JUVENILES Y JOVEN ADULTO

One final swim of the summer. Let’s make it last all night… Summer, 1994. Trevor can barely wrap his mind around the fact that he and his friends have graduated high school. And yet there’s no rush to get to college. He’s determined to live one night at a time. Riding shotgun from party to party, windows down, music up, his focus is entirely on his crush, the enigmatic girl in the driver’s seat. Will things ever go anywhere with Sarah? Maybe? Because Sarah has proposed a mission: They’re going to swim all the pools in town. Before long, they’re sneaking into backyards every night, splashing, floating, and loving every minute of it. But it’s still not enough for Trevor. He yearns for Sarah, despite her college boyfriend, despite her “not yet”s, despite the way she keeps pulling away the moment it starts to feel truly magical. Things finally change when they learn about a natural pool hidden deep in the woods. It seems like just another spot to check off their summer bucket list. But once they get there, they realize that this place has a curious hold on them, and something very strange is happening…

Lyra Bien intended to live a quiet life to avoid the attention of the magic-obsessed king in the fortress of Stonegate. Until Roark Ashwood—the prince’s silent guard and rumored killer for the crown—invades her village and uncovers the truth behind the silver scars in her eyes. To save her best friend from death, she’s forced to reveal her abilities, and is immediately claimed by the crown as the next melder. To be the King’s melder is to be revered and feared in equal measures, but above all it is a slow death sentence. Lyra is determined to find a way to free herself and her friends from bondage. But first she must get more information from the silent, brooding sentry who first took her captive: Roark. As Lyra gets closer to Roark, she soon learns he’s nothing like she assumed—and in fact everything she needs. The more they work as allies, the harder it becomes to ignore the growing passion between them. After a sinister truth is revealed, Roark and Lyra must choose to stand against all they know, or accept their dark destiny.

Moon Minseok—or Moonster as this WDB fans know him—wasn’t born to lead. Even as part of the world’s most popular K-Pop group, he found comfort in his role as the jokester, the sidekick, the unserious one (with the cutest smile). But now WDB is drowning in dating scandals, and it’s time for Moonster to take charge of the group’s image. Shin Hyeri has been dealing with some scandals of her own. An up-and-coming K-Drama actress, she’s been labeled a “nepo baby” (with a famous idol as a big brother) and now, a bully (which couldn’t be further from the truth). Desperate to show the world that she’s earned her spot, Hyeri is determined not to let her rising star crash and burn. When these two childhood enemies get caught up in yet another scandal while co-hosting a K-Pop festival, there’s only one solution that will save both of their reputations: appear on one of Korea’s most popular variety shows, Our Celebrity Marriage (where celebrities pretend to get married and compete in ‘newlywed’ challenges).

Liz Cramer swears she’ll find a way off of this alien planet she’s stuck on—then she meets Raahosh, the surliest and stubbornest alien, who won’t leave her alone, and she just might be okay with that… Twelve humans are left stranded on a wintry alien planet. I’m one of them. Yay, me. In order to survive, we have to take on a symbiont that wants to rewire our bodies to live in this brutal place. I like to call it a “cootie.” And my cootie’s a jerk, because it also thinks I’m the mate to the biggest, grumpiest alien of the bunch. Raahosh believes the cootie’s right, so he steals me away from the group, determined to make me fall for him—or else. He has no idea who he’s up against. And if I didn’t want his insufferable self so much (thanks, cootie), I’d let him know exactly what I’m thinking. As it is, I’m doing my best to fight this instant attraction. Just because the symbiont thinks we’re supposed to be together doesn’t mean I have to go along with it. And if we fool around a little, it’s merely biology. It doesn’t mean I’m in love—or that I’m destined to be his.

Zoe Kelly es la nueva becaria de Bubble, una web de noticias y cultura pop. Zoe espera que este sea el primer paso para convertirse en escritora, aunque hasta el momento solo ha redactado horóscopos y organizado agendas, nada muy emocionante. Pero todo cambia cuando su primer artículo, en el que habla sobre su inexistente vida amorosa, se hace viral. La reacción general es muy positiva, pero hay cinco comentarios que destacan sobre el resto: cinco personas que opinan que la nula experiencia de Zoe no ha sido por falta de interés al otro lado, precisamente… Con su jefe emocionado ante la aparición de los supuestos admiradores, Zoe tiene la oportunidad de escribir un segundo artículo sobre el tema. Para ello, deberá descubrir qué señales pudo haber pasado por alto… y, quizá, encontrar el amor.

Como heredera al trono del imperio perdido de los jinn, Alizeh por fin ha encontrado a su pueblo... y puede que también su corona. Cyrus, el soberano volátil de Tulán, le ha ofrecido su reino en un intercambio retorcido: uno que comenzaría con su matrimonio y terminaría con el asesinato del mismísimo Cyrus. A Cyrus lo precede una oscura reputación; todo el mundo conoce su pasado sangriento. Matarlo debería ser fácil para Alizeh, y aceptar su oferta podría ser la única manera de cumplir su destino y salvar a su pueblo. Pero cuanto más aprende sobre Cyrus, más se pregunta si las horribles historias sobre él son ciertas. Atrapado en una red de secretos, Cyrus anhela a Alizeh desde que apareció por primera vez en sus sueños muchos meses atrás. Ahora que sabe que esas visiones han sido obra del diablo, apenas puede soportar mirarla, y mucho menos su compañía. Sin embargo, a pesar de sus esfuerzos por despreciarse, Alizeh y Cyrus se sienten atraídos el uno por el otro con una pasión devastadora que amenaza con destruirlos a ambos. Mientras tanto, el príncipe Kamran ha llegado a Tulán dispuesto a vengarse...