Monday, January 13, 2014

Genre Definition and Recommendation #48




Genre Definition and Recommendation is a feature where I will define a genre and a sub-genre definition and the make some recommendations.  


 Contemporary Romance- Definition found on Wikipedia

Contemporary romance is a subgenre of romance novels. The largest of the romance novel subgenres, contemporary romance novels are set in the time when they were written, and usually reflect the mores of their time.

P.S. There is a blurred line between Contemporary Romance and Chic Lit/Realistic Issues fiction.


My Recommendations:



Eleanor & Park
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

  

        

TWO MISFITS. ONE EXTRAORDINARY LOVE. 
It's 1986 and two star-crossed teens are smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try. When Eleanor meets Park, you'll remember your own first love--and just how hard it pulled you under.

 A cross between the iconic '80s movie Sixteen Candles and the classic coming-of-age novel Looking for Alaska, Eleanor & Park is a brilliantly written young adult novel.









Perfect Chemistry (Perfect Chemistry, #1)
Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles


 


        

A fresh, urban twist on the classic tale of star-crossed lovers.

When Brittany Ellis walks into chemistry class on the first day of senior year, she has no clue that her carefully created 'perfect' life is about to unravel before her eyes. She's forced to be lab partners with Alex Fuentes, a gang member from the other side of town, and he is about to threaten everything she's worked so hard for: her flawless reputation, her relationship with her boyfriend, and the secret that her home life is anything but perfect. 

Alex is a bad boy and he knows it. So when he makes a bet with his friends to lure Brittany into his life, he thinks nothing of it. But soon Alex realizes Brittany is a real person with real problems, and suddenly the bet he made in arrogance turns into something much more.

In a passionate story about looking beneath the surface, Simone Elkeles breaks through the stereotypes and barriers that threaten to keep Brittany and Alex apart.




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