Fools in Love: Fresh Twists on Romantic Tales
Fools in Love: Fresh Twists on Romantic Tales
Select a format:
Publisher's Hardcover ©2021--
To purchase this item, you must first login or register for a new account.
Running Press
Annotation: Join fifteen bestselling, award-winning, and up-and-coming authors as they reimagine some of the most popular tropes in ... more
 
Reviews: 2
Catalog Number: #305787
Format: Publisher's Hardcover
Publisher: Running Press
Copyright Date: 2021
Edition Date: 2021 Release Date: 12/07/21
Pages: ix, 275 pages
ISBN: 0-7624-7234-0
ISBN 13: 978-0-7624-7234-5
Dewey: Fic
LCCN: 2020056409
Dimensions: 22 cm
Language: English
Reviews:
ALA Booklist (Thu Apr 28 00:00:00 CDT 2022)

This collection of short stories aimed at YA readers brings 15 award-winning and up-and-coming authors together to reimagine familiar romance tropes with fresh twists on the happily ever after. Some stories are contemporary, and others are genre-bending. Natasha Ngan's "Snowed in Together" begins near the finish line of an Iditarod-style race course with wolves and giant tentacled monsters. "Mistaken Identity," by Amy Spalding, is a funny rideshare meet-cute. In Julian Winters' "Hero vs. Villain," two superheroes break-up, and one goes for the villain. Lilliam Rivera's "Sibling's Hot Best Friend" has puppeteers trying to hide their desires behind the scenes, and Malinda Lo's princess in "Secret Royalty" is simply trying to hide out. With nonbinary protagonists and an overall strong LGBTQ+ representation, this anthology gives all readers hope that love is out there for everyone. Other YA short-story collections that tug at the heartstrings and include an LGBTQ+ perspective are Saundra Mitchell's All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages (2018) or David Levithan's 19 Love Songs (2020).

Kirkus Reviews

Fifteen notable YA authors take on romantic tropes.Each entry centers on a familiar romance plot convention-named in the story's subtitle-with the settings and characters' identities bringing additional variety. In Laura Silverman's "The Passover Date: Fake Dating," 18-year-old Rachel Ableman ropes in her middle school crush, Matthew Pearlman, to attend a chaotic family Seder. In Julian Winters' "What Makes Us Heroes: Hero vs. Villain," Black superhero-to-be Shai encounters his estranged friend and maybe-villain-in-training, Kyan, while waiting for his ex-boyfriend. While romance naturally is at the forefront, themes of identity, belonging, and social status are developed in many stories. Some protagonists take on patriarchal norms: Gloria Chao's "Teed Up: Oblivious to Lovers" sees Taiwanese American Sunny Chang competing as the sole female golfer in a junior championship, while Lili Marin of Lilliam Rivera's "These Strings: Sibling's Hot Best Friend" longs to take a creative leadership role in the family business, a Latinx traveling puppet theater. In several stories, characters reflect on gender and sexual orientation. For example, Lev from Mason Deaver's "Boys Noise: Only One Bed at the Inn" plays hooky and takes a trip to New York City with a fellow member of his boy band; he reflects on being gay and trans and the toll of the professional contract that keeps him closeted. From meet-cutes to frenemies to long-gestating feelings, this anthology offers a pleasurable assortment of love connections.Delightful, romantic fun. (author bios) (Romance anthology. 14-18)

Reviewing Agencies: - Find Other Reviewed Titles
ALA Booklist (Thu Apr 28 00:00:00 CDT 2022)
Kirkus Reviews
Reading Level: 5.0
Interest Level: 7-12

Join fifteen bestselling, award-winning, and up-and-coming authors as they reimagine some of the most popular tropes in the romance genre. 

Fake relationships. Enemies to lovers. Love triangles and best friends, mistaken identities and missed connections. This collection of genre-bending and original stories celebrates how love always finds a way, featuring powerful flora, a superhero and his nemesis, a fantastical sled race through snow-capped mountains, a golf tournament, the wrong ride-share, and even the end of the world. With stories written by Rebecca Barrow, Ashley Herring Blake, Gloria Chao, Mason Deaver, Sara Farizan, Claire Kann, Malinda Lo, Hannah Moskowitz, Natasha Ngan, Rebecca Podos, Lilliam Rivera, Laura Silverman, Amy Spalding, Rebecca Kim Wells, and Julian Winters this collection is sure to sweep you off your feet. 

Silver and gold : "snowed in together" / by Natasha Ngan
Five stars : "mistaken identity" / by Amy Spalding
Unfortunately, blobs do not eat snacks : "kissing under the influence" / by Rebecca Kim Wells
Edges : "the grumpy one and the soft one" / Ashley Herring Blake
What makes us heroes : "hero vs. villain" / by Julian Winters
And : "love triangle" / by Hannah Moskoitz
My best friend's girl : "best friend's girlfriend" / by Sara Farizan
(Fairy)like attracts like : "mutual pining" / by Claire Kann
These strings : "siblings's hot best friend" / by Lilliam Rivera
The Passover date : "fake dating" / by Laura Silverman
Bloom : "love transcends space-time" / by Rebecca Barrow
Teed up : "oblivious to lovers" / by Gloria Chao
Boys noise : "only one bed at the inn" / by Mason Deaver
Girls just want to have fun : "secret royalty" / by Malinda Lo
Disaster : "second-chance romance" / by Rebecca Podos.

*Prices subject to change without notice and listed in US dollars.
Perma-Bound bindings are unconditionally guaranteed (excludes textbook rebinding).
Paperbacks are not guaranteed.
Please Note: All Digital Material Sales Final.