Need to defrost an icy heart while waiting for Spring to arrive? A good Rom-Com might do the trick! The following teen titles are sweet, funny, and feature Black protagonists written by Black authors. Try a book from the list below or ask your favorite librarian for more romance recommendations.
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When Quinn’s journal goes missing and her list of biggest fears is posted online with a challenge to face each of them or else have the entire journal go public, Quinn finds herself working to track down the blackmailer before time runs out.
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A gifted young romance author is accepted into a prestigious writing program and suddenly loses her creativity, until an unexpected love comes her way. You can also check out this title as eBook on OverDrive/Libby, as eAudio on OverDrive/Libby or as eBook on Hoopla.
Alice’s last girlfriend, Margo, ended things when Alice confessed she’s asexual. Now Alice is sure she’s done with dating and then she meets Takumi. She can’t stop thinking about him or the rom-com-grade romance feelings she did not ask for. When her blissful summer takes an unexpected turn and Takumi becomes her knight with a shiny library-employee badge, Alice has to decide if she’s willing to risk their friendship for a love that might not be reciprocated or understood. You can also check out this title as eBook on OverDrive/Libby or as eAudio on OverDrive/Libby.
High school junior Mia, who hates romantic comedies, must endure the “meet-cute” encounters her best friends set up to help her find a date for her sister’s wedding. You can also check out this title as eBook on OverDrive/Libby.
At seventeen Simone Thibodeaux is fed up with her over-protective mother’s insistence on micro-managing her life, like picking her prom date from a “nice” Haitian immigrant family, and anyway she is determined to attend with Gavin Stackhouse (even if he does not know that yet); so together with her fellow late-bloomer friends Simone comes up with a bucket list of rule-breaking (like cutting classes, and sneaking out of the house)–but soon things get complicated, and Simone has to decide which rules are worth breaking, and which should just be left alone. You can also check out this title as eAudio on Hoopla.
Aspiring screenwriter Nate finds his conviction that happy endings do not exist tested when his childhood best friend and crush, Oliver James Hernández, moves back to town. You can also check out this title as eAudio on OverDrive/Libby, as eBook on OverDrive/Libby or as eBook on Hoopla.