Have a Whimsy Girl Summer with These YA Books

Whimsy: (noun) extravagant, fanciful, or excessively playful expression

Looking to add some whimsy into your summer TBR? Look no further than these romantasy, romance, and cozy fantasy YA novels.

Wings of Starlight

By Allison Saft

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A young fairy queen must form an unlikely alliance or risk an unspeakable danger destroying all she holds dear in this fantasy adventure brimming with magic and romance.

“Enchanting and achingly romantic. Readers will feel as if they’ve stepped right into Pixie Hollow.”—Sa...

The Faraway Inn

By Sarah Beth Durst

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A teen girl decides to spend her summer helping her eccentric great aunt manage her quaint Vermont inn—only to discover that the fixer-upper is hiding a magical secret—in this cozy and irresistible new young adult fantasy from the New York Times...

The Weaver Bride

By Lydia Gregovic

Coming 09.01.26

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A sweeping fantasy about a witch who must navigate a ruthless marriage competition—and try not to fall in love along the way. Part twisting mystery, part thrilling romance, The Weaver Bride is an unputdownable romantasy steeped in a lush magical world.

Lovett Tamerlane is a silkwitc...

Angelica and the Bear Prince

By Trung Le Nguyen

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Being a teenager is no fairy tale . . . but that doesn’t mean you can’t find a little magic. A high schooler’s journey to recover from burnout leads to a surprising romance with a twist from the bestselling author of The Magic Fish.

A LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE WINNER &bul...

Meet Me at Midnight

By Brianna Bourne

If I Stay meets Taylor Swift’s Midnights album in this breathtaking love story about a girl who sees the same boy every night in her dreams.

Every night at midnight, time stops and Aria wakes up somewhere she’s never been: under a sparkling waterfall in Bali, in the romantic Italian countryside, on a moonl...

A Forgery of Fate

By Elizabeth Lim

A breathtaking romantic fantasy inspired by Beauty and the Beast about a girl who paints the future and a cursed dragon lord, bound by love and deception in a plot to bring down the gods.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Six Crimson Cranes!

Truyan Saigas didn't choose to become a con artist, b...