Favourite YA & NA Contemporaries of 2014! (So far...)

So far this year I've read a total of 64 books! I know, it's insane! So I just wanted to put the spotlight on my favourites of the year so far! There is no way that I'll be able to have a top 14 of 2014 at the end of the year with so many amazing books, so here we go!

1. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

           This book is so beautifully and realistically written and I am so in love with the whole idea of it.            It follows two misfits who fall in love in the 80's and it is so beautifully heartbreaking.

2. Wait for You by J. Lynn (AKA Jennifer L. Armentrout

This was pretty much the first New Adult romance book that I read and honestly it got me hooked on the genre! Everything about this book is so addicting and swoon worthy that I was just flailing all over the place! It's all about fitting in at College and getting over past traumatic experiences and letting people into your life. Loved it.

3. Burned by Ellen Hopkins

This book is written entirely in verse and it still baffles me how Ellen Hopkins gets you so attached to the characters and so engrossed in the story through this particular writing style. This follows a girl who is a part of a very strict mormon family and she begins to question her religion and begins to rebel. Her home life is awful and she does a couple of things considered to be 'evil' and when her father finds out (who is an abusive alcoholic) he sends her to live with her Aunt in the middle of nowhere, where she meets a boy who changes her life forever. This book is absolutely stunning in every way. 

4. The Too Far Trilogy by Abbi Glines

This trilogy changed my life and I can't even begin to explain why. This is a New Adult romance trilogy that is a part of the Rosemary Beach series by Abbi Glines. These books are super short (under 300 pages) but Abbi Glines manages to get you so attached to the characters within such a short amount of pages and it absolutely got me so obsessed with the story and everything else she writes. This follows a girl whose mother just passed away, so she reaches out to her father (who has remarried) as she has nowhere left to live. As soon as she arrives at his house (which is a HUGE mansion on the beach) she finds herself face to face with an extremely attractive step brother that she never knew she had who just happens to be the son of a famous rockstar. IT SOUNDS LAME BUT GUYS SRSLY. <3

5. More Than This by Jay McLean

This book, you guys. HOLY DAMN. It follows Mikayla who, on her prom night, discovers that she has been deeply betrayed. She runs into a guy she's never met before from a different school and spends the night with him and his friends, but when he drops her home, nothing can prepare her for what she will find. There were so many unexpected twists in this book that broke my heart and I can't wait to continue on with the series. This is definitely New Adult because this is really dark!

6. Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover

I had such an amazing experience reading this novel. Colleen Hoover and musician, Griffin Peterson, worked together to create and record songs that are present throughout the novel so that while reading, you can listen to the songs and GAH. This is an absolutely incredible love story that I will forever love <3

7. Amy & Matthew by Cammie McGovern

I just recently posted a review of this beautiful book so if you're interested, click here to view it. 

This is an AMAZING story that is totally different to anything I've ever read before. It follows a girl called Amy who has severe Cerebral Palsy and requires a walker to get around and a special machine she can type in that speaks for her. She wants to spend her senior year actually making friends instead of always being around teacher aides so her family hires peer helpers to help her get around at school and to make new friends. One of these helpers is Matthew, a boy facing his own problems with severe OCD. They form a beautiful and life-changing bond and this is their story.

8. To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han

I've also posted a review of this one so you can click here to see the review!

I am obsessed with this book and everything about it. (Summary taken from my review) Lara Jean lives with her Dad, her older sister Margot, and her younger sister, Kitty. Her mother (who was Korean) passed away seven years prior to the events in this novel and it is evident from the start that family is the most important thing in Lara Jeans' life. Her older sister Margot is about to go off to college in Scotland (yes, about 4000 kilometres away!) and Margot and their next door neighbour, Josh, have been dating for years but Margot breaks it off as she leaves for college. Little does Margot know, Josh is one of the very first boys that Lara Jean ever loved, and therefore she wrote him a letter, along with 4 other boys that she has loved, and put them all in a hatbox her mother gave her in her closet. But one day, her first love, Peter, finds Lara Jean at school and asks why she sent him a letter. YEP. ALL OF HER LETTERS GOT SENT OUT TO ALL OF THE BOYS. *CRINGE* Obviously she never intended for them to see these letters so she's beside herself with anxiety at where her hatbox could be and who could have possibly sent out these letters. The main plotline from there follows Lara Jean avoiding her true feelings for her neighbour and sisters ex, Josh. Obviously he received a letter as well, so to do make him believe that she no longer has feelings for him, she goes into a fake relationship with Peter, as he wants to make his ex girlfriend jealous. This was perfect and brilliant and fun and the perfect YA contemporary! I need the next book NOW!

So that's it folks! My favourite contemporaries that I've read so far this year! What are your favourites so far? :)