15 Feb Swoon-Worthy Romances for Teens
Valentine’s Day may be over, but February is still the month for love!
Check out some of the “Swoon-Worthy” romances that can be found in Teen Central!
- Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon
- T FIC Yoon
- “After picking up a book from the library, Yvette–who has given up on love–gains the ability to see how other people’s romantic relationships will end.”
- Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
- T FIC Albertal
- “Sixteen-year-old, not-so-openly-gay Simon Spier is blackmailed into playing wingman for his classmate or else his sexual identity–and that of his pen pal–will be revealed.”
- When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
- T FIC Menon
- “When Dimple Shah and Rishi Patel meet at a Stanford University summer program, Dimple is avoiding her parents’ obsession with “marriage prospects” but Rishi hopes to woo her into accepting arranged marriage with him.
- The Selection by Kiera Cass
- T FIC Cass
- “For thirty-five girls, the Selection is the chance of a lifetime. But for America Singer, being Selected is a nightmare. Leaving her home to enter a fierce competition for a crown she doesn’t want. Then America meets Prince Maxon. Gradually, she starts to question all the plans she’s made for herself — and realizes that the life she’s always dreamed of may not compare to a future she never imagined.”
- Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar
- T FIC Jaigirdar
- “Everyone likes Humaira ‘Hani’ Khan–she’s easy going and one of the most popular girls at school. Ishu is the complete opposite of Hani. She’s an academic overachiever who hopes that becoming head girl will set her on the right track for college. But relationships are complicated, and some people will do anything to stop two Bengali girls from achieving happily ever after.”
- I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston
- T FIC McQuiston
- “After seventeen-year-olds Chloe and Shara kiss, Shara vanishes leaving Chloe and two boys, who are also enamored with Shara, to follow the trail of clues she left behind, but during the search, Chloe starts to suspect there might be more to Shara and her small Alabama town than she thought.”
- To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han
- T FIC Han
- “Lara Jean writes love letters to all the boys she has loved and then hides them in a hatbox until one day those letters are accidentally sent.”
- Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
- T FIC Rowell
- “Set over the course of one school year in 1986, this is the story of two star-crossed misfits–smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try.”
- Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott
- T FIC Lippinco
- “Seventeen-year-olds Stella and Will, both suffering from cystic fibrosis, realize the only way to stay alive is to stay apart, but their love for each other is slowly pushing the boundaries of physical and emotional safety.”
- Fat Chance, Charlie Vega by Crystal Maldonado
- T FIC Maldonado
- “Overweight sixteen-year-old Charlie yearned for her first kiss while her perfect best friend, Amelia, fell in love, so when she finally starts dating and learns the boy asked Amelia out first, she is devastated.”
- A Phở Love Story by Loan Le
- T FIC Le
- “Bảo Nguye̋n would describe himself as steady and strong: his grades are average, his social status unremarkable. Linh Mai would describe herself as a firecracker: stable when unlit, but full of potential for joy and fire. Bao and Linh have never even had a class together – but after a chance encounter, sparks fly. Can this relationship survive their families’ feud?”
- These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong
- T FIC Gong
- “In 1926 Shanghai, eighteen-year-old Juliette Cai, heir of the Scarlet Gang, and her first love-turned-rival Roma Montagov, leader of the White Flowers, must work together when mysterious deaths threaten their city.”
- Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
- T FIC Thomas
- “Yadriel, a trans boy, summons the angry spirit of his high school’s bad boy, and agrees to help him learn how he died, thereby proving himself a brujo, not a bruja, to his conservative family.”
