Probably one of the romantic sagas of the momentviral on platforms and with very positive reviews, ‘Binding 13’ and ‘Keeping 13’ are a success if what you want is to read a high school romance that will remind us of our first love: idyllic, intense but sweet and innocent.
In ‘Binding 13‘, Chloe Walsh introduces us to the protagonists, Shannon and Johnny, who live in two totally different worlds: she has a family that has financial difficulties and is abused both physically and mentally by her father, and he has his life resolved as a potential future rugby prospect and a life full of comforts. Both they coincide at the Tommen Institutethe name given to the saga, and from there a story is brewed that is born from the tension between the two and that ends up leading to a romance where one cannot live without the other.
Shannon is peace of mind for Johnny, who has a lot of pressure to end up being what everyone expects of him: to be a professional player. On the other hand, Johnny is security for Shannon, who lives every day of her life in fear of being mistreated again. Her romance will culminate with ‘Keeping 13‘, where both will have to trust each other to show that love can do everything.
The first two novels in the Chloe Walsh saga focus on the main couple of Shannon and Johnny, but this one continues the stories of Joey (Shannon’s brother) and his girlfriend Aoife with ‘Save 6‘ and ‘Redeeming 6‘, and with the story of Johnny’s best friend, Gerard or ‘Gibsie’ and Claire (Shannon’s best friend).
The third installment of the saga of ‘Tommen’s Boys’, ‘Saving 6’ will be published in Spanish by the Montena publishing house on May 16.
Another of the discoveries of the year is ‘You, by pure chance‘, a novel by Alina Not that gives rise to the ‘Azar Trilogy’ with an original and innovative premise, a light and enjoyable style to read a romance where chance and the butterfly effect play an essential role in the destiny of Beth and Chris .
After a tragic car accident, Beth saw the life she had left to live in a kind of vision, and among other things she saw how she was destined to end up happily in love and grow old with a specific person. On her way she will run into Chris, who doesn’t believe in “forever” until he meets Beth at a tattoo studio in the most curious way possible, but this is not the boy Beth saw in the vision of her future.
The second installment of the ‘Azar trilogy’, ‘I, in no destiny’ will be published on June 5 by the Crossbooks publishing house. Besides, Alina Not will be signing copies on Sant Jordi’s day at El Corte Inglés in Plaza Catalunya in Barcelona (from 12 to 2 p.m.), at Fnac de la Illa (from 4 to 6 p.m.) and at Abacus de la Illa (from 6 to 9 p.m.).
Carrie Leighton, pseudonym of a young Italian writer known on the Wattpad book platform, debuted with the novel ‘Better. Collision’, the first ‘young adult’ volume of a trilogy that quickly became a top seller in Italy and was translated into Spanish in mid-February by the publisher Wonderbooks.
In ‘Better. Collision’, Leighton tells the story of Vanessa, a university student who, marked by the difficult divorce of her parents, try to find the happiness that you are missing. After two years of relationship with Travis, an apparently exemplary boyfriend, she notice how the romance has cooled and decides to take action on the matter.
Between classes he meets a new classmate, Thomas, with whom he fits perfectly due to his opposite but complementary personality. She will give him back the passion and spark that she had lost, but Vanessa dreams of a romantic and true love, worthy of a novel, while Thomas is not enthusiastic about the idea of creating bonds.
Following the film’s premiere on Netflix, the novel ‘tear maker‘ has positioned itself as one of the most read ‘young adult’ romantic books. In it, Erin Doom tells the story of Nica, a young orphan who has to spend her childhood in an orphanage after the death of her parents in a car accident.
Nica will achieve her most desired dream since her family tragedy: be adopted. But what she does not have in her plans is that she will be adopted with Rigel, a young man who has never agreed to be adopted until now and with whom she does not usually start a conversation because she avoids her and she does not know why. So why has he just agreed to be adopted with her?
In the orphanage, legends and scary stories are told so that the children obey through both mental and physical torture. One of the legends is that of the tear maker, an artisan who creates crystal tears that contain the emotions of each person. The traumas they have will manifest when they are adopted, and their relationship will also become strained, as Nica will end up understanding why Rigel has only agreed to be adopted with her and will see how the legend of the tear maker will come true.
For those who have loved ‘Breaking the Circle’ or ‘I Will Not Forget You’, Colleen Hoover has returned this April 10 with the publication in Spanish of ‘November 9‘, a romance between Fallon and Ben, who cross paths like two shooting stars on their last day in Los Angeles before she returns to New York. After their connection, they both agree to make an annual appointment for five years to see each other: November 9.
Fallon is Ben’s inspiration and will become your muse for the novel you are writing. In each annual meeting they will let destiny develop as it wants, and they will meet and separate but at the same time build a romance with a lot of chemistry, humor and passion. They will continue his story, but for him it will be material to continue writing. So, on one of the dates Fallon begins to doubt what Ben tells him. Is it possible that he has invented a fictional life and nothing that is happening is real but a work of Ben’s imagination for his novel?
Another of the sagas that more has succeeded this 2024especially since the last publication of the translation of ‘Twisted lies’ at the end of this January, is the saga ‘Twisted’ by Ana Huang, in which we are delighted with four types of forbidden loves experienced by a group of four best friends. With a tone between youth and ‘new adult’, the author tells how each romance unfolds, exposing the obstacles and problems of each couple.
In order, Ava falls in love with her brother’s best friend in ‘Twisted Love‘ (1), Bridget’s bodyguard in ‘twisted games‘(2), Jules from his worst enemy in ‘twisted hate‘ (3) and Stella the typical bad boy you can’t fall in love with in ‘twisted lies‘ (4).
The last novel of Cherry Chicwriter of ‘Imperfect Christmas’ and ‘The Time We Had’, is a slow burn romance that will expand readers’ hearts with a beautiful ode to small communities and the feeling of helping each other.
In ‘Even if it rains in spring‘We enter the small town of Havenwish, an idyllic refuge where all the inhabitants are so united that they form a big family. At least until it arrives blake, who doesn’t quite fit in and doesn’t trust his daughter’s young teacher, Lili, who has the hearts and affection of absolutely the entire town. Little by little, mistrust will turn into attraction and there will be a tug of war between them until they both accept that loneliness really is not their best ally.
Cherry Chic will be signing copies in Barcelona on Sant Jordi’s Day on Illa Diagonal (from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.) and on Paseo de Sant Joan (from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.).
In general all Ali Hazelwood novels could enter this list of recommendations, and after hits like ‘The Hypothesis of Love’ and ‘The Chemistry of Love’, in his latest work ‘The theory of love‘The author once again pleases the reader with a fantastic romantic comedy where there are two enemies who constantly fight over academic issues and false relationships.
Adjunct professor in the morning, but fake girlfriend in the afternoon, Elsie Hannaway tries to combine both jobs to be able to live with dignity and obtain academic tenure. But their two professions are compromised when someone from the first world (education) crosses into the second (fake relationship): it is Jack Smith, the arrogant brother of his favorite client, but also the director of the center’s Physics department.
Inma Rubiales is one of the leading contemporary authors in terms of young adult romantic novels. In her latest novel, ‘All the places we kept secret‘, the author takes the reader into a beautiful story between two friends who have known each other since they were very young, but who end up separating due to circumstances: Connor stays in Finland while Maeve moves to the United States.
Everything takes a turn when Maeve, in a panic attack and identity crisis after the death of her mother, returns to Finland to feel that she is with her, with what united her since she was little. In the small town of the Nordic country she resumes her friendship with Connor and her brother Luka, and her family welcomes her again as a member, like in the old days.
What Maeve didn’t expect is that Connor felt that she would return at some point, and that in some way he was waiting for her.
Inma Rubiales will be signing in Barcelona on Sant Jordi’s Day on Illa Diagonal (from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.) and on Paseo de Sant Joan (from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.)
The ‘Heartstopper’ saga‘, which has inspired the Netflix series, tells of a fragile and memorable love between two boys who become friends and little by little it seems that something more than a simple friendship is emerging.
One of them, Charlie, is openly gay and is clear that he has feelings for Nick. But even if he considers that it is a platonic love and, therefore, impossible, Nick, despite being a rugby player, is in the process of self-discovery.because he also feels something beyond friendship with Charlie.
‘Heartstopper’ makes real love visible from an open and very contemporary perspective, where sexual identity and emotional sensitivity are praised, without losing emotion at any time.