Carter Cohen is excited that it’s his birthday. Everything seems to be going his way already this morning.

But when he comes downstairs, his mom is crying. Carter is indeed celebrating his birthday again, but it’s not the 17th birthday it should be. He’s on his sixth celebration of his 16th birthday in a row. While everyone else around him carries on in a calendar that moves forward, Carter continues to celebrate 16 again and again.

Maggie, Carter’s girlfriend, has had enough. He doesn’t remember their relationship at all. It’s hard to be in a relationship when he partner doesn’t know they’re even in one.

Carter does seem to know there’s more going on than he remembers, though, and he won’t let him and Maggie quit quite yet. But as she prepared to go to college and he continues to loop back to the day of his 16th birthday, can they figure out how to be together in a world that allows both of them to move forward?

On New Year’s Day, Beth March was found dead in the woods. Now her sisters are bound and determined to figure out who did the crime.

There are plenty of suspects. Among them are a neighbor, Meg’s best friend, Amy’s mentor, any of Jo’s social media followers, and Beth’s first crush. But the sisters are, too, themselves suspects.

Could it have been their dad, who published a bestselling book about his daughters just months earlier?

This murder-y take on Little Women is told through multiple perspectives, including flashbacks from Beth herself. It sounds like a wild ride, whether or not you’re familiar with the source material.

Prince Arris knows, thanks to a poorly worded wish to a sea witch, that when he gets married, he’ll be murdered. Once someone has the hand of the heir to the Isle of Malys, they take over.

The Prince’s only chance of survival is finding real and true love, not someone interested in simply taking over. Otherwise, he’s going to end up dead and reemerge in the form of a tree. So when the Prince’s parents announce a tournament of brides to win his hand, he’s both surprised and worried; the wrong choice will mean certain death. It’s a dizzying series of dates and parties, and the Prince is struggling to figure out who is true and who is simply thirsty for power.

When he meets Demelza, though, the Prince’s future begins to look different. She’s a veritas swan, whose songs tell nothing but truth. She strikes a deal with the Prince: he’ll keep her safe, as she’s been forced into hiding, and she’ll help him sort through his potential brides.

It’s a huge opportunity for both of them. Demelza will learn how to speak her truth without fear while the Prince will begin to understand what true love looks, feels, and sounds like.

Corith Fraine can control water with her words. As a Floodmouth, she’s got few options for a future; lucky for Corith, though, she’s trained in a prestigious magic institution that has trained and prepared her to maybe one day serve within one of the hundred noble houses.

Her lucky day–her lucky future–has come.

She’s been invited to work for House Shearwater. It’s a reclusive noble family who lives on a wave-battered island. But Corith quickly learns that maybe she isn’t so lucky after all and that all of her hard work hasn’t paid off as planned. She’s been invited for this role because the previous Floodmouth for House Shearwater died under mysterious circumstances. That Floodmouth was one of Corith’s best friends.

Now Corith is bound and determined to find out what happened to her friend. Doing so will be far from safe on Bower Island. There are dark conspiracies and secrets both within the family and within the water surrounding House Shearwater. There’s also the family’s son Llir, with whom Corith has a hot-cold relationship. Her loyalties are being tested. Will she survive and get answers to her questions or will she see the same fate as her friend before her?

There is no such thing as hope at the Hope Juvenile Treatment Facility. Juvenile delinquents are hardly acknowledged by the facility, let alone anyone outside of it.

So when the guards at Hope start acting weird and then suddenly stop showing up all together, the teens inside are ready to venture out. Except the moment they do, they’re greeted by soldiers outside. Those soldiers tell them that no one is allowed to leave their homes or travel without a permit. There’s a deadly disease making the rounds.

The teens are stuck at Hope. But they’re not just stuck. They’re stuck there alone, with no one watching them. Supplies are starting to disappear and some of the teens are beginning to get sick. It’s now a matter of literal life and death–but who can be trusted within their ranks to do what’s right and help them stay alive?

Carolina Fuentes grew up in a family of vampire hunters and wants to continue in the business. Her father doesn’t want that, though, and he’s insisting on marrying her to a husband who will take her away from the danger.

She’s going to show her dad that she’s fierce enough to be a slayer by taking down an infamous local monster. Unfortunately, she finds herself face to face with un vampiro who she cannot stop admiring. Who she’s deeply attracted to. Who is a bit of a distraction.

Lalo Villalobos has been cursed. He was living a normal life until he was bitten by un vampiro, and now, he’s seeking safety in a community known for its vampire population. There has to be someone who can help him reverse this curse.

That’s when he meets Carolina. Though their lives are so different, they have surprisingly similar goals. If they work together to take down a common enemy, then maybe, just maybe, they can reverse their fates (and, of course, be able to fall in love).

Technically, this is the third book in a series, but none of the books in Stone’s “Dear Martin” series need to be read in order or prior to reading this one.

Readers looking for more YA books set in college will dig this one, which follows Jared. He’s running for Junior class president and his platform of increasing diversity and equity across campus nearly guarantees he’ll win, especially against his conservative competitor.

But then a transfer student decides she wants to run for Junior class president, and she’s pressing a real challenge against Jared. He’s not only being forced to reckon with where and how he would install better inclusivity across campus, but he’s starting to catch some feelings for that competition. To work through both—and to keep a level head through this tough campaign season—he begins writing letters to his dead best friend Manny.

In early 17th century Rome, Carmela Tofana is eager to go behind the scenes of her mother’s apothecary. So when she’s finally invited back when she turns 16, Carmela begins to see that for every lovely potion concocted, there are others that aren’t especially pleasant. But it’s Aqua Tofana, one of the deadliest potions imaginable, that causes worry and fear for Carmela. It could kill them all if they’re not careful. . .and keeping it a secret will be tough.

McCullough’s book blends both her signature verse with prose.