Hi friends! ☀️ I’m back…. if you ever noticed I was gone. I took a couple weeks off, aside from my scheduled and due reviews and… it’s been really hard to turn the whole blogging mode off, but well. ANYWAY I’m back and eager to talk BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS!
I compiled for you a little list of some of my most anticipated young adult books releasing between August – December 2020…. because I felt like screaming about some books I can’t wait to get to.
So, here goes! I hope you’ll enjoy this list and will find some new reads to add to your TBRs!
✨ My Most Anticipated YA Reads for August – December 2020
Not Your #LoveStory, Sonia Hartl
Publishing September 1st, 2020 by Page Street Kids.
Why I want it ? Okay so I think I needed this book like yesterday, it sounds so good. It’s about Macy and her small YouTube channel going viral all of a sudden, it has a fake relationship and a shy-boy-next-door potential real relationship, issues of going viral and figuring out what you’d do for clicks and I don’t know I’m so into this already I AM SCREAMING!!!!!!
One Way or Another, Kara McDowell
Publishing October 6th, 2020 by Scholastic Press.
Why I want it ? I really loved Kara McDowell’s debut, Just for Clicks and am even more eager to read her sophomore novel… especially knowing this has anxiety rep, a main character struggling to make a decision (I feel attacked by this synopsis. Seriously) and two different parallel universes at Christmas time. I’m so so eager to read this!
Recommended For You, Laura Silverman
Publishing March 17th, 2020 by Skyscape.
Why I want it ? I love Laura Silverman’s books with all of my heart and this, THIS. This has a bookshop setting and an adorable competition-turning into romance kind of relationship and I’m swooning happily okay.
Darius The Great Deserves Better, Adib Khorram
Publishing on August 25th, 2020 by Dial Books for Young Readers.
Why I want it ? I loved loved loved Darius The Great Is Not Okay and am still screaming happily knowing there’s a sequel to it. I can’t wait to be back with Darius and I really love him and that’s it okay.
Miss Meteor, Tehlor Kay Mejia, Anna-Marie McLemore
Publishing September 22nd 2020 by HarperTeen.
Why I want it ? I fell in love with Tehlor Kay Mejia’s writing with We Set the Dark on Fire and only heard amazing things about Anna-Marie McLemore’s writing and books. This has a beauty pageant and two ex-best-friends reunited for it and I’m SCREAMING about this.
A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow, Laura Taylor Namey
Publishing October 6th, 2020 by Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
Why I want it ? I loved the author’s debut, The Library of Lost Things and have a feeling I’ll adore this one as well. A teenage master of Cuban cuisine goes off to England on adventures, discovering herself, honoring her family’s legacy, falling in love and I’m just so so so excited for this this sounds lovely!!
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Furia, Yamile Saied Méndez
Publishing September 29th, 2020 by Algonquin Young Readers.
Why I want it ? This is about a talented Argentinian teenager Camila, her fútbol team gets qualified for the South American tournament, the boy she fell in love with comes back into town and this just sounds like a wonderful story with a main character fighting for her dreams and I’m just really into it already!
Majesty, Katharine McGee
Publishing September 1st, 2020 by Random House Books For Young Readers.
Why I want it ? Well, I kind of loved American Royals and I’m just so so sooo pumped to read its sequel okay. I’m here for all the royalty kind of drama always.
Now That I’ve Found You, Kristina Forest
Publishing August 25th, 2020 by Roaring Brook Press.
Why I want it ? So I got lucky enough to read this one and I’m still anticipating it to be released to the world because it’s so good! I’m a fan of Kristina Forest okay. Her debut, I Wanna Be Where You Are, was amazing and Now That I’ve Found You has celebrity scandal, a wild chase in New York, an amazing cast of characters and yes you need this!
They Wish They Were Us, Jessica Goodman
Publishing August 4th, 2020 by Razorbill
Why I want it ? I know I’m a marshmallow, but I kind of enjoy a good mystery every now and then and this one seems like… well, SO GOOD. It has this prep school setting, this dark murderous past, this secret society and….I’m just so curious about that one, it sounds so thrilling!!
The Silvered Serpents, Roshani Chokshi
Publishing September 22nd, 2020 by Wednesday Books.
Why I want it ? The first book in this duology, The Gilded Wolves, was really, really good and I’m so excited to know what happens next and especially to get back with these characters I loved!
Instant Karma, Marissa Meyer
Publishing November 3rd, 2020 by Feiwel & Friends.
Why I want it ? I enjoyed reading Marissa Meyer’s previous works and am so curious to read this YA contemporary with a twist: the main character can cast instant karma, good or bad, on anyone!! This sounds like a lot of fun.
Rent a Boyfriend, Gloria Chao
Publishing November 10th, 2020 by Simon Pulse.
Why I want it ? I liked American Panda by the author and that one sounds like so much fun. The main character hires someone to pretend to be her boyfriend to appease her Taiwanese parents and we all know how that turns out and I need thiiiiiiiis.
These Vengeful Hearts, Katherine Laurin
Publishing September 8th, 2020 by Inkyard Press.
Why I want it ? Elite students in a school with secret identities and a main character trying to get her revenge on them for hurting her sister…. this sounds like the exciting kind of mystery I really enjoy and I’m so pumped to read this!!
Dating Makes Perfect, Pintip Dunn
Publishing August 18th, 2020 by Entangled Teen.
Why I want it ? Okay so this sounds like the kind of contemporary I’d fall for, that’s for sure. We have a Thai main character, her parents forcing her to practice fake-dating -you know, to be ready when that really happens- with, uh-oh, someone she knows and…. doesn’t really like. I’m loving this already.
The Truth Project, Dante Medema
Publishing October 13th, 2020 by Quill Tree Books.
Why I want it ? I love contemporaries with family at their hearts and this one sounds so, so good and emotional. It’s about Cordelia discovering her father isn’t actually her father and obviously she questions everything she has ever known about her family and it sounds like such a good story, I can’t wait.
A Curse of Roses, Diana Pinguicha
Publishing December 1st, 2020 by Entangled Teen.
Why I want it ? This is a f/f ya historical fantasy based on a Portuguese legend and it’s about Princess Yzabel, cursed by magic to turn food into flowers during a famine and it seems to be beautiful and whimsical and f/f yearning and this just sounds so very wonderful okay.
This is All Your Fault, Aminah Mae Safi
Publishing October 13th, 2020 by Feiwel & Friends.
Why I want it ? I really love this premise: it’s about three girls wanting to save their indie bookstore and it’s set over the course of 24 hours and told in their 3 POVs. It sounds like such a great read and I just can’t wait to meet these characters.
✨ Most anticipated Adult Contemporary Romances for the end of 2020
You Had Me At Hola, Alexis Daria
Publishing August 4th, 2020 by Avon.
Why I want it ? Okay so this is set in the world of telenovelas, you have two main characters fighting to restore their image on TV screens, a need for the two of them to connect and create chemistry and you got what seems to be a very fun and entertaining romance and I’m here for it. DID YOU SEE THAT COVER as well I’m in love?
Spoiler Alert, Olivia Dade
Publishing October 6th, 2020 by Avon.
Why I want it ? A TV show star secretly posting popular fanfiction online? A fan of that said fanfiction posting her cosplay online and going viral? An adorable growing romance but with secrets?? I don’t know this sounds like such a fun read and I love that cover so so so so very much I need this.
Do you want to read any of these books?
What are some of your most anticipated releases for the end of 2020? I’d love to know your recommendations in comments!
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eeep i got an e-arc of rent a boyfriend and I’M SO EXCITED. i’ve started reading more contemporaries this year and i’ve found a lot of them are by white authors and i really want to change that!!! and you KNOW im so excited for dating makes perfect!! this is such a great list <3
aaaaaaaaaah that’s amazing, I hope you’ll love it!! There are so many little contemporary gems out there, i just read with the fire on high and adored it. i hope you’ll read more contemporaries you’ll love by poc, we need ALL of them in our lives! ??
thank you so, so much <3 <3
The Silvered Serpents is fabulous – as good as or even better than the first. Happy Reading!
Thank you so much!! ?
Since I don’t read a lot of contemporary, so many of these were new to me! And there are a lot of diverse releases in the list – I’m so glad you highlighted them. ? The only ones on my list would be The Silvered Serpents (I’m a huge fan of Roshani’s work!) and Miss Meteor as I’ve heard it has magical realism aspects. Lovely list, Marie! ?
Ahh I’m so happy to hear that, so glad I could hopefully make your TBR grow a little with some contemporaries! ? I can’t WAIT to read Miss Meteor ahhh so excited!!
First of all, I am obsessed with that Rory gif and it suits the post so well hehe. Love to see it. But ahh I also just love this list so much!! And am excited to read them all.
I really need to get to American Royals (very excited to) and then hopefully can read the sequel right after. The Cuban’s Guide also sounds AMAZING and I can’t wait to read it. Dating Makes Perfect sounds AMAZING too omg, definitely adding it to my tbr. Instant Karma has such an interesting premise!! And I really need to get my hands on Gilded Wolves because I hear its so good xx
Ahh thank you so, so much! <3 I hope you'll love American Royals, I was such a fan of all the draaaaama ahah 🙂
I can't wait to hear your thoughts on Gilded Wolves, too, such a great book! 😀
Thank you!! <3
Sounds like fake dating is going to be big in 2020! Is anyone upset about this? No. No they are not.
NOOO ahah we are not, at all! I’m all here for it and so excited about it 😀
I just finished You Had Me at Hola and really really enjoyed it! Hope you get to pick it up soon after it’s published!
I’m so happy you enjoyed it, Nicole! I can’t wait to read it 😀
So many goodbooks to come still! I can’t wait for The silvered serpents, and furia!
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Yay!! Thank you, Evelyn 🙂
Just heard about They Wish They Were Us and it sounds great! Nice list 🙂
Thank you so much!! 😀
I was lucky to get an ARC of Spoiler Alert, and I have to tell you that I LOVED IT! It was so much fun. It was my first book by Dade and it made me a fan. You have so much to look forward to with that one.
I hope your time off refreshed you!
Aah I’m so glad you enjoyed it so much, I can’t wait to get to it. It sounds like it’ll be SO much fun 🙂
Thank you so much, it really did <3 <3
I just finished Forest’s new book last night and I LOVED IT! Gigi was wonderful and I liked how she worked through the conflict and I adored Milo. The ending left me in a really good mood too.
AHH YAY! I adore Forest’s books, I hope she publishes moooooooooore and more of them ahah 😀
Oh there are SO many books on here that I can’t wait to get to!! Recommended for You looks adorable (bookshops?! yes please!) and so does Not Your #lovestory! Had to add both my TBR asap (: I hope you enjoy all of these! ❤️
Oh yay! Recommended for You is absolutely wonderful ahh. I can’t wait for Not Your LoveStory, I feel like i’d fall in love with it. I hope you’ll love them, too 🙂
And thank you so, so much for your sweet comment, Erin! <3
my most anticipated releases for 2020 are – Warmaidens by Kelly Coon As I enjoyed the first book and All I Want for Christmas by Christa Roberts- I love Christmas books and this sounds great.
Ahh I’m curious to hear what you think of that sequel 😀
JUST WANT TO GRAB ALL THESE BOOKS AND PUT IN MY SHELVES ??
Right, me toooo 😀
They Wish They were Us sounds intriguing! Looks like your to-be-read list is quite long. Happy reading!
It really does! Thank you so much, Meredith! 😀
I didn’t know Darius the Great had a sequel! I got the audio because I heard so many great things about it, but of course, I haven’t gotten to it yet. Renta Boyfriend sounds cute. <3
I'm eagerly waiting for You Had Me at Hola and Spoiler Alert as well!
Oh I really really hope you will get to read it soon (well, listen to it!). It’s absolutely WONDERFUL <3
Thank you so, so much!! <3
WOW all of these books look SO GOOD. seriously loved this post, i added so many of these to my TBR (esp ONE WAY OR ANOTHER & FURIA) ♥
Awww thank you so much!! I’m so happy I could make your TBR grow <3
Love this list, Marie!! I just added Recommended for you and Now That I’ve Found You to my TBR and can’t WAIT for Majesty and You Had Me at Hola!!
Ahh thank you, so happy you enjoyed it, thank you Annie! <3 <3
Ahh I love this list! I absolutely can’t wait for Recommended for You, Rent A Boyfriend, Instant Karma, and the Silvered Serpents, and definitely adding more books to my tbr!
Thank you so much!! I hope we’ll love all of these 😀
So many cute covers! I definitely see lots of trends up there. A Curse of Roses sounds incredible!
Right? I can’t wait to read it 🙂 thank you, Angela!
Hello, Laura Silverman book with a bookstore setting?? Immediately adding that to my tbr.
The Silvered Serpents and A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow are both on my tbr as well and I’m so excited about them! Furia and A Curse of Roses also sound amazing! Ahhh so many good books coming out later this year, I cannot wait 😀
YES AHHH! <3
I'm so happy you liked my list and are anticipating these as well, I hope we'll love them 😀
The Silvered Serpents IS AMAZING!!! I also agree with Miss Meteor and This Is All Your Fault (bookstores!!!).
Some of mine are a finished copy of These Violent Delights. I am also looking forward to Legendborn, Raybearer, and Super Fake Love Song.
Ohh I’ve heard great things about These Violent Delights! 🙂
Thank you so, so much!! <3
A Curse of Roses ?? I’d love to read that book!
It sounds so good!! 😀
You Had Me At Hola and Instant Karma are also on my want-to-read list but the books I am most anticipating are Kingdom of the Wicked by Kerri Maniscalco and The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue. I can’t wait for these two to be released. 🙂
Ohhh, I need to read more from Schwab, too, i have loved her work so far 🙂 and I haven’t heard about that other book, I need to check it out! Thank you for the recommendations 😀
Looks like some awesome books coming out! I really want to read Furia by Yamile Saied Méndez. It sounds so good! Thanks for all the other ideas. I didn’t know about some of these.
-Lauren
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Ahh I’m happy I could make your TBR grow 😀 Thank you, Lauren!
Aaaand I have a few books to add to my tbr! Thanks <3
aah this makes me so happy, thank you so much 😀
One Way or Another sounds so good! I may have to save that one for December since I tend to do that for books set at Christmas. And They Wish They Were Us sounds like the perfect book for me ?
Ahh yes it sounds like the perfect read for that season 😀 and yees so excited for they wish they were us! 😀
Thank you, Louise! <3
… MARIE!? WHY YOU DO THIS TO ME?! Now I have to add like 17 books … because they all sound so good … and the other 3 are already on my TBR lol! I’m really excited for “Now That I’ve Found You” and “You Had Me at Hola”!
Ahh I’m sorry?? ? I’m happy that I could make your TBR grow!! <3
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ahh, i can’t wait to read american royals, it seems like it’ll be such a fun read! i’m also really curious about dating makes perfect, especially because i’ve never read a book by a thai author before :(( its watercolor cover is GORGEOUS, and i love fake dating and enemies to lovers as much as the next person, haha
hope you enjoy all of these, marie!! <3
It was such a fun read, I loved it so much! 🙂 and I finished reading Dating Makes Perfect a couple days ago and LOVED IT. I hope you will, too! Thank you <3 <3
Oooh! So many great releases here! I just expanded my TBR. 🙂
Ahh yay, so happy to hear that!! 😀
Wow, these look like great, diverse reads! On my way to check out some of them 😀
Thank you!! Hope you will love them ?
Ohh, I loved reading about your anticipated releases for the rest of the year as it always gives me great inspiration to add some more books to my TBR ? I’m SO excited for One Way or Another!! I love that it has anxiety rep and I love books that have a what-if/multiple timeline elements! Also super excited about Recommended For You (the bookstore setting is so amazing!), Darius the Great Deserves Better, The Silvered Serpents (I finally read the first book and it ended up becoming one of my new favorites!!) and Instant Karma (Marissa Meyer!!) ❤
Oh thank you so much? so happy we are excited about so many of the same books, hope we will love them! ?
Amazing list, Marie! There are so many great sounding books on your list that I cannot wait for!! I need more time in my days, so I can read all the books. <3
We all do ? thank you!! ❤️
I’m glad to see that you’re back, Marie! 🙂 (That said, taking time off was well-deserved and valid!!) As per usual, I’m so bloody hopeless when it comes to keeping up with new releases, I knew of basically none of these… so I now have 10+ windows opened on my laptop – I’m excited to check them out. I was, however, already excited for Not Your #LoveStory and You Had Me At Hola! Great post! :D❤
Thank you so much Veronika, this means so much ? I need to learn to take real time off ahah.
I am so so happy I could make you discover some new reads, yay! ?
Hi Marie!!
I am a huge Marissa Meyer fan and I can’t wait to read Instant Karma as well. Great list 🙂
Yay!! Thank you ???
I can’t stop adding books to my TBR every time I check your posts, which I won’t stop doing, so I will have to make more room on my shelves ?❤️✨
Ahhh I’m sorry aahh but this is the best compliment for me ahah ???
Aah, there are so many books on my TBR in this post!! I also got to add some new books to my TBR, so thank you! Even though 2020 has been kind of crappy I’m glad that we’re getting so many amazing sounding books. Great post, Marie!
Ah thank you Chana, I’m so glad I could make your TBR grow ??
I’m glad you took a little break, Marie!! We all need some time away from the blogging sphere sometimes <3 I'm actually surprised that I'm so intrigued by quite a few of these titles when we both know YA isn't my usual cup of tea :')
Thank you so, so much Macey! I hope you’ll give some of these a try, they’re wonderful 😀
I hope that you got to read and love some of these. I seriously want to get to a few of them this year so fingers crossed that I do. I’m particularly interested in Instant Karma, although I have heard that the karma element isn’t as big a part of the story as I imagined, and Rent A Boyfriend. Plus I somehow forgot about a Curse Of Roses and I have no clue how as it gives me major dark Fairytale vibes which I adore.
Thank you so much! Yes, the Karma part isn’t really that big of a deal in the story… the synopsis made it seem otherwise! Still, it was a fun read 🙂
Thank you! <3