okay with who you are.  The Season of You & Me follows protagonists Cassidy and Bryan two people who have been hurt in different ways but find each other in this summer romance. Cassidy has had her heart broken, torn apart. And when she has the opportunity to spend the summer with her father, she takes the chance. Bryan will never walk again. And it’s hurting, he will never walk, he will never surf. And that is hard to live with. When they both begin to work at Camp Manatee, things change. But can they both risk their already fractured hearts? Full Review.

 

 

Allied (Ruined #3) by Amy Tintera: In the final book of the runied trilogy, everything comes together in a battle of all forces. It all started when Emelina wanted to save her sister, but now she is fighting her. Emelina and Olivia wanted to bring peace to the people of Runia. But when the meaning of freedom changes for Olivia, everything changes. With Olivia filled with vengeance, Emelina starts to pull away. And tension rises between the two sisters. And it’s not just Emelina seeing the change in Olivia, but the people of Runia as well. Will the sisters be brought together or will they kill one another? 

 

 

 

 

Starry Eyes by Jenn Bennett: Starry Eyes follows teens Zorie and Lennon as they try and navigate their last years of school, but best friends that have now turned enemies didn’t expect to be spending their break together on a camping trip. When things go south and they have to stick together, everything is brought out into the open. But it doesn’t help that Zorie’s father hating everything to do with Lennon is just the start of it. And Lennon didn’t turn up to homecoming. It explores what it means to love, have family and friends. It’s a coming of age novel that really grabs you from the start with its honesty and reliability | Full Review.

 

 

 

 

The Accidentals by Sarina Bowen: Rachel has known who her father is most of her life, but she has never met him. She listens to his voice on the radio, but she has never heard it spoken to her. But that all changes when Rachel’s mother dies. Suddenly she is thrust into her father’s life of take-out and parties and his first-class lifestyle. She thought that meeting him would be totally different, and as time goes on, secrets start to build and misunderstandings start to appear. When Rachel moves to boarding school, she thought it would change and things do, just not how she expected it to. The Accidentals explores grief, family and finding yourself in this massive world. It’s a coming of age story that is explored through music and love | Full Review.

 

The Love That I Have by James Moloney: Okay this isn’t really YA. But the protagonists are 17/18 and I need to share my love for this book. The Love That I Have follows Margot Baumann as she works in a mailroom at Sachsenhausen concentration camp during WWII. At first, she is shielded from the brutality of the camp, but when she is told to burn the mail of the prisoners, she knows that something isn’t right. She is horrified that she has to burn them, so she does something. So she sends out the mail herself. She reads the letters and starts to really understand the horrific circumstances that the prisoners are going through.

It’s then how she learns about Dieter Kleinschmidt. Through the beauty of his letters, she wants to save him, help him. Do everything that she can. The Love That I Have is a very confronting novel, it explores a different side of WWII that we don’t let see a lot. And I really enjoy it. But gosh this novel is brutal. 

 

And that is it for my favourite YA reads so far this year. Do we share any that is the same? What are some of your favourites? Let’s have a chat!