We All Looked Up is a pre-apocalyptic novel told in the perspectives of four different teens. In the face of Ardor, the asteroid that has a 66.6% chance of hitting earth, these four unlikely friends come together and bond over their impending doom. Eliza, Peter, Andy and Anita, otherwise known as the slut, the jock, the slacker and the over-achiever, overcome social constructs in a way they didn't think possible in this stunning first novel by Tommy Wallach.
Forever Ruby by Claire Merchant is a novel that follows the life of Ruby Edwards. Fresh out of college and recently hired at a prestigious law firm, Ruby believes shes found the love of her life in Oliver, her long time boyfriend, but she can not seem to stay away from Cole Frost. There's something enigmatic about him that seems to continue to draw her to him, and he always seems to appear when Ruby needs him. She knows he isn't normal, but when tragedy befalls her, Cole is the only person she can trust, but how far is Cole actually willing to go for Ruby?
This book follows the life of 17 year old Imogene Rockford as she is thrown into the life of becoming the duchess of Wickersham after the death of her cousin Lucia and grandfather. Plauged by the ghosts of her deceased family, Imogene discovers a secret that has been hidden by generations that will change her life forever. She learns that Lucia's death may not be an accident and enlists Lucia's ex-boyfriend (and her long time crush) , Sebastian Stanhope, to get to the center of the garden hedge maze where all the answers lie. The only problem?
This novel is about a boy who is coming of age in northern England. The book starts with a young Dominic Hall walking on a stone wall with his friend, Holly Stroud. He is then victimized by local bully, Vincent McAlinden. As the book progresses the story dynamic among all three characters changes drastically as Dominic decides that Holly is pitying him and begins to find a strange friendship with Vincent. The twisted friendship between Dominic and Vincent worries Dominic's mother, and after her death Dominic realizes that Holly is a much safer choice for friendship.
Please note that this is the thrid and final book of the Bright Young Things trilogy. Starting where Beautiful Days leaves off, this book continues the stories of Astrid, Cordelia and Letty in the everyday struggles of their glamourous lives as up and coming stars and bootleggers. Astrid is questioning her hasty marriage to Charlie Grey, as she grows more and more attracted to her bodyguard. After a horrific event leaves her reeling she has to face both men in her life, and make choices that could possibly leave one of them dead.
This book is a historical romance novel focusing around the life of New York socialite Evelyn Hard. She leaves her affluent life in New York to journey to London, to forget the memory of her dreary marriage that left her a widow. Once there, she is whisked into a life of parties, Viscountesses that believe they are helping her get over her marriage, and eligible bachelors that are more than happy to help her forget the drab life she left behind.
