Tiny pretty things (2015)

Tarnish

Katherine Longshore

2013 · 442 pages · 3 reviews

Others: Overwhelmingly positive

"King Henry VIII's interest in Anne Boleyn could give her an opportunity to make a real impact in a world with few choices for women, but when poet Thomas Wyatt reveals he's fallen for her, Anne must choose between true love and the chance to make history"-- King Henry VIII's interest in Anne Boleyn gives her a chance to make an impact in a world with few choices for women, but Anne must choose between true love and the chance to make history. The plot contains profanity, sexual situations, and violence.

A list of cages

Robin Roe

2017 · 310 pages · 8 reviews

Others: Overwhelmingly positive

"Adam, a high school senior, rescues Julian, a freshman, from an abusive situation"--

Alex, approximately

Jenn Bennett

2017 · 390 pages · 12 reviews

Others: Overwhelmingly positive

Seventeen-year-old Bailey moves to California to live with her father and, perhaps, finally meet an online friend and fellow film buff, but soon finds herself attracted to an annoying co-worker.

All My Rage

Sabaa Tahir

2022 · 384 pages · 1 review

Others: Positive

Lahore, Pakistan. Then. Misbah is a dreamer and storyteller, newly married to Toufiq in an arranged match. After their young life is shaken by tragedy, they come to the United States and open the Cloud’s Rest Inn Motel, hoping for a new start. Juniper, California. Now. Salahudin and Noor are more than best friends; they are family. Growing up as outcasts in the small desert town of Juniper, California, they understand each other the way no one else does. Until The Fight, which destroys their bond with the swift fury of a star exploding. Now, Sal scrambles to run the family motel as his mother Misbah’s health fails and his grieving father loses himself to alcoholism. Noor, meanwhile, walks a harrowing tightrope: working at her wrathful uncle’s liquor store while hiding the fact that she’s applying to college so she can escape him—and Juniper—forever. When Sal’s attempts to save the motel spiral out of control, he and Noor must ask themselves what friendship is worth—and what it takes to defeat the monsters in their pasts and the ones in their midst.

As Long As the Lemon Trees Grow

Zoulfa Katouh

2022 · 417 pages · 3 reviews

Others: Overwhelmingly positive

Beauty Queens

Libba Bray

2011 · 400 pages · 4 reviews

Others: Mostly positive

The contestants of the Miss Teen Dream pageant are only concerned with practicing their circle turns, dance numbers, and benign answers to interview questions until their plane crashes on a tropical island. Now, with sequins and hair dryers scattered everywhere, the survivors face a huge dilemma: should they search for food and water or continue diligently preparing to appear on national television? The Corporation is counting on them to uphold standards of beauty and behavior, but can the girls count on The Corporation?