Secret Society Girl by Diana Peterfreund

(Sold as Adult predates the existence of NA.)ģ. This series about a not-really-disguised stand-in for a secret society at Yale and its first women-inclusive class has been one of my favorites and most constant re-reads over the past five years. The Secret Society Girl series by Diana Peterfreund – I bought the first one on a Friday, read it on Saturday, and ordered the other three on Saturday night. This teacher-student romance stands at the top of my list for being both beautifully written and different from the pack, with a compelling story, secondary characters that pop, and leads I couldn’t spend enough time with. UNTEACHABLE by Leah Raeder – I’m not subtle about my love for this book (or its author), and I am not ashamed. And I am just donewith “girl with a history of being sexually abused and guy who’s been emotionally scarred in some way meet and fall in love but neither one knows how to be with someone else and THAT IS THE PLOT and also maybe he has another girlfriend-type person in his life that he treats like crap because she’s not The Girl.”īut let’s not focus on the bad let’s focus on the good! Here are the top 10 NA books I recommend to anyone looking for something a little different that also isn’t riddled with typos!ġ. I auto-hate the only bond between a couple being that they’ve both been hurt. I auto-hate girls with no personality or sense of humor. What I auto-hate are jealous asshole love interests who punch everyone who looks at the girl.

To be clear, I don’t auto-hate the bad-boy/good-girl dynamic, though I am growing weary of it. The number of New Adult books out there is incredibly overwhelming, and because they’re almost always so cheap, and reviews always seem to be super gushy, I find it impossible to tell what’s actually good from what’s a retread of the same poorly edited tattooed-bad-boy-meets-good-girl-who’s-been-hurt stuff. Time for yet another post on my favorite bookish meme, Top Ten Tuesday, as brought to the Internet by the Broke and the Bookish! This week, the question asked for “Top Ten Books I’d Recommend to X Person,” and the topic I selected came to me almost immediately.

Resources for Writing Marginalized Perspectives.

New and Upcoming YAs by Authors of Color.

LGBTQIAP+ Books By and About People who Identify as LGBTQIAP+.

#OwnVoices in Disability and Neurodiversity.

Bonus LizCon Scene from Out on Good Behavior!.

Perpetual WIPs: Traditionally Published Authors.

Secret Society Girl by Diana Peterfreund