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Candor by Pam Bachorz (in about a 100 words)
What if you were the only one who knew that everyone in your town was brainwashed? What if it was your dad doing the brainwashing and you knew how to reverse it? This is the dilemma that Oscar Banks finds himself in. He’s trapped in pastel perfect Candor where no one ever does anything bad and “academic success is your highest priority.” He’s been helping kids get out for a fee for a while now, but that all changes when he meets and falls for new girl Nia. He decides to help her fight the brainwashing and stay in Candor, but at what cost?

Snap by Carol Snow (in about a 100 words)
Madison thinks she’s just going on a beach vacation with her parents. When they get there, her parents start acting weird and reveal that they’ve lost their home. The seedy beach town that they’ve come to is where she’ll be living from now on. She meets some quirky new friends and starts to come to terms with the changes in her life when her camera starts taking pictures of people who aren’t really there. Then she finds out that the people appearing in her photos all suffer tragedy within days of their image appearing in her camera. Something strange is going on in Sandyland, but what.

Lips Touch Three Times by Laini Taylor (in about 100 words)
These three short stories by Laini Taylor are beyond fascinating. They’re all supernatural romances that center around kisses. In “Goblin Fruit”, a girl who feels perennially out of place in her school and annoyed by her strange family at home. But maybe her strange family is right, when she is approached by a boy who is not what he seems. “Spicy Little Curses” centers around a girl who’s been sentenced to a life of silence by a curse delivered by an unwilling ambassador to Hell. What happens when a man tempts her to speak? Finally, Esme of “Hatchling” is experiencing some strange changes and memories of a kiss she knows she never experienced. And why are there wolves outside her London window? The only thing more gorgeous than these stories might be the artwork that illustrates each. If you like paranormal romance, then you must pick this one up.