YA Books to Read on Valentine’s Day
DESIGN: Sarah Anjum Bari
Young Adult Romance is an immensely popular genre among readers of all ages. Not only serving as great sources of comfort, these novels bring their own fresh and unique perspectives on love, identity, relationships, and everything that falls in between. Be it the classical enemies-to-lovers trope, the fake dating trope or the infamous, and endlessly intoxicating, love triangle, the stories below have covered it all.
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Becky Albertelli & Aisha Saeed (HarperCollins, 2020)
The book revolves around the lives of Jamie and Maya, two teens who are experiencing a less than ideal summer break. Maya is worrying about her parents divorce and in dire need of someone to vent to. Jamie, on the other hand, is aiding in his cousin s campaign for their local elections. The two stumble into and over each other s lives at an Iftar party, where Maya agrees, much to Jamie s elation, to join in the campaign trail. While w