Ever heard of Children of Blood and Bone? Yeah, me neither.
Okay, I’m just kidding. In the sea of young adult books being released this year, every year, forever, there are books you can’t help but hear about. Books you can’t help but want to read, not necessarily because you even want to, but just because they are SO hyped, you can’t help being curious about these.
Today, I’m here to hype up some books you never heard of, or books you’ve seen passing by, but never really stopped to watch. Books you might have read and enjoyed, books you might have heard of, but not paid attention to, too much. Books you are NOT screaming about, but seriously, I don’t know why, because you should.
So, if you let me, I will now talk about some books I absolutely LOVED, or just really enjoyed, that also deserves the spotlight as much as every other book. Also, you can click on the covers to go to goodreads, if you want to make your TBR grow.
The already released books, a.k.a books you should read as soon as you can
Sanctuary Bay, by Laura J. Burns & Melinda Metz
Usually, thrillers are not my kind of read, but I am a huge fan of boarding school settings and, damn. Sanctuary Bay was one hell of a rollercoaster, one where you start reading and you expect one thing and, when you close the book after the last page, well… you’re completely stunned. It’s mysterious, captivating, the characters are really good to follow and flawed and there are diverse characters, too. I’m so sad that no one read this book. PUT THIS ON YOUR TBR, friends.
Radio Silence, by Alice Oseman
Okay, by now maybe you realized that I am a fan of everything Alice Oseman does. The girl is so talented and she is younger than me, which makes me a bit mad haha. Her latest book, releasing in May, I Was Born For This, seems to be getting a lot of hype and I appreciate that SO much. While you wait, though, it would be a fantastic idea to read Radio Silence, her sophomore novel. It’s about school pressure, it has a biracial main character, bisexual, demisexual characters and great diversity, it’s about friendship, identity, and it is oh so very amazing and relatable.
More than this, by Patrick Ness.
All of Patrick Ness’ books are sort-of getting a lot of hype, yet I feel like More Than This is a bit forgotten?! More people need to be talking about this, because so, far, it’s my favorite book by him. I’m not going to talk too much about it, since I don’t want to get into spoilers,but… just go into this BLIND. Like, completely. You will be blown away.
This is how it happened, by Paula Stokes
If you’re a regular reader on my blog (thank you, also, I love you very very much), you might remember my review for that one and my love for it. The characters are amazing, the story is so very beautiful and the settings are so very cool as well. Basically, if you’re a fan of contemporaries dealing with social media, online shaming, drows driving, GREAT friendships and families. What are you waiting for.
Girl Out of Water, by Laura Silverman
Okay, friends. WHY isn’t this book more hyped?! Seriously, it should be. Laura Silverman’s debut was incredible – she wrote a beautiful story with incredible family vibes, character development, one of the cutest love interest there is and it talks about finding your own home. It’s beautiful and I want to cry and re-read it.
The Forbidden Wish, by Jessica Khoury
SERIOUSLY. I’m going to scream about that one until the end of time if I have to. It’s an Aladdin retelling with a brilliant and fierce main character, incredible world-building, gorgeous writing, love and friendship and what are you still doing there and NOT reading this book?!
Other books I might be mentioning here
but won’t talk about too much, because otherwise this post would be 10 000 words long…
The books releasing soon – let me hype you up all the books that don’t release until forever (sorry)
When you were everything, by Ashley Woodfolk
Ashley Woodfolk’s debut, The Beauty That Remains, was a wonderfully heartbreaking kind of book. Her next book is going to be about friendships and I AM SO HERE FOR THIS.
Always never yours, by Emily Wibberley & Austin Siegemund-Broka
Isn’t this book cover the most adorable one you’ve ever seen? No? Okay. I’m not here to talk about book covers anyway. I still don’t understand how the heck I got lucky enough to read this book already (I’m still crying tbh), but I don’t regret it at all and I want EVERYONE to add this on their radar as well. It seems like an usual YA contemporary, yet it’s different. It’s fun, adorable, there is theatre, romance, and our main character is amazing, bold and incredible overall.
You asked for perfect, by Laura Silverman
Okay, so I mentioned Laura Silverman’s book above, but just TAKE A LOOK at that synopsis for her next book and tell me that doesn’t sound amazing. Struggles with academic success, tons of perfectionnism and hello, the hint of a little romance maybe? Why is this releasing in almost a year???
Final Draft, Riley Redgate
Why isn’t everyone talking about Riley Redgate? She is such an incredible author. I’m not a fan of multiple POV, but she did it so well in her debut, Seven Ways We Lie. I absolutely loved her sophomore novel, Noteworthy, with a-cappella and a bunch of amazing people as a cast. Final Draft is about WRITING and I am so here for this.
I would have tons of other recommendations to add here, but maybe it’s best that I stop here. Now, go read all of these books and thank me later.
Did you hear of any of these books before? Did you read them? Do you want to read them?
Are there any books you LOVED, that you feel like are a bit underrated in the bookish community? Let me know all of your recommendations in comments!
Radio Silence is a book I put on my wish list but haven’t looked at in a while. Now you’ve made me want to read it!!
Children of Blood and Bone?? What’s that?? ? ? ?
OH YES this makes me so happy! It was such a great book, I hope you will have the time to read it and will love it . I’d love to know what you think 😀
No idea. Never heard of that one. ???
Thank you for your sweet comment! 🙂
I loved Sanctuary Bay so much! I got it randomly from Book Outlet without hearing anything about it but I ended up loving it so much!
Oh it makes me SO happy that you enjoyed Sanctuary Bay as much as I did, it was such a wonderful book 😀
Thank you so much, Jessica 😀
I love these kinds of posts b/c there’s always great books that go under the radar! I think I’ll make a post like this too!!~ ^_^ & Out of all of the ones you mentioned I’ve read 4 of them with my favorite being The Forbidden Wish!!
Oh yay, I can’t wait to read your post, I love discovering new books, too 😀
I’m so happy you loved The Forbidden Wish as well, that one was BRILLIANT <3
Thank you so much!! 🙂
Of course! + Definitely planning to make a post like this over summer! ^_^
Oh yay!! I can’t wait to read it 😀
Ahhhh, I love this post! I adored The Forbidden Wish, Girl Out of Water and I’ll meet you there so I’ll definitely add the other novels you mentioned ❤️
Oh thank you SO much, this means s much to me <3 Also, I didn't know you read both The Forbidden Wish and Girl Out of Water?? Both were AMAZING, right? I loved them so much. I can't wait to read more from these authors 🙂
I hope you'll find new favorites in my list then 😀 Thank you! 🙂
I saw I’ll Meet You There and that was enough for me. Seriously, why do people not shout about this book? IT’S AMAZING and so emotional. Ugh, just thinking about it gives me all the feels. Girl out of Water is on my to-read list this year and I can’t wait. I also think Sarah Ockler’s books, in general, don’t get enough attention.
I don’t know, I really don’t know why it’s not so hyped and read by everyone, it was AMAZING and so emotional. It broke my heart and it was soooooooo good.
I hope you’ll be able to read Girl Out of Water this year and that you will love it 🙂
Thank you so much, Lois 🙂
The only one i heard about is the Patrick Ness one. Can’t remember what it’s about tho… 😀
I think i would like Sanctuary Bay also.
Well… I can’t even tell you what it’s about, it’s the kind of book you should get into completely blind 😛
Sanctuary Bay was really, really good, I hope you’ll read it, if you’re in the mood for a good ya thriller 😀 Thank you so much!! <3
Great recommendations! I’ve heard of some of the books in this list! I enjoyed The Forbidden Wish, and 180 Seconds. I have Sanctuary Bay, and Girl Out of Water on my TBR but I haven’t gotten around to them yet.
Oh thank you, Raven! 😀 I hope you’ll read these books soon and will love them 😀
More Than This is seriously underrated! It’s actually only one of two books that I’ve read by Patrick Ness, so I’m not sure how it compares to his other books (but I’ll take your word for it ?).
I’m so glad you loved it as well! What is the other book you’ve read? 🙂
Thank you so much for your sweet comment! <3 <3
I thought the only other book I read was A Monster Calls, but I checked my Goodreads to make sure and it turns out I’ve also read The Rest of Us Just Live Here. I guess that just goes to show how right you are because I totally forgot about that book ?❤️.
Well… I can’t really blame you here, The Rest of Us wasn’t that memorable for me either ?
I love Radio Silence! I read it last summer and ever since I’ve been obsessed with Alice Oseman. Have you read her comics? They’re really adorable ?
AHHH YES SOMEONE ELSE OBSESSED WITH ALICE OSEMAN!! <3 I haven't read everything of Heartstopper (that is released, that is, I started though), but I have read all of her novels so far. She's such a great writer! 😀
Thank you so much!! 🙂 x
I wanted to read Girl out of the Water (even requested the book but was turned down) and 180 seconds. I love speaking about books that should be better known 😉
Ohh I really hope you will read both, they were amazing 😀 Thank you so much for your sweet comment <3 <3
Several of these were on my radar but I hadn’t really heard a lot about them, so I hadn’t added them to the TBR… adding them now!
Yay so glad to hear it! I hope you’ll enjoy all of them 😀
The only books on this list that I have are More than This and The Forbidden Wish. The former is so mysterious and I am kind of intimidated by it. To be honest, I don’t know why I am intimidated. I read The Rest of Us Just Live Here and A Monster Calls already and I enjoyed them so much. Hopefully, I can get over my fears and jump into this one soon.
Also: YES. Very few people talk about the Forbidden Wish. I know it’s kind of #ownvoices and there are not many Aladdin retellings out there. I just need to squeeze this one into a TBR sometime soon.
Oh don’t be! More Than This really is amazing, I hope you will be able to dive into it and hopefully, feel just like I did: completely obsessed by it haha. I couldn’t stop reading, it was incredible and it surprised me a lot.
And yes, please read The Forbidden Wish soon, it’s such an underrated title, yet it’s BRILLIANT 😀
Thank you so much for your sweet comment, Dina 😀
Haven’t read any of these except for AT LAST I’ll Meet You There. It was really great! I’m very glad I finally got around to reading it. So emotional. Most of my loved ‘underrated’ books are backlist books? Not really books from now but that just fly under the radar. It seems like we’re always moving on so fast to the next big thing. Before I started blogging, I took things more calmly so I read a lot of ‘old’ books. For example, I really like the Study series by Maria V. Snyder. Some of the best worldbuilding I’ve ever seen.
Oh I get that, it is so hard to follow. I want to read everything and I’m having such a hard time knowing what to read and what I want to prioritize, between the next big things, the new big things, the old books I still haven’t read and so on. It’s crazy haha.
I’m so glad you read and enjoyed I’ll Meet You There! I really hope you will get around to reading some of my recommendations here someday 😀
I’ll have to check out this series, I never heard of it, but I love a great world-building 😀
Thank you so much, Pam! <3 <3
How to Disappear was one of my favorites last year, so I am very excited to see it on your list. I also really enjoyed: This Is How It Happened, 180 Seconds, Vanishing Girls, The Summer of Chasing Mermaids, and Girl Out of Water. Do you think I’ll Meet You There is underrated? It always seems to make a lot of best lists.
YAY, we have the same taste in books, I love that 😀
I think it’s amazing that you find I’ll Meet You There on a lot of lists – I feel like I never hear about it? Maybe I’m just not going in the right places, haha. I’m glad it’s out there, it’s such a brilliant book 😀
Thank you so much! 😀
Wow I haven’t even heard of some of these! But Radio Silence is on my TBR for this month and I’m SO eager to pick it up! And More Than This just blew me away a couple months ago – it was absolutely nothing like I expected.
Oh this makes me so happy, I can’t wait for you to read Radio Silence, I really hope you will love it 😀
YES, More Than This was crazy, I never expected it to end that way??? So glad you enjoyed it 😀
Thank you so much for your sweet comment <3
Another set of books that i’ve added to my wish list. The summer of chasing mermaids is a book I own but am really having trouble getting through the first few chapters. I don’t know if it’s slow or what? Do you think I should push through and finish it? xxx
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YAY! I hope you will love these, Melina! <3
OH I'm sorry to hear that, maybe you're just not in the mood for that kind of book? I read it a little while ago, but it is pretty big so I think it started a bit slowly :/ I hope you'll want to continue on reading it 🙂 x
Thank you so much for your sweet comment! <3 <3
I read Alice Oseman’s web comic Heartstopper, and aaahh it’s the cutest fluff ever! I plan to read some of her books very soon 🙂 (Plus it’s pretty amazing that she got her book published when she was still in college :D)
I’ve got Girl Out of Water on my Kindle but I still haven’t read it. I’m so glad you liked it and I’ll definitely give it a try soon!
AHH I can’t wait for you to read Alice Oseman’s other books, they are all amazing 😀 Heartstopper really is the cutest as well haha <3
Girl Out of Water was brilliant, really, I hope you will be able to read it soon <3
Thank you so much for your sweet comment! 🙂 x
You’ve added few more to my TBR.
YAY so happy to hear it 😀
I have not heard of any of these books. Have I been hiding under a rock?!?! I am definitely adding some of these to my TBR list. WOW! Thanks
YAY so happy to hear it, I hope you’ll enjoy these books! Thank you so much 😀 x
Oh I LOVE underrated-book-appreciation posts !! I mean I do like the hyped ones?and I do tend to read them all. But so many excellent books pass as hidden gems and it’s such a shame right?! I’m totally with you for Vanishing Girls, More Than This, and Radio Silence but I obviously need to read the rest of these. I also really like Tara Sim’s Timekeeper and it makes me so mad how underrated it is?! Also The Wicker King!! One of my lifetime FAVES and I must convert everyone to reading it.?
Agree, there are so many books we just… never heard of and, what if there are amazing books we just never read because of that? It stresses me out, sometimes .?
Ohhh I have heard a little bit about Tara Sim’s book, I will have to add it to my TBR! 😀 Thank you!! 😀
Yes to How to Disappear! I think that’s such an important book. The Summer of Chasing Mermaids is also on my TBR.
Agree, it’s such a beautiful book, I loved it 😀
I hope you’ll read The Summer of Chasing Mermaids someday, it was really good 😀
Thank you so much, Angela <3
Oh ! liking this so I can browse back in later, heheh…
radio silence was already on my shelf! Alas … haven’t got to it yet .. maybe i’ll take it for my next read after my deadlines are gone (still one book to finish in 5days… aaaaah !!!)
Sanctuary bay has been added onto my virtual wanna read,so far ?
As for mine… first that come to mind is perfect chemistery and memoir of an amnesiac teenager. I LOVED THOSES ! nothing else comes to me as of now.. ahaha
Oh I really hope you will read Radio Silence soon, it is really, really good 😀
I don’t think I’ve read both of these books, I’ll have to see if they’re for me and add them to my TBR 😀 Thank you for the recommendations 😀 x
I love this list of underhyped books! And omg, I didn’t know Alice Oseman was so young – she must be super talented! Amazing, haha.
I love Riley Redgate’s writint! Noteworthy was amazing and I can’t wait for Final Draft. 😀 I’ve know of a lot of these contemporaries but I hesitate to read them because I’m a SFF fan lool. Either way, thanks for the awesome recs!
She is so talented – I love everything she has done so far 😀
Yay, I’m so glad you’re also excited about Final Draft, I can’t wait to finally read that one, it sounds amazing and I loved Riley Redgate’s books so far 🙂
Thank you so much for your sweet comment, Aila 😀
I am so reading The Forbidden Wish next. It has been on my TBR for too long already. And I’m thinking Radio Silence will be next because I have been saying I need to read it for too long already without actually reading it 🙂 And I’m so looking forward to Always Never Yours
AHH I can’t WAIT to hear what you think of The Forbidden Wish and Radio Silence, both are SO goo, I loved them so much 😀
Thank you so much for your sweet comment! 🙂
Great post Marie, and I’m definitely going to be checking out a few of these books a little sooner. I have The Forbidden Wish, Radio Silence and I’ll Meet You There on my to-read list and I want to get around to The Forbidden Wish soon (it’s a fairytale retelling and you know how much I love those). The only one of these I’ve actually read is More Than This by Patrick Ness, a book you recommended to me that ended up being one of my favourite Patrick Ness books overall so I know the rest of these books are going to be just as amazing! 🙂
Again great post, and great recommendations I’m sure. 😀 <3
This makes me so, so happy, Beth! I really hope you will be able to read these books soon, especially The Forbidden Wish, knowin you I feel like you could LOVE it, so I can’t wait 😀
Thank you so much! 🙂
Yeah I’ve literally heard nothing but amazing things about The Forbidden Wish. I’m already sure I’m going to love it.
That’s all right! 😀 <3
EVERY time you make a post, i end up spending money! i just ordered sanctuary bay, this is how it happened, radio silence, and nothing left to burn (i think it was you who recommended that one??). i’m so excited to get into these!
Awww, well… I’m sorry? Seriously, I am really happy that you’re interested in my recommendations enough to order the books, it makes me SO HAPPY 😀 I can’t wait for you to read all of these books and hope you will love them!
Thank you so much for your sweet comment <3 <3 <3
don’t be sorry haha, i’m so excited!! they should be coming in the mail tomorrow, and i cannot wait.
AHHH that’s great! I can’t wait to hear what you think of all of them 😀
I really need to read 180 Seconds! I’ve heard nothing but great things about it.
I hope you’ll get to read it soon, it was amazing! 😀
Thank you so much for your comment <3
Of course!
Jessica Park is way under rated. All of her books are AMAZING! Left Drowning will always be my favorite, but Celeste from Flat Out Love series is my favorite character of hers.
I really need and want to read more of her books – thank you SO much for the recommendations, I hope I can read Left Drowning sometime soon 😀
Thank you so much for your comment! 😀
Ahhh! I LOVE this post! Honestly, next time, let your post be 10,000 words long, I definitely want to read about ALL the forgotten books 😉 Seriously, this should be some type of tag or weekly meme! There are just soooo many underhyped books that deserve some serious love. I feel like I’m always gravitating towards books that absolutely no one talks about and it gets so lonely sometimes. So yes, I love this post <3
Awww, well I might do another edition of that post another time, I hope I can find some more books deserving more love and to be able to spread the love more often <3
I'm so glad you enjoyed this – and oh, if you have any underrated book recommendations… feel free to tell me everything 😀
Thank you so much for your sweet comment <3
I’ve actually heard of Radio Silence, it was pretty popular (among the bloggers) at some point. But of course not as large as Children of Blood and Bone 😀
I love it how you know of books that don’t even have a cover yet. Yet again I feel clueless 😀 how do you people learn of these books? 😀 magic! I never seem to know about stuff until it’s nearly coming out. GAH 😀
I feel like it really depends sometimes – some people might have heard a lot about some book, while others haven’t, at all haha. It depends on the kind of blogs we read, funny how that is 😀
Haha, I’ve heard of both of these over on twitter, or sometimes when I spend way too much time looking at books on Goodreads haha.
Thank you so much for your sweet comment 😀
I love this post so much! It is so important to give a nod to those books that we have enjoyed that just never seem to get any airtime. I have not read a few of these, and I will definitely check out More Than this because you have me super curious. 🙂
Oh this makes me so happy! I really hope you’ll read More Than This and that you will enjoy it 😀
Thank you so much!! 🙂 x
This is my favourite type of list: books that desperately need to be loved. ?
I’m starting to wonder if I shouldn’t read Radio Silence by Alice Oseman, it keeps showing up wherever I go. Maybe it’s a sign? ? I’m going to add it to my reading queue, I think.
Thank you (not) for growing my TBR! ?
AHHH YES that has to be a sign, you SHOULD add it to your TBR as soon as you can and read it, it’s amazing 😀
Thank you so much for your sweet comment <3 <3
Marie, why would you do that? My TBR is already falling 😀 Okay, just joking. Now that you have mentioned, definitely adding these to my TBR. I haven’t read any of these or even have the copy. In fact, you are right, I haven’t heard about many of these. I am so glad you shared this list.
Oh wait, I do have The Color Project and I remember that you said that it is amazing. Ahh, now I can’t wait to start it 😀
Aww YOU ARE VERY WELCOME haha, sorry?! 😛 I really hope you’ll give some of these a chance whenever you can and that you will enjoy them 😀
And yes, The Color Project is incredible, I hope you’ll love it <3
Thank you so much!! <3
AHHH! I LOVE The Forbidden Wish! I hadn’t heard about it until a friend recommended it to me. It’s so good and should have gotten more hype. I’m so happy you loved it!
My favourite underrated book is Cracked (and rest of the series) by Eliza Crewe. Have you heard of it?
YAY I’m so glad to hear that, I LOVED The Forbidden Wish so much and it should be popular 🙂
Oh I’ve never heard of that one, I’ll have to check it out!! 😀
Thank you so much for your sweet comment <3
Great post, Marie! I .. never thought of More Than This as underrated?? I just think that its publishing has been a couple years ago and he has written so much in the meantime, that it kind of gets swallowed up, but I remember EVERYONE talking about it back in the day. I wouldn’t be worried about that book 😉
But obviously I am always happy when you showcase books. Everything we love deserves a spotlight!! 😀
Yeah maybe you’re right – I just feel like, when it comes to his books, we hear A LOT about all of his other books, but not so much about that one… So far, for me, it should be the more hyped books of his haha 😀
Thank you so much, Kat 😀
I just think it’s normal to talk about the newer books since they were released recently a lot haha but I get it. And it’s a totally fair feeling.
I tried to read More Than This, but I was so bored that I ended up putting it down. I still want to give it a second chance though. I love Aladdin so much and I’ve had The Forbidden Wish for such a long time. I need to read it already! Same for The Summer of Chasing Mermaids! I think I am going to finally read that one this year. Great post!
Oh no I’m sorry to hear that :/ I hope you’ll want to pick up again sometime and that you will end up enjoying it 🙂
Thank you so much, Ashley! Fingers crossed you’ll be able to get to these books sometime soon <3
This is such a lovely post, I adore the idea of this one. Also, ever since I saw the title, I prepared myself for The Forbidden Wish and Girl Out of Water. I was sitting silently wondering if I’d be able to read the post without wanting to start either right away. Because YES, I got the ebooks. You’re a baaaad influence.
So many lovely books here, Radio Silence sounds perfect and I can’t wait to read it as well ?
AHHHHHHHHHHH YES I AM SO HAPPY. I can’t WAIT for you to read both of these books, they were so, so, SO AMAZING and I am sure you’ll love them – you know, since we are book twins 😛
Thank you so much!! <3 <3
More Than This is a really interesting read. I have to confess that I love the Chaos Walking books more, but More Than This is a crazy reading experience!
I only read the first book in the Chaos Walking series so far, but… I didn’t fall in love with it :/ I’m glad you love it though 😀 And yes, More Than This was such a crazy reading experience!
Thank you so much!! 🙂
I think it may have been you that recommended More Than This to me after I fell in love with A Monster Calls. I was so emotionally traumatized from my first Ness that I have been waiting to jump into the next one. Great list I love under rated books 🙂
Ahhh thank you so much, you’re so sweet! I hope you’ll read More Than This sometime, it really was brilliant 😀
I’m sure I will. just need to get around to it. So many books !!
So many books, so little time, whyyyy. ?
I love this post! I added so many of these to my TBR. 🙂 I’m a sucker for any boarding school book, so Sanctuary Bay looks really intriguing to me. And I loved This is How it Happened! I hope to hype that one up on my blog as well, it really deserves all the reads it can get. This post made so excited to read all these, thanks for sharing!
Oh thank you so much, Olivia, this makes me really happy 🙂
I can’t wait for you to read these books, I really hope you will love them 🙂 x
Oh this is a great post! I love hearing about underrated books 😀 I like the sound of Sanctuary Bay and I’d heard some good things about Radio Silence already- really need to check that out! And I’m so keen for girl out of water and I thought forbidden wish was fantastic 😀
Oh thank you so much, I’m so glad you enjoyed this! 😀 I hope you’ll read some of these books and that you will enjoy them 😀 x
You’re welcome! 😀 Thank you! x
AAAHHH I have been meaning to read Radio Silence for the longest time now, it sounds so good and a bunch of my trusted friends have recommended it! (Luckily I’ve planned to read it in June for Pride Month, along with a lot of queer books. ?) And omg one of my friends read Final Draft really recently and absolutely fell in love with it, and since I trust her opinion a lot, my interest in it has definitely piqued. ? And aahhh I didn’t have the best first experience with Patrick Ness, but I trust you (and all the other people who love his books) so I’ll try again with him! <3
Oh yay, I’m so glad to hear that, I will be waiting for your thoughts on this book then, really hope you will love it 😀
AHHH REALLY?? That is SO great, she’s so lucky – I can’t wait to read it myself as well 😀
Thank you so much, May <3
Ahh yes I love hearing you talk about underrated books, because it’s such a great way to discover hidden gems! ?
I’ve got to read Radio Silence (and more books by Alice Oseman)! And I originally had Girl Out of Water on my TBR but somehow I removed it sometime??? I might have to add it again! 🙂
Always Never Yours has recently been brought to my attention and I’m so glad, because it sounds really good!
My top underrated books are Timekeeper (historical fiction with a bit of fantasy, the most adorable m/m ship, also heartbreaking) and Rebel Seoul (futuristic, has been compared to Pacific Rim, amazing characters and HEARTbreaking)!
OH YES, I’d love to hear your thoughts on these books, especially Alice Oseman’s books, they are all AMAZING 😀
I have heard a little bit about Timekeeper, I should add it to my TBR, I’m reaaally curious about it and knowing that you enjoyed it makes me even more curious haha 🙂
Thank you so much! <3
I swear that I Was Born for This is on my timeline (be it Twitter or GR) several times a week ?
TIMKEEPER IS SOO GOOD ? The characters are so precious and the second book is even better!
This book IS pretty hyped, but it’s 200% worth it! <3
The Forbidden Wish is so underrated and it breaks my heart a little bit, because I LOVE IT SO MUCH. It’s such an amazing retelling and I really, really, really need to reread it at some point!! I’ve seen several people raving about Alice Oseman’s books (including you, obviously), and the more I hear about Radio Silence, the more I know I need it in my life. I shall try to read it before I Was Born For This. Anyway, thank you for all these underrated books recommendations, Marie, it was amazing! 🙂
Oh I am SO HAPPY you love The Forbidden Wish as well! It is such an underrated book, it was beautiful and had amazing characters <3
I really hope you will read Radio Silence and I Was Born For This once it's released, both were INCREDIBLE, and I have a feeling you will love it 😀
Thank you so much for your sweet comment <3 <3
Hello Marie <3
I agree with you fully! It is hard to avoid all the hype in the book community, but we should pay attention to some of the lesser hyped books out there as well. Girl Out of Water and Radio Silence both sound very interesting so I've added them to my TBR. Thanks for sharing 😀
Oh yay, I’m so glad if I could make you discover new books. I really hope you’ll read them soon and will enjoy them 🙂 thank you so much, Sophie! <3
Marieeee stoppppp I have no money ??? There are so many books on here that I already wanted, no NEEDED, to read, but you mentioned some books I had either forgotten or didn’t know about and now my little bookworm heart is dying because *grabby hands*
Ooooops… I’m sorry ? I hope you’ll manage to get one of these soon?! Just one. One book is really tiny? ??
I heard great things about Radio Silence! It’s on my TBr and I can’t wait to get to it!
YAY I’m so happy to hear it! I really hope you’ll read it soon and that you will love it 😀
This is a great topic! Girl out of Water is going straight onto my TBR list!
I’ve done only one such post but now will try to think of a few more.In case you are interested here’s my choice as underrated https://hopewellslibraryoflife.wordpress.com/2018/02/01/review-by-the-grand-canal-by-william-riviere/
Aw thank you, happy you liked this! I hope you’ll love Girl Out of Water as much as I did 🙂
I do feel slightly smug becase I’ve read a whole TWO of these. I know, I know, I’m the underhyped book queen. I read Awaken a long long long long long time ago and I’m pretty sure I rated it either a 4 or 5. More Than This I rated a 5 BUT… I don’t remember it at all. I’ll have to re-read.
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YES! I’m so happy you’ve read Awaken, it’s such a fantastic book and… you’re good to re-read More Than This if you remember nothing about it. I want to re-read it, but I remember it too clearly and it would just spoil the twists and pleasure of reading it overall, I think ?
Thank you so much for your comment! 🙂
This is the first time I ever saw anyone even mention I’ll Meet You There ??it’s such a good book!! Great post!
AHHH I’m so happy to hear that, I LOVED this book so, SO much!
Thank you so much 😀
I have read girl out of water and I will meet you there.
And I guess after reading your list I might try the summer of chasing mermaids !
Ohhh yes this makes me so happy. I hope you’ll read and will LOVE it, it was such a great book 😀
Thank you so much for your sweet comment! <3
Girl Out of Water and This is How it Happened are definitely on my TBR. Looks like you’ve given me others that I need to check out too!
Oh I hope you’ll read and love both of these books, I found them amazing 😀
Thank you so much for your comment, Nicole <3 <3
Radio Silence was already on my TBR yay
Oh yay I’m so glad to hear it – I hope you’ll read it soon and that you will love it 😀
Thank you so much for your sweet comment! <3 <3
I know this is an old post, but I just came across it while reading your latest post and oh my god! I loved this post! I always love underrated books being given more attention and I am glad that I knew some of these books, but also didn’t know about the others. So loved the recs! Will surely read them!
Ohh thank you so much!! <3 <3 I'm so happy you could discover some new books and I hope you will love them 😀