‘Rent a Boyfriend’ review: Gloria Chao puts a unique spin on the ‘fake-relationship-turned-real’ trope

In her second romantic comedy for older YA readers, Gloria Chao takes the favorite trope of the “fake-relationship-turned-real” and adds a unique spin. Gloria Chao draws her influence for Rent a Boyfriend from a real practice in some Asian countries…

9 “Frankly” Fantastic Star-Crossed YA Contemporary Couples

My favorite type of romantic fiction trope is anything where the romance doesn’t come too easy, where the writer or creator makes the couple work for it, so that the inevitable reunion or coupling is that much sweeter. A great…

TYF’s Top Ten Books of 2018

2018 has been a crazy long, stressful, exciting, and life-changing year. I made an effort this year to read as many books as I could about characters living lives unlike mine – as windows into other people’s lives, and I…